I love just doing it, and the kids are kind of like, “What the heck is this?” Just those different colors that Trenton Stewart added to the series. And that is so fun to play with, and just the surprise of it, and just the randomness of it. So it just hits him at that these odd times. With Benedict, his narcolepsy typically comes from a place of joy, or from a place of surprise. Benedict, you seemed to have some fun with the narcoleptic pratfalls. It was a real challenge but just a fantastic challenge. The cast - Kristen Schaal and Ryan Hurst and MaameYaa - we got really close, and the kids are fantastic. It could have been a really hard experience but the crew made it so enjoyable.
I used to kind of poo-poo technology, but man, after that, I’m so grateful for FaceTime and just to stay connected with my family and my wife and my daughter. And because of COVID I wasn’t able to come home for five months. The Vancouver crew was so on top of it, and so fantastic. This was some pretty heightened months of COVID - August through January. The whole process was just an absolute joy. They were very cool to allow me to have input. So, it was fun to work with wardrobe designers and obviously with Phil and Matt on the scripts. His posture is very straight, and he’s obviously very on top of fashion and appearance. And then Curtain comes off very put together and very calculated, but there’s so much pain there. On the outside, he’s a little erratic and befuddled, but he’s got such a heart. It was fun working with Benedict’s posture, which is really bad. And then Curtain, you hear more of their backstory as the show goes, but he’s got a tremendous amount of pain and trauma - he’s also very misunderstood. Benedict is - he comes from a place of compassion and love. Reading the books and just how affable Mr. Curtain and differentiate them in physicality and all of that? So, I just loved the story and also the opportunity to play twins is very exciting for any actor. And I just feel like, yeah, those are superpowers that’s exactly what the world needs. I think, honestly, what attracted me the most is: these kids didn’t have magical powers - didn’t have these crazy superpowers - but they they use their intellect, their creativity and their empathy. In the books, there’s this thing called The Emergency which is causing widespread panic, and Mr. I was doing a play in San Francisco right before COVID happened, and I got a call from my agency, and they put me in contact with the creators, Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi, who told me a little bit about the story before I read the books. I did not read the books until they offered me the job, and then I read the first one. How did you become involved with the “The Mysterious Benedict Society”? What was the appeal of the series and were you a fan of the books?
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