TPS 221: An Interview With Michelle Mylett
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The gang at The Produce Stand are joined by Michelle Mylett, who plays Katy on Letterkenny.
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My favorite murder podcast. Tagger and Dorn's podcast. The produce stand. Speaker 1
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It's taco Tuesday, and that means we are once again hang at the produce stand. Podcast pain, tribute to everything in the universe. Speaker 3
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know what you're thinking. There are many other Letticany podcasts out there, but this, but wearing clothes is not this one's forte. I'm Al your host and joining me in the room as always is lovely Tanya. Online, we have squarely Matt and the very present Victor, and joining us this week. She's a Canadian actor, known for films like el camino Christmas, anti social one and two, the TV series Bad Blood in four in the morning, and the interactive Hi Fi thriller, the complex. She played the great Mary Bonnie Baker in the latest Canadian heritage minute, but we all know and love her as Wayne's sister Kate on Letter Kenny. Please join me making some noise from Michelle. My lutz. Where's my sound byte? Hold on. Speaker 3
Oh my gosh. Speaker 1
Me, man. Speaker 2
I regret nothing. I'm gonna hear it from our listeners on that one, Michelle. Thank you so much for joining us today. Speaker 1
That Soundbite is really special. You guys, right? That is an assault to the ears, but I like it. Speaker 0
And we've learned we'd have to give everyone sort of a heads up because everyone will try to talk over. Like, no. It's really aggressive. You kinda just Speaker 3
had the look. Speaker 0
You have to run with it. Speaker 1
And you told me that you gave me forewarning, and I still talked over it. So there you go. Speaker 2
Okay. It's not your fault. My sound board froze for a second there, which left me in a state of panic. And, so anyway, I'm not gonna edit that out. So it's just gonna sound like that when we, when we post. Where are you joining us, from? Speaker 1
I'm I'm in Victoria on Vancouver Island. Speaker 2
Yep. And is that where you from? You're from originally? Speaker 1
I grew up actually in Lady Smith, which is kind of small town, up island from Victoria. So, yeah, grew up in Lady Smith, and then moved to Toronto, lived in LA for a bit, lived in Vancouver for a bit. And Oh, okay. Now I found myself back in the island, but not quite in as small of a town. I feel like I still needed a bit of a city in Victoria's a happy medium. Speaker 2
Right. How how big is Lady Smith? Is it like leather candy size? Speaker 1
A little bigger, but it's, yeah, it's, like, when I was there, it was, like, fifteen thousand peoples. Small. Yeah. That's tiny. Mhmm. Speaker 2
Yeah. What what brought you, like, when you were in Toronto, how long were you there for? Speaker 1
I was in Toronto for six and a half years. Okay. Seventeen months. Yeah. Speaker 2
Very good. What is that when you were act like, trying to get your acting career going? Speaker 1
Yeah. Basically, I, after high school, I started trying to, like, act a little bit in Vancouver. And then I started got into modeling a little bit. I was in, Japan for about a year, Speaker 3
which Speaker 1
was cool, modeling there. And then I got signed to an agency in Toronto, and my partner and I at the time decided to move to Toronto. And I also knew that I wanted to be an actor modeling, not great at it. Didn't have a future there, and I and I knew it. And I was like, okay. Well, I'll I'll have a bit of, like, casual modeling work there to pay some bills, and then the Canadian industry is a lot a lot of it, at least, is in Toronto. So especially for comedy, which just kinda wanted to focus Interesting. Speaker 2
So comedy was kinda your first choice. Speaker 1
It was. I mean, I grew up doing improv Mhmm. A lot. Right. Yeah. Oh, yeah. I was very into it. Our team got second in nationals. Speaker 0
So Congratulations. Oh, nice. Speaker 1
Thank you so much. It's obviously my biggest achievement. Like, the one I I hold Dearest, to my heart. You know? Really? Okay. There's like a great picture of me and my team, and we're holding our trophy. Speaker 2
Yeah. Speaker 1
And we're all crying. Speaker 4
How long ago was that? Speaker 2
Yeah. How long ago? Speaker 1
That was when I was in grade grade eleven or twelve. Speaker 0
Okay. Speaker 1
Yeah. And then, yeah, moved to Toronto, got into to the acting world. And I actually started off. I wanted to be in comedy, but the first roles that I've booked were horror and, like, kinda more dramatic stuff. Speaker 2
Yeah. Notice. So do do you like horror films though? Are you do you like that genre? Speaker 1
I do. Yeah. It's a lot of fun to work in. It's a pretty crazy the experience, and it's sort of it's very silly. There's kind of eccentric people that work in that genre Speaker 0
Right. Speaker 1
Similarly to comedy So I kind of gravitate towards that. I'm not like a crazy horror buff, but I do like them. Speaker 2
Mhmm. Speaker 1
Yeah. I do watch for a movie. I feel Speaker 2
like there's a trend there especially when actors are trying to get make a name for themselves, a lot of the indie flicks seem to go to horror first. And maybe it's because fake blood's cheap or something? Like, what? What? Why do you think? Speaker 1
Yeah. I mean, there's a huge market for it. There's a lot of that genre is really fun and you can be really creative and kind of get away with a lot. Yeah. So, there's lots of, like, film festivals that are genre specific and a fan base sort of built in. And and even if you don't have a budget, the audience seems to be quite forgiving too. They're, like, want a fun concept Yeah. And some core and, you know, whatever, and and they'll be happy with that. Speaker 2
Yeah. We noticed that Evan Stern did a has done a lot of horror too. He loves that, that genre. Speaker 1
Yeah. So when Speaker 2
I mean, when you moved to Toronto, was that four or after you were a cheerleader for the BC lights. Speaker 1
Oh, no. Something we would skip right past that. Speaker 0
Well, we can skip right past after you answer it, I guess. Speaker 1
Right. Okay. So I was actually still, Yeah. I was I was still in high school when I Oh, wow. I lied about my age and I Speaker 2
Oh, okay. Speaker 1
Was, yeah. They don't know that. Speaker 2
You should probably delete that from your Wikipedia then if you don't wanna talk about it. Speaker 1
I can't delete it from my Wikipedia. I would love to get into my compedia and make some changes because there's all these weird inaccuracies. But, yeah, I have no I am I can't. I've tried. I can't. Speaker 2
American listeners, the BC lines are are the Vancouver's football team CFL team. So, yeah, a young mic Michelle Mylet was a a cheerleader for the football team. Speaker 1
Yeah. For How Speaker 2
did you get that? You just you just tried out? Speaker 1
Yeah. I just thought I was a dancer growing up and, Again, kinda wanting to move to Vancouver and wanting to make sure I had some some things kind of set up when I got there. Speaker 2
Right. Speaker 1
So that was one of them. Yeah, I danced my whole life and Although the cheerleading, especially at the time, it wasn't as it was dance focused, but it was more outfit focus. Right. It was a it was a suite of some interesting costumes for sure. Speaker 0
In in the dance world, what were what were you drawn to most? Like what genre? Type of dance? Speaker 1
I wish I had a cooler answer for you, but my kind of I really phoned in on Highland dancing. Speaker 2
I'm Why Speaker 0
is not cool. Hold on. Speaker 1
That's good. Well, Kilt swords. I guess it is kinda cool. Yeah, I I don't know how I I'm not like I said, I'm not scottish. My I don't know why this happened, but, I just I think a friend of mine was into it when she was, like, five and I kinda tagged along, and I, yeah, I got really into it. So, Highland primarily, and then I, I was into ballet and jazz and all that as well. Speaker 0
Nice. I I love that answer. I I I love that you call that Island, actually. So don't don't be mad at that in the slightest. Speaker 1
Highlands? What do you mean? Speaker 0
I just I just love that that's the the style of dance that you were drawn to. Speaker 1
Like Oh, yeah. I would Speaker 0
