The Chosen Season 4: Annie Chats with the Cast (Part 1)

[Music] Jonathan thank you for sitting down and chatting with me again we're so glad to have you back on that sounds fun happy to be I mean does it sound fun sounds amazing okay great I'm so glad to hear it um okay here's one of my thoughts when we're going into season 4 is I know that this is the season where Jesus starts getting a little frustrated at times right so will you tell me a little bit like when you got the script what is it like when you get the script for season 4 do you sit and read the whole thing at once and how is that for you when you start seeing where Jesus is going in the story well I think my first reaction was like here we go um so it's uh uh you know we're not in Kaa anymore you know the the the the honeymoon is truly over uh now it's it's time to get into the meat and potatoes of this relationship that Jesus has with his his um closest friends uh the religious authorities so the pressure is mounting and I think um getting to to to to read the the this the episodes and the stories and and seeing how this develops as we had inevitably towards the cross um uh for me was exciting and also like challenging and and made me feel like okay uh this is a new color that that people are going to see with Jesus and um it's for for every step of the process for me personally it's like Lord just let people see what you want want them to see and and um hear what you want them to hear from from this uh from my performance so uh yeah I just I leave most of most all of it up to him and and I just try to you know try to represent as best I can and and uh I think I think it's this season's going to shake some people up a bit what do you know about Jesus after season 4 that you didn't know before well that's a good question um I don't know if I know anything more I think I'm tuning into just other areas of his emotional spectrum that I I never really considered um just in in the fullness of hum is in the fullness of his uh Humanity uh contrast to the fullness of his divinity uh there's aspects of his um emotions that I never really tried to consider or inhabit and and this season I'm kind of forced to do that so tell me how you're doing this how do you do season 4 knowing season 6 is coming like how can you stay in season 4 is your brain thinking about the crucifixion like I'm sure Jesus's was I'm sure I can't be sure tell me more yeah yeah let me tell you what he was thinking Jonathan you get it uh I can't I can't get that far ahead yeah I have to be present I Think Jesus was fully present at all times and despite knowing what he knew or what God let him know and to what extent and you know the details of which um you know even that I mean that's one of the greatest questions that theology you know um wrestles with is is how much did he actually know and at what point yeah um so for me my job is to just stay present in the things that are happening now and if there's opportunities where it's clearly for me a sign that I can that that connects me to future events then I might try to bring that into to the work and I've done that in various aspects in fact uh with some of the stuff that happens in season 4 um I was able to with with conversations with Dallas through conversations with Dallas I was able to start planting seeds of um emotional seeds back in like season two uh that I think when people go back and watch stuff and see certain reactions they'll be like you lying you did stuff in season 2 knowing what was coming in SE yeah yeah Jonathan Remy get out of here so are you doing that right now then maybe you are you are you are doing things right now that we're going to look back in six and seven and be like oh that's why maybe you're dropping Easter eggs my guy that is very impressive well done tell me about the pace of doing season 4 I mean season 3 and season 4 recording and we're pretty close together compared to one and two how has that been has it been better getting to tap back into being Jesus in a closer window of time or more challenging I think we had a little bit of time to breathe sort of but then and then on on the other hand it feels like not really because of press and because of everything that we're doing in between Seasons uh and then it's a long stretch of time you know four or five months so um it's it's for me it can be a little physically challenging and exhausting in it at points but uh I think I just I get the opportunity to bring that into the work and I think it kind of fits and and it's all part of the design the uh the Divine Design of of how I think this is supposed to be played out for me yeah okay so we did this last time but you know this is my favorite question the question we always ask on that sounds fun is tell me what sounds fun to you sleep I'm probably repeating my last answer but just sleeping for about 14 hours have you gotten a full night I mean and we were here yesterday and y'all didn't finish till after midnight and we're here in the morning so you did not get a full night sleep last night no we were I was I think going till about 2: oh my gosh yeah so how does your brain how do you keep the lines in your brain that long I'm sorry what's your name again yeah exactly that's exactly you're like here's what I don't have to memorize you here's what I do have to memorize basically what I say I'm like am I doing oh I'm in the scene today okay oh we're filming this right now okay yeah so that's kind of what happens you're very good at thank you thank you for playing this man that we all love so much it's my honor means a lot thanks [Music] an welcome to that sounds fun you guys I'm so glad you're here I have an individ question and then some group questions VII I love that word yeah thank you yasine tell me what you love about Rama I mean we could tell you what we love about her but will you tell me what you love about her Annie okay so I absolutely love that she is a little ball of Spitfire yeah and she's only growing into that so much more she's coming into herself she we're she's learning about