BLAST: That’s cool, to kind of get a bit of a history lesson while you work.
SG: Yeah, or like, “this is the ghetto.” [laughs]
BM: You communicate a lot with the other cast members on Twitter and it seems like you’re friends with many of them. Do you guys hang out when you’re not on set?
SG: Definitely. Everyone loves each other – at least I think so! But yeah, this has been one of the coolest casts that I’ve been a part of. Everyone’s just so cool. But yeah, we hang out. I’ve seen Moon [Bloodgood] a lot – we live near each other and she’s one of my best friends. And Jessy [Schram], who plays Karen, her and I go to New Orleans every year and party. Everyone’s always calling each other, being like, “Where are you?” and keeping tabs on one another. It’s fun.
BLAST: That relationship that you have with Moon must be helpful when you get to set and have to do a scene between Anne and Lourdes, who have become close friends as well.
SG: Yeah it’s just great, I’m really grateful to have an awesome friendship like that. You know, Anne and Lourdes go through a lot of stuff together, and so we’re kind of going on that roller coaster with them and we’re helping each other out with whatever comes up. It’s cool.
BLAST: How involved is Steven Spielberg? Does he visit the set sometimes? Have you met him, and if so what is he like?
SG: I’ve met him twice. He came to set while we were shooting the pilot, which was cool. And he’s a really really cool, sweet guy – really humble, and just a regular dude. But not, because then we got to go see a screening of the pilot at his studio at Amblin at Universal Studios, and that was a trip. We’re all sitting there, and he came out and said a little speech about what he wanted for this season and that he was excited for it and that he liked what he’d seen. So that was really cool, that was kind of unreal.
But besides that, he’s very involved behind-the-scenes and is still involved with the script and will write a scene or two every now and then, and he’s very involved in the story.
BLAST: What’s it like working with Noah Wyle? We’ve been fans of his since his ER days…
SG: I really dig Noah. He’s good to work with. He’s just such a veteran, and he’s got all these little tidbits of advice to help you out. He’s incredibly intelligent. The way that he’ll talk about a scene and the notes that he’ll give on something, it’s just really cool. But yeah he’s a cool guy, and he’s got really great taste in music [laughs].
BLAST: What qualifies as a great taste in music?
SG: Well, I suppose anything could qualify. We have a similar taste in music, I guess I should say. But I like old-school classic rock and blues, like Crosby, Stills and Nash and stuff like that.
BLAST: Since we’re on the subject of music, we heard you’re a big Hendrix fan.
SG: I’m totally a Hendrix fan.
BLAST: So what’s your take on the recent plans for a biopic about his life, starring Andre 3000?
SG: Oh I know! I think it’s really cool, actually. I think if they were to cast anybody, I think that Andre 3000 is kind of ideal. I mean, it’s kind of funny because he’s a lot older than Hendrix was. From what I read it’s just going to be a section of his life, like the summer of ’67 or something. I think it should be cool as long as they do it well. I hope they do it well, because he was such an awesome person.
BLAST: Hopefully they do a good job with it, because it would be a shame if they screwed up a movie about someone who is such an icon in music history.
SG: I think that most of what Andre 3000 has done has been good quality, so I have faith. And I think it’s awesome because it potentially opens Hendrix up to younger people.
BLAST: You and Sarah [Carter, who plays Maggie] went to the London Comic-con. How was that experience?
SG: It was great, it was really really cool. I’d never been there before, so meeting fans overseas was really neat. And I just fell in love with steam punk.
BLAST: Oh, is steam punk big over there?
SG: Yeah you know what, it is big over there, because I think that’s where it started. Because it’s kind of based on Victorian culture. It’s like Victorian and sci-fi, so it is very English.
BLAST: In addition to acting, you like to sing and dance. Would you be interested in being on a show like Glee some day, or even doing Broadway?
SG: I’ve never considered my voice to be of the Broadway quality – it’s a very specific and technically strong style. But you know, anything can happen and I wouldn’t be opposed to anything like that.
I have been on Glee – on the pilot actually, and they cut us out. My show choir from high school, we performed in the show. Because the show is kind of based on the Burbank Show Choir, and that’s where I’m from. And they had us perform. It was in the director’s cut. They cut it out, and then they actually aired it a couple months ago on the disco episode. So you can see my choir. It’s kind of cool.
BLAST: That is cool, I bet not many people know that about you. Well, thank you for the interview Seychelle!
SG: Thank you, take care!
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