it's not what I would've I would've expected, but it's a fantastic style. And, yeah. That's you that's what you're drawn to. Speaker 1
It's honestly it is so hard. Like, I've as an adult, I've tried to do the dances that I used to do. There's this one dance kind of like a classic called the fling. And, trying to do it as an adult is, like, impossible. It just makes you realize, like, I was so fit. You have to be so strong. I have a lot of respect for highland dancers. Speaker 0
Right. Speaker 1
It's like, it's no joke. It's really tough on your body. It's super competitive. Yeah. It's crazy. Speaker 2
So were you already acting in high school, like doing plays and stuff like that, or when did you get get into the acting? Speaker 1
Yeah. I was always pretty involved in, like, drama and dance, as I said, and and our school had a really strong drama department. My drama teacher, mister Taylor, shout out. He was amazing. And one of those teachers, it just kind of goes above and beyond. Stays until nine PM every night, improv, like, three productions a year, just very, very very special program that I just happened to to be lucky enough to be a part of. And and that really made all the difference. And I and I think that kind of sparked my love of it initially and just performing, and especially with improv and working in an ensemble and comedy, it, like, really laid the foundation. And I I go back to what I learned there all the time. Speaker 2
Well, we'll get into letter caine in a second, but I'm more imagine the yes ending that you learned in improv really helped out on that set. Speaker 1
It definitely helps. Yeah. It helps in so, like, so many ways just in life. It helps. I really think Everyone especially kids doing improv, I think it's so important, and it's such a lovely group of weirdos. And everyone is just, like, so accepting. And, yeah, I I can't recommend it enough. Speaker 2
Very cool. Speaker 0
So when you really quickly, when you were talking about improv, and and comedy was what you were drawn to. Were you inspired by anybody in the industry at the time that you were like, that's that's where I'm looking for? Speaker 1
I didn't really grow up idolizing and, like, bitch. I think I just, I watched a lot of movies and I have an older brother who's, was very influential. He showed me a lot of movies that I probably was too young to watch, and we watched a lot of SNL together. Speaker 3
Yes. He did. Speaker 1
Farley is, like, kind of my top forever first, like, love of comedy. So I'm watching, like, all of the Chris Farley specials the Mike Meyers special. I love. I used to watch that a lot. John Candy, I hold So, yeah, those were kind of I mean, I know I can't I haven't, like, mimicked my career or my style against them, but, like, I I've, yeah, groping q tran of them. Speaker 2
You can blaze your own trail. Absolutely. In twenty thirteen, you you're in a film called Anti Social. Was that your first thing role? Speaker 1
Yeah. I had done, a couple of commercials and music videos before that, but that was my first real role. And certainly my first leading role. And, yeah, anti social. Speaker 4
And when when when you completed it, did you think there would be an anti social too. Speaker 2
Right? Like, it was Speaker 1
Never my wildest dreams. I yeah. It was I mean, again, it's like this, horror movie that's quite low budget, and we shot it in this house in Toronto, the guys behind it BlackFawn films. They're They're from Guelph, Ontario, really talented, lovely, super creative guys. And they, yeah, they gave me my first three roles. So anti social. And and then I did the draftsman. Which is a crazy watch. And then we did anti social too. So So, yeah, that was that's kinda how it started. Speaker 2
Now fast forward a little bit. In twenty seventeen, you're in a pretty big Canadian show anyway called Bad Blood. Starring, oh, his name is escaping me now. The guy from, Speaker 1
Yeah. Kim Speaker 2
Kim Coates. Kim Coates. Speaker 0
I got it. I can't believe Speaker 2
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Blank for sexy. Yeah. Speaker 2
Anyway, you're only in a couple episodes of that, but it was a pretty big series up here. And, an notable, remember that cast was Melanie Scrofano. Is that, like, did you know her by then, or or did you even meet her on that set? Speaker 1
I didn't even meet her. Yeah. I was only I think I shot, like, four days Speaker 3
Okay. Speaker 1
Four or five days. So it was it was pretty brief. It was a great experience. Like, the the actors that I were working with, they were very serious. Speaker 3
Mhmm. Speaker 1
Very good. Kim Coats is a is a really kind of eccentric guy. He's very involved. He's like a real actor's actor, and it was cool. I have a lot of, like, very vivid memories from working with him. Yeah. Yeah. He was great. We have, like, a pretty intense scene that got pretty like, physical or my drunk and I'm crying and he was just so immersive and and wanted to, like, go there and and was supportive with how many takes I wanted or, like, Speaker 0
Yeah. Speaker 1
Yeah. He he was cool to work. Go ahead. Speaker 0
That's a cool experience. Speaker 2
He's a big deal coming from sons of anarchy. Right? That that was shot in Montreal. Right? Speaker 1
Yep. Montreal. Speaker 2
That's, it and by then, you were already, what, two seasons into Letter Kenny, I guess. So you you Yeah. You probably knew Jared already. Speaker 1
Yeah. Yeah. Speaker 2
Let's talk about in twenty twenty, you did this inter interesting concept called the complex, and there's a like a choose your own adventure, video game, really intense. It looked really cool. What was that like? Speaker 1
Oh, that was so crazy. So we shot in the UK, London for a part of it. And then, this town called Sandwich, where the Earl of Sandwich came up with sandwiches. Hey. Speaker 0
Yeah. True. Is that a true story? It sounds good. Speaker 1
Yeah. So that actually came as an, an offer. I had done a pilot back in early twenty or Yeah. Twenty seventeen as well called the Machine Mhmm. For sci fi. Speaker 3
That Speaker 1
was a really interesting kind of AI show that, it never went series, but the people behind that did the complex or produce the complex, and they thought of me for this role. And it was Definitely unlike anything I had ever read. First of all, this the script was, like, three hundred and ninety six. Speaker 2
I was gonna ask you about that. How many branches did that script had? They must have had It Speaker 1
was. So I I was playing the lead and, it's a choose your own adventure. So at, like, each pivotal pivotal rather seen, there was, like, two different choices. So, for example, it's, like, her and her, business associate. She either decides that the business associate is an enemy or they fall in love, and then you go, and then it it depends on, like, what you wanted of the story. I think we had four or five different endings, that we shot. And as the kind of protagonist in the story, I was in every single variation. Speaker 2
Right. Wow. That must've been crazy. Speaker 1
It was. And it's, like, and our director, he's really, really, really, a very smart man, and he, like, created a map to kind of help us track Speaker 2
Right. Speaker 1
Because it and we also didn't have a lot of of of a budget, really. Like, we shot in six weeks in London and this, abandoned, like, medical facility that was so eerie. And in the middle of nowhere, And it almost felt like in World War Z Speaker 3
Mhmm. Speaker 1
When they go into and it's like people have just kind of left their papers and their pen sitting there. Speaker 0
Yeah. I know exactly what you're talking about. Speaker 1
Yeah. Yeah. It was so and there was animal testing in the bottom floors and just these empty cages, and it was just the vibe was crazy. And and because we had so much to shoot, it'd be like, okay. You hate this person. Do it this way. And then I was like, Oh, you're in love with them, and we had to shoot so quickly. And it was, like, just mental gymnastics going back and forth. It was it was wild. Speaker 2
But you're like, I'm on letter Kenny. This is nothing. Like, twenty six, twenty six pages in a day. No problem. I got this. Speaker 1
It did help. It did help. Yeah, it was good training on just kind of quick movement being able to to memorize really quickly. Letter Kenny definitely helps with that. Speaker 5