herself especially whenever first you see her and she has you know she has that spunk already uh she follows her gut she follows her heart and she will not question any of that and then she has to leave home uh so you see that a little bit obviously that would affect anyone I think and so that's her first time leaving her dad and she knows why and it it's probably severing that relationship ship but she knows that she is doing It ultimately that's what she needs to do um and so she's struggling with that but then she finds her her love for Learning and so now she's reading and now she's writing wanting to be a good student um and so just that whole journey of that and then along along all of that is she's just trying to figure out how to do love Yeah have to do love yes to do love yeah got it this is all new this is all new for her so she's you know that's another part of her learning process is like what's what is this and how do I go about this um and it's just such a it's I just really enjoy seeing her come into her own self and be more of that but just like heightened every single time you meet her yeah you're doing that beautifully than it does feel like we're watching her be this young young woman that's figuring out how to become a young less young woman she's not a she's a grownup but she's not like a some of the older women she's young but we're watching her be brave she's naive in the best way possible that's it I think you're doing a beautiful job at that so much um okay joey yes for you as Thomas we have we have the source material of what happens with him we do have the source material right and and he gets this terrible wrap of being doubting Thomas thank you no one no one ever says that I agree with you is not true it's so unfair he's asking a sensible question no one's come back from the dead before so we except like dude that's way that's and so are you thinking about that part of Thomas already is that are you Easter egging us already about who Thomas becomes in the story you know it's uh it's it's stuff that I do think about you know what I mean it's you can't help but think about that kinds of stuff um but the the stuff that I really love about Thomas is is this dichotomy between him being you know again wrongfully a doubter I think he's actually the biggest believer but this guy who questions and seeks answers and then also this other side of him that's like super mushy and gushy and you know like a little lover boy figuring out how to flirt and stuff like that um so I I I do think about the the endgame stuff but I I like to take it season by season just because Ryan and Tyler have done such a lovely job writing the show yeah how are y'all feeling about the way you model dating I mean you're you're modeling dating in in the only way on the show for all of us unmarried you're modeling it for all of us so what is that like for you to to be the only people dating on the show I hope a lot of people are taking some tips and tricks yeah yeah what not to do it worked in the first century it'll work now I think I honestly I think it's really cool like to add that element into the story I I never would have thought that that would be something that you could bring into this type of source material you know what I mean and I I think it's really lovely to see it happen in such an organic and sweet way like it kind of it blooms like a flower rather than just like hey we like each other okay cool you know what I mean it's it's one of those things that slowly develops over time and you know I guess maybe people can take take that away you know let things develop don't feel you got to rush into stuff give us a little insight around season 4 with there's there's more sadness there's more Joys there's just more contrast in season 4 and yet your relationship I assume still moves forward mhm thank you for assuming that how I would hope hoping thank you so much so what what is what is the hard conversations and and the challenging Parts bringing into the relationship the hard conversations at least for Rama is in season 3 you see her leave to go talk to her dad yeah um to to you know see if how he feels about me moving forward with Thomas um so it's a lot of that conversations for my character those were the hard and then when you see her come back in season you see how that plays out how it turns out um and so I guess that was like more so behind the scenes but then I have to have the conversation with Thomas obviously right and then how we deal with it yeah I think she said it perfectly audiences can definitely look forward to seeing the continuation of the ending of season 3 yeah good okay the last question we always ask on the show I cannot wait for your answers because the show is called that sounds fun tell me what sounds fun to you with what in life oh my gosh in life like what is fun for you a travel I would say oh man where haven you been yet that you want to go I would really really really love to go to Tokyo okay I think that'd be so much fun like every person that I have heard that has gone to anywhere in Japan really 100% across the board I said it's it's one of one of the coolest exp too it's very clean and organized and delicious an amazing food I want see your office space now when you you want to see my life if I'm celebrating clean organiz I know all right what sounds fun to you oh what sounds fun to me is this is going to sound corny no don't judge your fun oh thank you so much yes amen it is um deepening my connections in my life yeah yeah you're right that is really fun makes Tokyo better yeah exactly because I want to I like traveling with people so girl well [Music] done Noah welcome to that sounds fun I didn't even tell you that's the name of the podcast well that's lovely I love when it sounds fun doesn't that match our volume it does it really does yesterday when I was talking to our mutual friend Brad Fogerty he said that your his sons love you because you go and play Super Smash Brothers or whatever this I do I I I um I have to bring the heat you know I can't let the kids