April 2 - 8, 2023
celebrityq&a
BY GEORGE DICKIE
Catherine Haena Kim OF THE COMPANY YOU KEEP ON ABC
‘FBI’ and Missy Peregrim bring out the big guns with a joint task force
Q: What spoke to you about “The Company You Keep”? A: Honestly, I’ve been calling this my dream role ever since the first read. There are a couple of different reasons that drew me to it. First, I love that you have two characters in Charlie and Emma who are very seemingly different at first glance. But you happen to meet them when they’re going through the exact same moment in both their lives. And it’s that moment when you meet somebody and they just get it, they get you, and you think, ‘Oh, it’s you. It’s gonna be you.’ And then it’s on. And I love that you have this Asian American female protagonist and she’s navigating love and struggles in career and then she goes home to a mom that’s just a lot. And I just was really excited about playing a character like that that’s really fully fleshed out, especially on network TV. Q:
Did your chemistry with Milo come right away?
A: I’m really grateful because he’s such a generous scene partner and also a fantastic producer. And we had the luxury of doing some rehearsals with our director for the pilot Ben Younger and an acting coach that he personally loves working with, Kim Gillingham. So I think having that creative space to collaborate and create trust together before we ever stepped on set when you’re being pulled in a million directions and the hours are crazy, it was just really nice. And also Milo and I got to sit down and talk a few times before we actually started about our characters, our relationship as characters and also just in general how we wanted our set to be. I think things always trickle down from the top and we talked a lot about the kind of set we wanted to create as the lead actors in this show. Making sure that we do know everybody’s name and making sure that it’s a kind and professional set and then making sure everybody has fun because work is always stressful ... and we’re very mindful that everyone still goes home and has lives outside of work, even if we get to do things that are little kid dream stuff.
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