Was it all in sequence, or did you have to jump from, one one kind of stage of it and then into another? Speaker 1
We they tried to shoot, as in sequence as possible. Obviously, we would the the majority of the film takes place in this lab. And so we got to shoot out there, but there were certain things we we'd shoot out of order. Who honestly didn't make a difference. It was all confusing. Speaker 5
That's a lot of memorizing. I can't that yeah. Speaker 2
Like, if you were to play the game right now, do you think you can get to the end with the to the right ending, or is there a right ending? Is there multiple right endings? Speaker 1
Well, and that's the fun of it. Right? It's, like, it's dealer's choice ultimately. And do you want her to be a villain? Do you like her? Do you think she's deserving of love? Or happiness or is she actually the protagonist or is this other person? Speaker 4
Mhmm. Speaker 1
So it's kind of cool in that way, and it was interesting to see what what ending people came to on their own because it told me a lot about their choices and what kind of a movie they like. It's kind of a telling me. Speaker 3
Oh, yeah. Speaker 2
That must have some interesting data on on people who watch that. Like, Speaker 1
because Yeah. Totally. Speaker 2
I don't know the way it ended. I I watched somebody play through it once on on YouTube. And the way the ending they arrived that ended, it looked like the story could continue because you kinda walk away and Like, there there could be a part two to this or or or a sequel. Right? So, is that in every ending, or do you die in a couple of endings? Speaker 1
I know. I'm like, I guess, I mean, it's been out for a long, and I think so. Yeah. There there are definitely some pretty, intense death endings. Some villain endings, there's some romance endings, and then there's kind of like the walking into the sunset ending. Speaker 2
I feel like this is an actor's dream then because you've got to play everything. You got to have your death scene yet. You got to have your hero walking away scene, throwing the gun away. Yeah. I'm assuming Speaker 1
that feel like I really know her. Speaker 2
Right. And I Speaker 1
and how she responds in every single situation, maybe too well. Speaker 0
Yeah. That's a wild. That's a really wild. Oh, yeah. I love that. What I love most about that is from, like, your perspective, you, yeah, you really got to play multiple versions of yourself. It's like you did five different stories at once and what you did, and just trying to really, like, stretch your your abilities in every different genre, every different storyline. So That must have been tough, but, about a very cool challenge to take on. Speaker 1
It was. It was really cool, and it felt like a really special, like you said, not every actor gets the the chance to really explore as much, especially in a movie when it's so short. And, yeah, so it was it was very cool in that way. Very challenging, but also challenging for every single person on that set. Everybody came so prepared, worked so hard and I'm really proud with how it turned out. Speaker 3
Nice. I Speaker 2
just wanna talk about one last film because it's it's been shot and it's actually Doing the circuit, I guess, the film festival circuit, but it hasn't been released yet, but it sound it looks amazing. It's called the American dreamer. And check out this this cast. Peter Dinklage, Shirley McClain, Matt Dylan, Danny Pudi, but you're the star. You you get you've got number one billing on this. I mean, Amazing. That sounds so cool. Congratulations. Speaker 1
I think, Wade, do I? Speaker 2
Well, at least, IIB makes it look like you do. So I think it says star starring Michelle Mylette. Speaker 1
Well, I will take that if that's true. Okay. Speaker 3
That seems Speaker 1
to me, but, But, yeah, it's definitely it's definitely the story of, you know, where Peter Dinklage and Shirley McLean Speaker 2
are Speaker 1
Sorry. My dog is barking. Speaker 2
That's okay. We okay. Speaker 0
We love Pampers there. Speaker 2
Yes. I'm Speaker 1
gonna show my door. Yeah. So it's, it's definitely Shirley McCain and and Peter Dinklages, like Speaker 0
Okay. Speaker 1
Moment. And it's it's their story. And it's, yeah, I was I was so thrilled to work with both of them, especially. I'm a huge game of Thrones fan. Shirley McClain is obviously just a legend. And, and, you know, she she came to set, and I think she's in her mid eighties, I wanna say, or she was when we filmed. Mhmm. And she was just so so brilliant, so prepared, so generous, and she has such a presence. Speaker 2
Right. Speaker 1
And it was it was really cool working Speaker 3
with her. Speaker 1
I was I was quite, like, overwhelmed meeting her. Speaker 2
She's a Hollywood legend. Yeah. Speaker 0
Yeah. This is this is real life, Michelle. Speaker 3
This is Speaker 0
this is this is real life. Speaker 1
It's crazy. Yeah. And then, obviously, Peter Dinklage is just, like, the coolest and, yep, such a great act after I I loved it. And we got to shoot most of it in Victoria. So it was, like, my first in a hometown shooting where after I said, I would get to go home. Speaker 2
Very cool. How did you get that role? You just auditioned for it, or or did somebody approach you for it? Speaker 1
I auditioned. And then, el camino Christmas was written and produced by a man named Ted Melfy, who did, hidden figures. Yeah. And won the Oscar for hidden figures. And he's an amazing writer, and he, did American dreamer as well. And so, I think he he put me forward for the for the role, which was cool. Speaker 2
Was getting a lot of buzz in in on this festival circuit. Are are you having fun going to all the festivals that it's being shown at, or are you able to? Speaker 1
Yeah. So I went to the premiere at tribeca. And and that's kind of the only one that I've been to. I'm excited to to see it. I think after that first premiere, I think there was talk that there was gonna be a bit of a re edit because it was running a little bit long. Speaker 2
Oh, okay. Speaker 1
For memory, I don't know where that stands now. So I'm gonna say to see kind of the the final product. Speaker 2
Will it be a tip do you think this year? Speaker 1
I don't know. I hope so. Speaker 2
Well, if it is, we'll we'll come watch because, we we have fun going to Tiff. Speaker 1
Yeah. Yeah. That'd be awesome. Speaker 2
Alright. Let's get to why people are listening today and get to Letter Kenny. But first, I'd like to play you a little clip here. Speaker 6
We saw probably sixty tapes for Katie over a month of pre production. We were getting pretty close to going to camera. We were days away from camera, and we didn't have, Katie, we didn't have a number three. But when we saw Michelle's date, it was over across the board. Everyone knew immediately. There was no discussion. We cast her, and we got to work immediately. On paper, it seems like a really tough job because There are, like, eight dudes on the main cast and one girl, but not when the one girl is Michelle Mylett. I can confidently say that, you know, from the second she came to set these seven, eight dudes, whatever. We we established ourselves as big brother types, even though my let is obviously Speaker 0
a sniper. Speaker 6
You know, all of our first instincts were to make sure that she felt comfortable and felt cool because she was so outnumbered. And from start to finish, Mylette was all of our friends and coworkers and confidantes. And at the end of all that, we still think she's the biggest sniper on TV, and I think that that's pretty damn cool. Like, she is she's that cool. Speaker 1
Oh, man, Jared. So funny. He's such a needy pie. Speaker 0
So so Yeah. Let's dive into that. Like, that one, I wanna play right off that clip. I mean, and that the leading question to that was, I asked him around you know, was there anyone who surprised you? And, like, I'm sure he had his visions of who the character's gonna be in real life, and he immediately went to you and said, you you just caught him off guard and you were it and there was no nothing left. And then I love how he talks about when you showed up on set and them to kinda take in this big brother aspect. Now from your perspective, what was your experience, like, when you arrived on set and and entered the show? Speaker 1