off the hook they need to know what it's like to be challenged by a real one that's right he says you are the loudest one in the room when his kids are this is also true there is no lies are being told here I love it well it's it's fun that this is your real life volume because when we see you at on the show you aren't this loud I mean the anxiety of Andrew is really interesting how did you find that to play that when your natural self is up well there's always the flip side to every coin and um I definitely have you know my anxious or uptight moments all that's really all the time and so I just always try to bring um truth and authenticity to what I'm doing and so when I you know get to play Andrew I just want that to be real I want those anxious moments those moments of Doubt um but then also as we're seeing in this season I'm I'm feeling there's there's definitely a threat of thread of trying to grow up trying to grow and trying to push past that anxiety or um moments of desperation because they do creep up and as the story goes on it gets you know the challenges grow the darkness gets closer as we know um and I think that that we disciples can sense that it's getting more and more real and we have to step up to the challenge yeah so in the in the source material of the scripture we know how Jesus responds when John the Baptist is killed but something I've thought about a ton watching the first three season is you were his disciple first and so as Andrew was with John the Baptist first as we move into season 4 what's it been like for you knowing what happens to John the Baptist and how close your character was to him that's always been something that's been on my mind obviously because then when you when you find out you're like ah I was a disciple of John the Baptist you know we know how that story ends and so um you know I I already I always knew you know when I got to in the in season 3 go and see John um in the dungeon of of herid um and trying to control and and freaking out and saying you know what can I do for you I'm I'm focused on you I'm thinking about you every day I'm praying for you every day what can I do and he says you're focusing on the wrong thing here you have a new Rabbi focus on that mission that I think that moment was a pivotal moment for Andrew and it leads to a lot of you know the beginning of the Journey of growth and so as we near some of these stories you know as they get closer as we move through the series um that's always you know on my mind how how does that come out what what you know how does one deal with that and uh thankfully we have some of the best writers around that give us some incredible things to work with and then we just try to to to um meet the moment how is it when you get the script for season 4 do you sit and read the whole thing is it like you hold yourself up in your house and you read through like what was it like when you got the script for the whole season well it's a lot of pages so we I I read it over the course of two days I read the first four episodes and then then the second four um and uh I was honestly pretty shocked I definitely was shocked at H at where um where we go what what sort of territory we explore in the season I sort of thought I knew roughly what was happening but um I really did not I didn't know and and you know we are planning on doing Seven Seasons so you can sort of try to chart that out in your mind um but I will just say I was pleasantly surprised and and also it it is a challenging season I think I think fans and the audience are going to find um you know this this journey of trying to find Hope amidst darkness and as we get closer and closer to the end um really looking for that that hope um and it's uh yeah it's a journey that I'm just really thankful to be on yeah so John and James are a set of Brothers you and Peter are a set of Brothers the relationships are really different right how often are you interacting with Peter as a brother versus the two of them are like thick as thieves all the time and it feels like you and it in a really interesting way you and Peter play like y'all disagree a little bit more than the other brother is that is that a fair assessment yeah totally I think that the we we honestly like getting able or being able to to work with Shahar in that way has been so fun because we understand you know there's love there but often times you know there's disagreement amidst love and we really want to bring that to life because I think people look at that and say that is how I'm like with my sibling we don't always get along and we are different characters and we are trying to to to reach for the same goal in um giving our Our Lives over to to this you know to Jesus and following him um but we have very different ways of doing it and I think that's really exciting seeing that sometimes uh butt up against each other but there's often times where we really love and support each other and um yeah I I I see truth in that so we we have so much fun beautiful uh you know playing that out okay speaking of fun this is the last question we always ask on the show okay because a show it's called that sounds fun Noah tell me what sounds fun to you what sounds fun to me I love right now I'll tell you the things that are occupying my mind funwise Survivor yeah I love Survivor I'm a big fan this is surprising to me I love the idea of anything competitive I'm a fan of You Know video games I'm in I love playing card games board games I love track traveling all that these are things uh that sound like fun to me I love the idea of like putting your mind up against someone else's mind that's what I like competition Survivor that's I just watched the finale literally yesterday on set we had a break in between scenes so that is what what is occupying my mind right now I love the idea that you're like it's brain versus brain not body versus body yes it's like brain versus brain it is it is well done that's a very good answer well done [Music]

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Published: Thu Feb 01 2024