Watch our interview from the Emmy Awards red carpet.
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00:00How's it going?
00:01Really good, thank you.
00:02Having a wonderful time.
00:03You look great.
00:04I'm enjoying the statement pin there.
00:07It's a beautiful vintage feather.
00:08Very happy with it.
00:11This show just exploded when it came out and it was one of those things that it wasn't
00:16like, oh, we can't wait for the show, we can't wait for the show.
00:18It just like dropped on Netflix and all of a sudden everyone and their mother literally
00:21was watching it.
00:22Yeah.
00:23What was that experience like for you?
00:24Well, you see, I'm not on social media, so I sort of wasn't familiar when it happened
00:29that it had just exploded on social media and everyone suddenly started watching it.
00:32So three days in, suddenly everyone had seen the whole thing and we were like, what?
00:37How did this happen?
00:38So it was, yeah, it was, it's the stuff your dreams are made of.
00:42You want to make a show that you think is really important, you want to do great work
00:45and then you hope that everyone's going to watch it.
00:47You don't expect the globe to watch it.
00:50So it's been extraordinary.
00:52Really happy.
00:53Wait, so who are you texting saying, tell me what the comments are saying about my scene?
00:58Yeah, you know, we just text because we're happy to see each other and we keep the subject
01:06matter of the show far in the background.
01:09It's super light.
01:10It's super light and fun.
01:11I don't know why the text chain wouldn't want to talk about it.
01:12It's so amusing.
01:13It's a comedy, you know?
01:14Yeah.
01:15Just like that.
01:16Yeah.
01:17It's a comedy.
01:18What's been the most surprising to you in terms of the reaction to the show?
01:23Because obviously, you know, you hope people watch it, but like, has there been things
01:26that people latched onto that you're like, oh, that's not what I was expecting?
01:30Well, the most positive thing, which has been a surprise and a delight, is the uptick in
01:35calls to We Are Survivors about male sexual assault, which was just huge, you know, because
01:40toxic masculinity is such an issue and men dealing with trauma is such an issue.
01:45So that has come directly out of the Donny and Darian story and that's wonderful to see.
01:52It's really important that that happens.
01:53So that was a surprise and a real delight.
01:56What was the prep like for this one?
01:58Like going there, going into that space and then also being able to pull yourself out
02:02of it?
02:03Yeah, that's been really, that was really tough.
02:05It was a really tough two and a half weeks of Richard, just the two of us going through
02:08the whole thing.
02:09Yeah.
02:10We kind of held our hands through, held each other's hands through it.
02:13We talked a lot.
02:14We checked in on each other constantly and when needed, we just sort of left each other
02:18alone.
02:19Yeah.
02:20And then went home and had a quiet cry.
02:22Is that just a really elongated version of all your emotions going through today?
02:27Yeah, that's basically it.
02:29Well, we hope you get to the happy tears by the end of the night.
02:32Thank you so much.
02:33But we hope you enjoy your Emmys.
02:34It's such a pleasure.
02:35Absolutely.
02:36And congratulations on everything.
02:37Have a great time.