Well, first of all, it's such a lovely thing that Jared said. He's, you know, you guys talk to him. He's a really incredible human being, very generous. When I first entered the Letter Kenny universe and arrived, I was definitely nervous, and not I wouldn't say worried, but, you know, you Look at a show like this on paper. You see who's cast, and it's kind of easy to make some assumptions. Entering sort of, like, potential boys club vibe is, like, not ideal for anyone, frankly. And and so I you know, I was worried that that might be the dynamic. But as soon as I met everybody, that was, like, I was, like, oh, I'm I'm totally good. Everybody is so sweet and welcoming and working very hard to to make me feel as comfortable as possible. So she the role of Katie, she's so close to these guys, and she's so confident and and so supported and So having that work off camera as well was integral to my success in the role, honestly. Like, it wouldn't have worked unless I felt as comfortable as I did, and that was because of all of them. And, frankly, Jared leading that that team. Speaker 3
Mhmm. Speaker 1
He, you know, he set a very, very high standard, not just about me, but about our set in general and treatment of other people. I've never seen a set feel that inclusive and respectful, and that comes from the talk for sure. Speaker 2
That's definitely the sense we've gotten speaking to everyone that we've spoken to so far. Along with this show and with Shorzy. That brings us to some of our listener questions who are really excited when they heard you're coming on. I'll start here with Jay from Edmonton. He says, thanks for taking the time. We they appreciate it. I have read you recently you recently say that Katie, the character is very different from Michelle the actor. What traits did you say you have in common with Katie and what would you say you have the least amount of similarities? That's from Jay from Edmonton. Speaker 1
Thanks for the question Jay. Let me see. I mean, I think Katie's pretty direct. I can be pretty direct, especially in the relationships that I'm very, like, the people I'm closest with. I don't really hold back. I don't have the body mouth that she has, you know, and we have a very different style of dressing. But, I too have an older brother. Yeah, but I think the directness is something that her and I share for sure. Speaker 2
Cool. That's actually a great transition to Zach from Florida who, being Wayne's little sister, you know, how's that dynamic? He's also a big brother and he was wondering, you know, you played the role so well. Did you do you have a big brother? And you mentioned you do have a big brother. Right? So had did were you pulling a lot from that experience? Or how, you know, how did that, help you for that role? Speaker 1
Yeah. I mean, I think having a big brother, I sort of fell into what that dynamic is, pretty easily. My brother and I get along really well. We laugh a lot together. And there's quite an age difference. So it is a true, like, older brother or little sister dynamic. And then Jared has a younger sister as well. So I think we both kinda fit. We just knew what it was and it came pretty naturally. Speaker 2
Interesting. So your brother's much older. So you must have had some like, exposed to some pretty cool music. Speaker 1
Yeah. Yeah. He listened to he went through quite a kind of like a metal goth phase. So, he he showed me Lynn Biscuit, which was cool. And some kind of scary movies. I watched the godfather when I was, like, seven, which was probably not great, but Speaker 2
Probably not. Speaker 1
Yeah. But, yeah, it was fun. It's fun having a big brother. I recommend it. Speaker 2
Our, our buddy might from New Jersey. He he caught the Letter Kenny live show in New Jersey. He said it was an incredible time as the only female cast member in the show. What was the bus experience like? Not just on the bus, but the experience of just being on tour. Like, that must have been something new for you. Speaker 1
Oh, man. It was so much fun. Like, the tour was First of all, a TV show going on a tour bus Speaker 2
Yeah. Speaker 1
For two months doing, like, forty shows in thirty nine cities. Like, that just does not happen. And it it was really it was truly bizarre. And the fact that we were just there, and we had all of these people coming and they're wearing, like, Letter Kenny shirts, and they're seeing the lines, and you can see them in person, because it's one thing to connect with fans online or, run into the occasional person, but to see a theater full, like, thousands of people that came and bought a ticket. It was really meaningful. It kind of Yeah. It just it just humbled all of us in in a really cool way in in connecting with everybody. And we had so much fun also. Speaker 0
Does the fandom still trip you out? Speaker 1
Totally. Yeah. It's really it's really crazy. And it's and it's become so much bigger than just, like, us or the the show itself. It's like it feels a lot like a community of people, and I've heard a lot that if someone like says a letter, Kenny Line, and someone's, like, catches them. They'll they, like, get each other. And they'll you know what I mean? It's kind of this cute rodery that Yeah. That we got to support. Yeah. Totally. Speaker 2
Do you have any So Speaker 1
if I didn't answer the question, Speaker 3
kind of Speaker 1
bus, open the bus. Speaker 2
Do you have any fond memories from from being on the bus with those guys, like, from that tour? Do you have, like, what what are some fondest memories? Speaker 1
I mean, we're in bunk beds. Okay. So I'm, like, it's, like, the the front part of the bus is, like, hanging out area, the very back is where, just like more of an an office and then the middle are, like, stacked bunk beds. So I'm sleeping. Dylan's in the bunk, above me. And then we've got Evan to my right and then Tyler, of course, because they can't be separated, stacked to the side So we but mostly, we do these, like, thirteen hour bus rides overnight. And in the morning, we'd, like, all wake up in, like, the curtain, and it was, like, an adult sleepover where we're all in our own little cubes. I mean, it's like just so cute and we'd have coffee in the morning and watch step brothers and Yeah. It was it was fun. It was a lot of driving, Speaker 3
a Speaker 1
bit of motion sickness, but we had a lot of fun, a lot of laughs, Speaker 2
How many bus? How many buses were there? Because there's what? A a good dozen of you guys who went on the road. Right? Speaker 1
Yeah. So, I wanna say nine, nine of the cast, Speaker 2
Oh, nine, nine Cas number. Okay. Speaker 1
Yeah. And then our producer, Kara, and, and then we had another crew bus. So I think it was just two buses total. Speaker 0
Okay. Well, I know you caught some good moments, and you shared some of that on Instagram recently, and I'm I'm gonna hold this photo up. So while I'm holding up a photo, I'm I'm guessing that Kiso hanging from the roof of the bus, and you got Nathan Dales in the back, and Tyler Johnson basically waving you off of the photo. What is going on here? And they're all shirtless might I add. Speaker 1
Yeah. They are shirtless. So Oh, man. So they yeah. We we had a lot of Speaker 0
You posted it Speaker 1
so I had that. No. And, and I don't regret it for a second. Jared, I'm gonna I'm gonna point my finger at Jared right now. So he has this funny thing when he's kind of, like, in party mode with the guys, he'll be, like, he'll turn up the heat really high, and then go around and be like, pretty hot in here. Right? Pretty hot? Probably just paint. And then and then it's just before you know it, everyone's shirt, not everyone, all the guy's shirts. Speaker 2
Really? Speaker 1
And it's just this funny, like, hockey locker room silly, silly vibe that's so funny and, usually happens after a couple of shots of whiskey. Speaker 2
That is precious. Thank you so much for sharing Speaker 0
the game moves I've heard. Speaker 2
Yeah. Yeah. Speaker 1
Yeah. It's really funny. It's like, I've never seen anyone and you've met him. He's kind of got this, like, bit of a boyish charm about him, like, that it's just there's it's, like, so innocent and sweet and funny and yeah. Speaker 0
And I bet he's pretty proud of himself too as it's happening. Speaker 1
Oh, yeah. Because he's just manipulated everyone and everyone's happy to do it. They're like, yeah. And then this Speaker 2
