Valerie Furlong
Oct 18, 20213 min
Updated: Jun 8, 2023
MUD caught up with the young actor to discuss his new role on the Netflix hit series, Clickbait.
I relate to Kai in the athletic sense, but other than that there aren’t many similarities because well, he’s not the brightest as most people would know and I like to think of myself as a smart kid. Being younger helped me get into this character a lot easier because, he’s a teenager and I know what goes through a teenagers mind as I am also a teenager lol
I was really surprised because while everyone knew the show was going to be good, nobody could’ve anticipated this much popularity. I have not watched the series myself because I don’t like watching myself on tv, but I’ll probably get to it eventually…
Being in a thriller wasn’t that different from doing a drama and mostly all of my past projects were dramas, but I will say the one thing I experienced that was different was that I got to do stunts. The fight that I had with Michael in the beginning of episode 7 is hands down the best for me.
Well I actually worked on a newer show called Law and Order: Organized Crime which came out at the beginning of this year, and the cast was incredible to work with, and the mansion that we shot in was phenomenal so that was pretty sick to work on. It was pretty different from clickbait because, it was shot in New York as opposed to Melbourne, Australia which is where I filmed Clickbait, and everything on Law and Order was a lot more serious.
I wish someone had told me that the audition process was going to be the worst experience of my entire life, but I should never give up or try any less because I think that I won’t book something.
I would definitely have to go with a marvel movie franchise or show, and I’m honestly down to play any superhero because I think all of them are cool.
I would definitely say the one thing that got me really excited to be an actor was the Karate Kid movie with Jaden Smith. My favorite actress of all time is Awkwafina because she’s the funniest person in the world to me.
I’m hoping to work on a Disney plus animated series this year! Also Snowpiercer season 4 will start filming again soon enough, hoping to be apart of it!
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