I'm do they say I'm surprised we're not taking our tarps off right now? Speaker 1
It's been probably been said. Speaker 2
Amazing. Our friend, Casey, from Virginia, says, wait, Michelle. Oh my god. You're fucking forced. Thank you for being here and for taking our questions. Now the letter Kenny's over, how has the experience changed you as an actor? And as a human, what do you now know that she didn't know that? Speaker 1
That's a lovely question. I think I now know more than ever. This is gonna be a bit of a cheesy thing to say, but the power of a team and how important it is to work with people that you have that respect and love for. It doesn't matter how talented somebody is. If they're just out for themselves, not gonna work, especially in business. And I think people make that mistake all the time. We genuinely loved each other and continue to love each other as humans, and it made our work, I believe so much, so much stronger all around. This kind of, like, addy shit that can happen in the industry and every industry, people get competitive and egos get in the way. It's so disappointing and it really takes away from the magic. So I think letter Kenny for me was, a representation of how to not do that. And how to just lean into what's good and and see the benefits. So I definitely think it's made me a more, Just more mindful of who I work with and who I wanna work with. And then as far as, me just personally as an actor, The the pacing, it was a huge lesson on pace. Obviously, the show is incredibly quick. Not getting too attached to your to your choices, like, being able to to go back to that improv state of mind of just keeping it moving and doing what's best for the material instead of what's best for you, that that's very important in comedy. So those are kind of my major takeaways for sure. Speaker 2
I mean, with the improv that you did and now you've done movies and television and then the Letter Kenny Live Tour. So you've done live stage work now and and on camera, obviously. What's your, you know, what do you like better? Speaker 0
What's your forte? Speaker 2
No. What's your forte? Speaker 0
I'm sorry. I had to Speaker 1
I know. It's okay. It was interesting because I, as I said, started in the improv world, beyond stage doing comedy, and it felt like a full circle mommy moment. Sorry to go back on stage for a letter Kenny doing comedy with a bunch of silly people. And So that was really meaningful, and I loved that. I loved being on stage. I think making films and and TV is special because you are still performing. There's a crew there. There's your other actors. It's a little bit more insular, obviously, but I always love seeing the finished product for better, for worse. Sometimes it's completely not what you imagined it would be, and there's some fun in that too. So I don't really know what I prefer. I think this stage, I have a lot of respect for theater actors. It's a very, very hard hard thing to do. I've thought about getting more into theater, but I feel a bit nervous. So we'll see. We'll see what happens. Speaker 2
Well, first, you have to start calling in theater. Or else? Speaker 1
Yeah. And I have to start wearing black turtlenecks, I guess. Speaker 2
Exactly. And and, the French caps. Yeah. Speaker 1
Right. Little hats. Speaker 2
To kind of on a related note Tobias from Missouri wants to know what your dream role is. You know, what what haven't you played yet that you might wanna play? Speaker 1
It's so hard. I I've been asked this before, and I feel like I never have a good answer for it. I mean, you kinda know know you connect with something when you read it. I would like to play a role that I write. That's kind of, so that I can push myself not only as a writer, but, like, performer as well. It's kinda fun writing something and and knowing that you're potentially gonna play it and then, like, pushing it as far as you can and just hoping that you can pull it off later. I think that would be kinda cool. So that's sort of my My next big hope. Speaker 4
And and would that be in the form of film or series? Speaker 1
Both. I mean, right now, both. But I'm yeah. I've been writing a lot, and and so, yeah. But Maybe series for it now. Because series are so fun because you get more time with your character. Right? And so you can really see a progression. I mean, obviously, you're lucky enough for the show to go. But, yeah, series are great for that. Speaker 2
So you mentioned you're writing a lot. What are you writing? Is it, comedy? Is it drama? What what what would you classify it? Speaker 1
I would classify it currently as, kind of dark, dark comedy. Speaker 0
Oh, okay, comedy. Okay. Speaker 1
Yeah. Yeah. I definitely, I'm definitely still wanting to work in that world and love that world and and think that's, like, a nice fit. But I just started writing kind of a strange darker movie. So we'll see what happens there. But, yeah, working more in writing and comedy. Speaker 0
We can't wait to hear as it evolves. Really quickly on the comedy side as well, which, like, knowing you you love the the whole comedy world and the improv and all that, your interactions with, like, K Trev and Mark Forward and those guys, like, Did did you have a lot of good discussions with them about being on stage and and it from the comedy Oh, Speaker 2
and especially to prepare for your your seen, in episode one of season twelve of being on stage. Speaker 1
Yes. Yeah. My which was, by the way, so intimidating. Like, stand ups. I don't understand. It takes a really specific personality type to be a stand up. There's no questions so hard and exposing. Being on tour was cool because I got to see each night, Trevor, and Mark would do their set And, you know, they had their material that they'd written and prepared for this show, of course, but seeing that material kind of transition over different shows and as they would get reactions, they would kind of, like, adjust to it and make it work better and stronger over time. They're both such talented stand ups. So, I maybe should've. I think I did reach out to Mark and kinda discuss my stand up scene a little bit, but It's hard to give advice, really. Like, I think it's especially Mark, have you seen a stand up? Speaker 0
Yes. You've been a couple times. Yeah. Speaker 2
We went to, Letter Kenny presents, couple of months ago and, Speaker 0
That was a lithograph that we got at the show. Speaker 2
We saw Olivia. We saw Ali. We saw Mark. We saw, Jeff. It was great. Speaker 4
Yeah. But also his own his own material that's separate from Letter. Speaker 2
Oh, yeah. We saw him at Yuck yikes in Toronto or not Yuck yikes. Just for laughs in Toronto too. He's great. Yeah. Speaker 1
Yeah. He's great. And he's, I think, each stand up and Mark's great example of that very, very specific brain. So there's there's no mimicking. No. No. Speaker 0
Not Mark forward. No. Speaker 1
No. He's a real original. And so, yeah, I could ask for, like, stage present advice timing, but I think you you learn better by just kinda watching and absorbing, and I definitely had a lot of opportunities to do that watching, Travis, and Mark on the road. Speaker 2
Yeah. And I imagine Ali and Olivia, because they're kinda more standard stand up. Comics, might have had, you know, some some tips for you. Speaker 1
Yeah. Well, they wrote it. They wrote that. I wrote all the stand up for that episode. And they're so great and so supportive. And when I was on the stage sweating and so nervous, I looked over at them a few times and they were giving me big beaming smiles and being so sweet about it. So, yeah, they were, they were great. But, yeah, I think it's just with stand up, it's timing. I mean, anything with comedy Yeah. It's it's timing. Speaker 3
Mhmm. Speaker 0
So can we talk about, I don't know, apologize you have a question from someone about this one, but and I'm gonna throw ten of it on the spot here. So you're to me, you're One of the biggest moments of the entire series across the board was the spoken word. Speaker 2
Oh, let me ask you. Okay. Gordon question because yeah. Speaker 0
Okay. Then, Oscar. I knew someone in there was gonna ask it. I'll sit back then. Speaker 2
Why is he Gordon? Why is he Gordon says Katie's opening wraps season nine is very powerful in a series highlight, and what's Michelle's reaction when she saw well, when you first saw the script and how did you approach preparing for the delivery of that wrap? Speaker 1
Well, Jared, either messaged me or called me, and he was like, I, I am gonna write you a wrap. Speaker 2
I love how you all have your impersonation of of Jared. Speaker 1
Go on. Because he's got a bit of a cartoony. Like, he just does. It's so funny. Yeah, and he was like, he's like, do you are you, like, comfortable with that? Do you like, we we can go over it. And I was like, yeah. Like, let's that sounds great. And so he sent it. I read it. Obviously, loved it. And I was nervous about it because when we filmed it, we didn't know exactly how we were going. We obviously ended up doing it, in studio so that we could kind of, like, cut to other things and have the sound clarity be great. But I don't know when I arrived on set. It was just, like, the whole cast standing in a line and me with my little mic And they're like, question. And I just, like, did it in one take. Because there was a potential that that was the take that we were gonna use. They just wanted of this one raw, almost like I don't know if you guys have seen that M and M. He does, like, a he's in the car carport or something with his friends, and he's, like, wrapping it about Donald Trump. Speaker 3
Mhmm. Yeah. Speaker 2
Yeah. I've seen it. Yeah. Speaker 1
Yeah. So it's, Not, see, my wrap wasn't based on that, but it was, like, that kind of a vibe of just very, like, raw and Speaker 2
Yeah. More like beat poetry than wrap almost. Speaker 1
Exactly. So no beats, which was difficult. And I felt a little bit nervous about it, but it was actually really fun. Speaker 0
You absolutely slayed it. Speaker 3
And Speaker 0
and and and this is also Tom, and I'm gonna call out Tanya on this one. We we did a a bit with our show last week, actually. So we have a a couple of listeners of our show who's a big become our writing team who we go at Tate and Webb is there. We call them, wrote, basically an homage to that, what you did. And then Tanya performed it, and it was I know I'm a little biased here on from our show, but it's outstanding. So if you have a minute after this, I recommend looking it up. All our socials have it right now. You'll know the photo It's a black and white photo, and then you'll hear Tanya's bit, and it's it's fantastic. Speaker 1
Oh my god. I can't wait to see this. Speaker 2
It's a black and white photo of us standing in front of the barn at, at a farmhouse because we got to visit that last year. Speaker 1
Yeah. That's so sweet. I can't wait to watch. Speaker 5
I I watched your wrap on repeat and Oh, you nailed it. It was just it's so powerful. It's so, like, just amazing. You did an amazing job. So yeah, Liz and, Trace, they wrote us this amazing wrap, and I practiced it. I can't believe that you did that whole thing because I could not do my whole thing. Not that I'm not an actor at all, and I very much have many, many outtakes. So, yeah, kudos to you for for being able to pull that off. It's a Speaker 1
Well, thank you. But I bet you nailed it and I can't wait to watch this. Yeah. Speaker 2
One of the best things that we've done on our podcast. So, yes, she Speaker 3
did nail nails. Speaker 0
Hands down. Speaker 1
That's so sick. Speaker 2
Our our friend, awesome, First of all, thanks you for doing the MA AMA that you did, was it last week or a couple of weeks ago? Speaker 1
Yeah. A couple of weeks ago. Speaker 2
Yeah. And, she She's her question is, I know the letter Kenny is supposed to operate on neverland rules, but I would like your take on Wayne and Katie's background. You know, what was their childhood like? So put your writing hat on and kinda give us what you think Wayne and Katie's depend. We won't hold you to it. We won't make it canon, but we'd like to hear your take. Speaker 1
Yeah. I mean, I've it's interesting. I've I have some theories, of course. Jared stayed pretty close-up about it, but, But I think it makes the most sense in my brain that they either, like, came from the foster care system or both their parents died. And they were just old enough to kind of take care of themselves or they lie so that Mhmm. You know, it could take take ownership of the home somehow and not have, you know, da da da. So I think they definitely had kind of a, like, a troubled background and lost a lot of family or needed to to leave a bad situation, and they're kind of, you know, the only people, only family that they've got. There's also a chance they're not fully related. They were just, like, foster siblings and became siblings because of that at a really young age, which is also kind of sweet. Speaker 2
Yeah. I'm sure you've heard all the the different theories and stuff, but one that I really like is that you guys were mennonites because it sounded like you had a a strict upbringing, and and maybe you you got away from that lifestyle to to join the English world. Right? Speaker 1
Katie went full circle. If you went as far away from the mennonite as possible. Yeah. Yeah. Wayne still kind of acts like a meta knight in a funny way. Speaker 3
Mhmm. Speaker 1
Yeah. Yeah. That's that's definitely possible. I don't I don't know for sure. I don't know if we'll ever know. Speaker 3
Mhmm. But Speaker 1
there are mean, no adults, really, in Lev County, no police, which is interesting. Speaker 2
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Keeping your your writer hat on, Jeff Romaine would like you to write the perfect ending for Katie. What's next in her story? Speaker 1
I do have, like, a hope sort of that, I think it'd be fun for her to, like, I I don't know. She's with the hockey at the end. That makes sense. You know, of course, they were always kind of gonna come back together at some point. I think it'd be fun for Katie to continue to travel. She kinda caught the travel bug. Sort of expand her horizons a bit, but always have Letter Kenny be the home base. I could see her maybe actually becoming the mayor of Letter Kenny if they were to ever get real jobs. I don't know if that's a thing, but I could see you're kind of, like, getting into politics Speaker 3
in Speaker 1
a funny way, but, like, not sacrificing the shorts. Speaker 2
Do you have those shorts, by the way? Speaker 1
I do. I do have the shorts. Speaker 0
You kept them. Speaker 1
They're in my my cupboard. Yeah. But I I think she's probably she's gonna, you know, go off and and become kind of a boss, but I I don't really see her ever leaving Letter Kenny. Like, I think she's just gonna be committed to making the town great. Make the town great again. Speaker 2
Oh, boy. Her buddy, challenger in the UK. Would like to know if there are any other genres. I mean, you've you've covered sci fi horror and comedy now. That you might wanna jump into acting wise. Speaker 1
I mean, I, as much as I love to to laugh and and stuff like that, obviously. Speaker 3
Oh, Speaker 1
doesn't. But, the dramatic space is always fun to dabble in as well. Yeah. Again, it's really just project dependent. Like, there's good writing in every genre, and you connect with characters in every genre for different reasons. So I'm more I'm less focused on, like, what I want to do. Yeah. Kind of characters, kind of, genre, and more just about good story. Speaker 2
Oh, I really wanted to ask you about the the Canadian heritage moment that you did because that's a big deal. I mean, up here in Canada. So for our American listeners, they won't understand, but these vignettes that we've grown up on, basically, that we've watched, you know, smelling burnt toast and and so on and so forth And you're in one of them and you're you're playing Mary Bonnie, what's your like? Baker. First of all, did you, like, oh, what's her name? Who plays Mariana on Letter Kenny, who was actually in the league of their own. Did you talk to her at all about because she plays a Canadian baseball player from Saskatchewan as well on that show, was that based on the Mary Baker character? Do you know, or Speaker 1
You know, I didn't actually talk to her. That might have been a good thing to do, but because it's the Canadian heritage minutes or so, they keep them incredibly historically accurate. So, I I know that Mary Bonnie Baker was involved in a league of their own. And she kind of helped, work on that project and make it as legit as possible, which is very cool. But all of the references that I were given were from the Canadian heritage Speaker 3
Right. Speaker 1
Like people themselves and and they had done that research and they sent me the so I kind of focused on trying to be as accurate with her representation as possible. Speaker 3
She Speaker 1
did a lot of interviews. She was, she was a very, very wool woman. And, yeah, it was really fun. I had to wear a very tiny round wig. It was so tight. And it's crazy. They, like, playing baseball and sliding into home in these little dresses. It's just a different time, but it was cool. It was cool to go to Saskatchewan and a lot of fun. Speaker 2
I mean, it's a it's a pretty big deal to be part of that because that's that's gonna be around. Like, if it's like all the others, it'll outlast all of us. Right? Those moments. I mean, we're still quoting ones that we watched when we were kids. Right? So did did you feel that? Like, did any of that? I was like, oh, this is kind of a big deal or where you're just like, another acting job? Speaker 1
No. It felt so sentimental. Like you said, growing up watching them, and being a proud Canadian, Yeah. I was so honored that they had thought of me for this role, and it was really cool watching it. My mom loved it. And you know what I mean? Like, it's it's just very wholesome and kinda classic Canadian Yeah. Which which felt sweet. Speaker 0
Did you have a a heritage moment that stood out to you from your past? Like, from from growing up that you watched. Like, we had this conversation a couple weeks ago, like, one that you always remembered. Speaker 1
Oh, I really should have an answer for this. That's okay. And what are yours? Maybe it'll jump start my brain. Speaker 0
Well, mine has always been the burnt toast one. Yeah. I actually I haven't had one in years. Thank god, but I was epileptic when I was younger. So that one actually hit home. So my entire adult life, every time I smell burnt toast, I'm like, oh, shit. And then I realized it's not actually that case, but Speaker 3
it's Speaker 0
it's something that's always stuck with me because I've said that one's a little more personal. Speaker 1
Right. Fair enough. Speaker 5
Mine was the the woman that was in a classroom with all the men and, she was going to be a doctor and they had a piece of paper over the, penis on the board. And they were trying to say the word without saying the word, and she said, oh, for god's sake. And she basically goes up to the classroom and rips the the, the paper off. Right. Speaker 1
Yeah. I do remember that one. Yeah. Speaker 3
That's a Speaker 1
good one. Yeah. Speaker 3
And Speaker 1
that's what that's one that, like, as a young girl, you'd be, like, And it would really stick in your brain for a few different reasons. Speaker 0
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Speaker 2
Yeah. Don't ask if Victor. He'll just give you some BS about a hippo. Speaker 4
It was the okay. It wasn't the heritage moment, but it was still a public service announcement. The house, Hypo. Yeah. Speaker 2
You didn't answer the question. Doubt. Speaker 0
That doesn't Speaker 4
count. That's the greatest thing that we ever had on Canadian television and better Kenny. Alright. But but I'm telling you that how's HIPPO? Speaker 2
I'm gonna Speaker 1
have to look that up. Okay. Speaker 2
Last one here from our listeners are buddy Joey. I I feel like Sudbury tourism must be paying him because this is his question for everyone. What do you love about filming in suudbury? Are summer or winter seasons better? And what's your favorite place to eat in Subbery. Speaker 1
Right. Okay. February was wonderful to film in. Everyone in that town welcomed us and accommodated us you know, for almost eight years, which was lovely. It felt like a second home. And it also just kinda puts you right in the letter, Kenny mindset, shooting on the farm, super rural. It has, some characters that live in that in that city that kind of remind you of the people that are Kenny in a way. So All of that stuff was so great. It's like the lakes are so beautiful. I definitely prefer the summer there. Speaker 3
Part Speaker 0
they have hard winters up there. Yeah. Speaker 1
Yeah. We shot a couple of winter seasons, and it was brutal. I'm also from the West Coast. I'm from Vancouver Island. So, like, I'm Canadian, but I'm also, like, a wimp Canadian, you know? Like, we Speaker 0
just with rain. Don't you? Isn't that it? Yeah. Speaker 1
Yeah. Raines. It's like, It's, like, five degrees and everyone's inside and, like, can't go to work. Like, you know, it's just it's such a it's such a top out as far as Canadian winters go. So I didn't love the sugary winters. It was very beautiful. And, yeah, I love, like, we had so many great lake days. So those are sort of my favorite memories. And then as far as food, Subria has great chicken wings, and, we would frequent a few different spots Speaker 4
for Speaker 1
chicken wings there. They also have some great Italian restaurants or this one, Giovanni's, I think, it's called. And we used to go there a lot. And then we'd also always have cake dinners. And I know the keg is, like, not Sudbury specific. Speaker 2
But minor Pyrox. It's nothing about it. Speaker 1
Yeah. We had we had many a cake dinner Yeah. And that was one. Speaker 2
Very cool. Michelle, we we so appreciate you coming on today. And you're you're, the the first female cast member from Letter Kenny we've had on. So We we appreciate you coming on and giving us almost a full hour here. I'm gonna let my my, panelists here have their final question with you. But I'd like just wanna say thank you so much for coming on. I hope you had a good time with us, and you'll put in a good word for us for maybe some of the other female cast members that we don't bite and, and, we'd love to talk to them as well. Speaker 1
Yeah. Well, thank you. Thank you so much for making me feel welcome. The podcast space can be a little intimidating because it's so it's just like long form interview. So I'll definitely let them know that you guys are lovely. Speaker 2
Victor, would you like to explain your cat background now? Speaker 4
Yeah. Sure. So so this is just to help you understand kind of your far reaching, kind of influence. Without even without even doing anything. So this is from twenty twenty one, in Kansas City, And so there's a, a animal shelter in Kansas City. They call it the, the KC project where they help they save animals and help kind of relocate them to homes. And this is a cat named, Michelle Mylett. And it's So again, this is this is smack in the middle of the pandemic where people are looking for friends and they're looking for companions, and there's this wonderful cat that was up for adoption that was adopted. And, yeah, just want to share that with you that there was in the, you know, when everybody was kind of thinking the world's coming to an end. There's this wonderful cat named Michelle Mylett, that it made somebody very, very happy. And, so you needed to know that. Speaker 1
I didn't even know that. I mean, it's so funny. Thank you. Speaker 2
Victor, you're the nigga. I swear Speaker 3
to god. Speaker 1
Yeah. Beautiful. Speaker 0
Victor, that was way better than I thought you. The answer is gonna be. Speaker 3
So thank god. Speaker 4
I love that. So so and so I'll give you a softy touch just to to share kind of with your, fans out there. So we know we've learned a lot about you today. We know about your dancing, passion for dancing, and and whatnot. Maybe you can share something with, with everyone in terms of maybe a hobby or a talent that maybe not everybody knows about. Speaker 3
I mean, Speaker 1
I already gave you my secret highland dancing talent. Speaker 4
Yeah. That's yeah. That's true. That's true. Speaker 1
Low hanging fruit. I am really good skipper. So I was on a skipping team when I was a kid, and I can still do a lot of the tricks. Speaker 2
Double Dutch. Speaker 0
That that's the only word I had in my head. Yeah. Speaker 1
Yeah. Double Dutch. But then also, like, just like solo trick skipping. Me trying to make it sound cool. It's not. But, yeah, I I was on a team. We used to, like, travel around schools and do performances and stuff. So and I can still do it. It's great exercise. So, yeah, skipping. And then, yeah, you know, the less kind of I'm sure I guess I do yoga. I love my dog. If you follow me on Instagram or TikTok, you probably know that already. But, yeah, I I like writing. I don't know. I live I live on Vancouver Island, so I I love being in nature and things like that. That's very important for for me and my general well-being. But, yeah, skipping is kind of a quirky one, I guess. Speaker 2
Well, you know what? We gave we gave Evan Stern a hard time about some of the the the skills that he had on his resume. I think skipping. Speaker 1
What are his skills? Speaker 2
One was sprinting. We we we gave him a a hard time on that. That's fun at his expense on now. I forget what some of the other ones were, but, oh, conversational French. Speaker 1
I'm dead. Meaning he can say four things. Speaker 2
Yeah. Basically. And I think he settled four when when we asked him. Speaker 0
Yeah. He was pretty proud of his resume. Speaker 4
Oh, there was another one mimicking. Mimicking. Yeah. Speaker 5
That's right. Yeah. Speaker 1
Okay. And he and obviously break dancing because he Yeah. Has talk about that as much as possible. Speaker 2
Absolutely. That was number one. Speaker 1
Did you see him? Obviously, if you saw the show, you saw him open the show with his his dancing. Speaker 2
Oh, yeah. Lady Sea, you mean that one? Or Speaker 1
Well, that, but then the the tour. Oh. Me live tour. Speaker 0
No. We never yeah. We never saw this Yeah. Speaker 2
Because it got canceled. The show we had tickets to up here in Ontario, got canceled. So we never got to see that. We've seen the the comedy the comedy tour, but not the letter Kenny one. Speaker 1
Okay. Mhmm. Well, he opened the Letter County Live tour with some break dancing. And this poor boy's body at the end of that tour, because it was every single night, and he's doing, like, a headstand and, like, flipping around, and he was limping. You're so hard. Speaker 0
But really quick, was it his idea to do that or did Jared ask him because where's the ownership lie on his pain? Speaker 1
That's a tricky question. Think Evan was, you know, it was it was written. And so as an actor, when it's written, you do it. You, yes, and you there. Speaker 3
And I'm Speaker 1
I also think he was happy to Speaker 3
do it. Speaker 1
He would have never been forced into something that he didn't properly Speaker 2
Ten, do Speaker 4
you have? Much like the shirts, Jared influenced the outcome that he Speaker 1
desired. Absolutely. He's very good. Speaker 3
He's Speaker 2
a puppet master. Ten, do you have any questions? Speaker 5
I would love to know who would make you break on set. Who, like, as a comedy, there were so many so many funny moments. Was there a person that just got you every time? Speaker 1
Oh, man. I found Mark difficult to work with. Mark forward coach. He he really likes to fuck with people. But in general. And so he he took a lot of had to, like, really compose myself because I knew he was out to get me. He would do it on stage too on tour. Yeah. He would just, like, hyper focus and try to maintain eye contact with me doing the most disgusting faces. So Oh my gosh. Him, definitely. Jared is very obviously so funny, and he's especially funny to me when he's breaking because his face goes so red and his spiffy eyes get even squintier. Looks like a cartoon of himself. So he makes me giggle and then Stewart as well. No. Tyler's work on as Stewart is amazing, and he just, like, goes so hard, and he's just, what an outrageous character. He nails it and makes me giggle. Speaker 5
Nice. Nice. Those are those are all great answers. There was a photo of Billy Butchery, in one of Katie's outfits. Can you tell us the story about that? Speaker 1
Oh, man. I yeah. I wish I was involved in that decision, but nobody nobody asked So he just kind of put on at the end of filming the, like, little, Speaker 5
I don't know, the Speaker 1
ink and short, like, overall set and a little crop top fit him beautifully. Speaker 2
Oh, he's got a great figure. Yeah. Speaker 1
He's been a gorgeous figure and curves in all the right spots. And, yeah, he really rocked him with his, like, long blonde territory from the back. I was like, is that Me? Mhmm. That's cool there. I really, really nailed it. Awesome. Speaker 5
That's amazing. Speaker 2
Last question, Matt. Speaker 0
Yeah. So I I ask everyone this. So first of all, thank you so much for coming on. It has meant the world to us, and we absolutely adore you in the show and everything you guys have done over the years. Looking back at it all, I mean, we've we touched a bit on the fandom, and you, you know, you experienced it live on the tour. The cults kind of aspect to this show that, like, the the reach that this show has had across the world. What what is it all meant to you? Looking back on it. Speaker 1
Oh, man. Speaker 0
I know it's a loaded one. Speaker 1
Yeah. Well, thank you. First of all, that's really sweet of you to say. It really the show really did change my life, completely professionally, of course, never it's so rare in this industry to be a part of something that not only has longevity, but people like and you like like, it felt like magic and it's not lost on me, how rare that is. So that the relationships that we all formed You know, those won't ever go away. I'll be friends with these people for the rest of my life. And, yeah, it's it's one of those situations where it's it's professionally so important and just as personally important. And so it's hard for me to even, like, articulate. I I I don't even know what to say, except it just, yeah, really, really changed my life. And, I'm so grateful for every single person who worked so hard to make this show happen because it's not a a show that's very common. You know, it's a very original voice. Yeah. And from our network, to our crew, like, everybody kinda went out on a limb to make the show happen. And And it we were lucky that it worked, but it was a big risk. And so the fact that everybody took it and continued to take it is really cool. So Yeah. I don't know. I'm still kind of processing the end of it, but I do know that we'll all stay connected, and I'm excited to see what all of us do. Separately as well as together in some capacity in the future. I don't think this is, like, the end in kind of any sort of, like, final way. I think it'll become something different, but I don't know what that is, but I'm excited. Speaker 2
As as sad as we are that it's ending, we also agree that if something great's gonna come out of this in Jared, we all trust. And in terms of what you have coming up, I mean, we talked about the the one film that might be coming out this year. Is there anything else that you wanna talk about? And and please know that we're here to qualify anything, any work you're doing, we'd love to spread the word wide, like, whenever you have something that you'd like to to talk about. Speaker 1
Yeah. Well, thank you. Yeah, aside from the movie, I mean, obviously, this last year was a little bit of a strange one with the strike and a bit slower. So like I said, I've just been writing and kinda working on a couple of projects Speaker 3
to create just myself and with some other people, some familiar faces that you guys would Speaker 1
know too. But I can't I know it's such a good dumb thing, but I can't fully speak to it. Speaker 2
Yeah. No. No problem. Speaker 1
Can I can't? I'll let you go. Speaker 2
Please do and come on and talk about it, and we'll we'll, we'd love to hear about it. And what's the best place for folks to follow you? Is it is it Instagram or Speaker 3
TikTok or what would you rather people Speaker 2
follow you? Yeah. In Speaker 1
Sagram, probably. I'm I'm on TikTok for sure. I'm not, like, as active, but I like to consume TikTok. I don't like to make them as much, but yeah, Instagram or TikTok is great. Speaker 2
Okay. Well, again, thank you so much for joining us tonight. I'm gonna play us off here with a song from this last week's episode. Take no sides. By relationship, by relations, not relationships. Here we go. Speaker 1
Thanks, guys. Speaker 2
And that's all we have for this episode. If you'd like to support the podcast, please tell a friend also follow us on most social media outlets at protosam pod. Thank you for joining us. Now we're gonna go hang out with our new friend, Michelle. Maybe do some skipping. On behalf of Michelle, Tang and Matt Victor and myself, thank you for listening, and have a great week. 
