Is Emma Myers an introvert?
I would [consider myself an introvert], she confesses with a laugh.
Emma Myers: Introvert.
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TheWednesdaycastI can be with them all the time.
I dont reallyneedthat alone time.
But I doliketo take a day to myself every once in a while.
Jenna Ortega and Emma Myers inWednesday
Lately a day to herself is pretty rare.
Next spring shell celebrate the release ofMinecraft,in which she stars alongside Hollywood heavyweights Jack Black andJason Momoa.
I hate starting something and then not finishing it, she says.
Myers as Pip Fitz-Amobi inA Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
(Sorry, Emma!)
Warning: Spoilers forA Good Girls Guide to Murderseason one.
Had you read the books beforehand?
Emma Myers as Pip Fitz-Amobi and Zain Iqbal as Ravi Singh inA Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
Emma Myers:Last April I got an email asking me to meet with the director and the producers.
I read the first three episodes, then I met with them, and really liked them.
I bought the book when I was in the conversation of playing Pip.
Emma Myers as the colorful Enid onWednesday
Are you a big murder mystery fan?
Yeah, I listen to a lot of true-crime podcasts just because I find it interesting.
I love the psychology behind it.
Emma Myers as CC inFamily Switch
I do love a good mystery.
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What kind of things do you paint?
Jennifer Garner and Emma Myers inFamily Switch
Im okay at landscapes.
(Spoiler warning!)
Becca, for me, came out of nowhere.
Whats going on here?
Im glad that you say that because I thought the same thing.
I was like, Somethings funky with this man.
But Becca was a complete surprise.
What made you think that Elliot may have had something to do with the murder?
Because hes a man and suspicious.
Hes a teacher with a classic good guy exterior and a little bit psycho underneath.
I totally expected him.
Becca came out of nowhere.
I just thought, Oh, poor Becca, depressed younger sister.
Would you say you feel that way too, or that you identify with either of them?
I actually have never put that together, but thats actually very true.
Even though theyre completely different people.
But I identify more with Pips personality and the way she conducts herself.
You had a British accent inGood Girls.
Did you work with a dialect coach?
Were there any specific Brits you studied?
I did work with a dialect coach.
But also, since I had an all-English cast, they were so helpful.
I told them, Its not going to hurt my feelings if you correct me on something.
They would tell me if they heard me say something that was off.
UK accents are so specific.
you’re free to drive an hour and somebody has a completely different accent.
Thats a really good point.
There are so many different variants.
Is there anything that you particularly struggled with that people were like, That one is not quite right?
If a sentence ended in the wordparty,I couldn’t say it, for some reason.
I could say the wordpartyif it was in the middle of a sentence.
If it ended withparty,I always struggled with it.
Also, the wordgirlfriendis tricky for me.
I guess we both have trouble with that.
Those are such funny words to be hung up on.
Not like some cool teenager.
Of your three recent Netflix charactersEnid, Pip, and CC fromFamily Switchwho do you identify with most stylewise?
Thats a tricky one because some of the clothes that I wore for Pip were mine.
Theres a pair of jeans that I wear that are cool patchwork jeans.
Those are actually my jeans.
Emma Myers as the colorful Enid onWednesday
But I will say that I love the layering Enid does.
I wish I could layer like that.
I do some layering, but in earth tones, and not with as many funky shapes or whatever.
I started wearing leg warmers because I loved the ones I wore in season one so much.
I bought so many pairs of leg warmers.
Thats awesome, very 80s.
Are you athletic at all?
I remember watchingFamily Switchand wondering if youd played soccer.
Well, I didnt ever play soccer, but I did a little bit for the film.
I had a few soccer lessons.
Not a little bit.
I was on a competitive dance team, so a lot.
Emma Myers as CC inFamily Switch
That helped me with the stamina.
I find its easier to pick things up because I have that dance background.
But no, I never played soccer before in my entire life.
Youre working on season two ofWednesdayright now.
I cant really say anything, otherwise Ill probably be dead tomorrow.
But I will say Im in love with the scripts this season.
I love everybodys character arcs, especially people coming into their powers and stuff.
I love the new cast.
Weve been having a great time out here, so Im just excited for everybody to see it.
Do you and your castmates hang out in Dublin?
Do you have the time?
Yeah, we have time.
We go out for dinner, well go to a pub or something.
We mostly hang out at each others apartments, though, just doing random stuff.
Do you have a group that paints with you or is that a solo activity?
Thats a solo thing.
I know that youre into K-pop as well.
Is anybody else on the cast with you on that?
Have you tried to get them into it?
If I have my speaker on and people are over and a song comes up, so be it.
I let people do their thing.
To get back to Pip, would you want to do a season two?
Is that in talks at all right now?
Id love to do one.
If people love the show and want more, Id love to finish it out.
I hate starting something and then not finishing it.
After solving this murder and finishing school and looking to the futurehow do you think Pip is doing?
Separate from wherever the second book takes her.
How do you think shes feeling?
Graduating high school and solving a murder and then going to a really big school afterward is a lot.
Tacking on top of all the stuff she went through last year, shes probably a bit overwhelmed.
Poor girl needs a break.
Just saying that made me realize you probably experienced a little bit of that big moment whenWednesdaycame out.
Do you feel that your life changed a lot after the success of the show?
I gained a lot of followers, I knew that.
That was really crazy.
I was like, Yeah.
Shes like, No, its like…its huge.
Thats when I was like, This is really weird.
Why are all of you watching my show?
Youre like, Thats just for me!
Yeah, it was so weird.
We were talking about this with the castit was our thing for so long.
Only we had experienced it.
Now everybody else knows about it.
Its crazy because it felt like just such a small thing, and now the whole world loves it.
It was such a weird experience to share that with everybody.
But yeah, what a life-changing thing.
Do you or any of your cast members feel a little pressure going into season two?
I wouldnt say we feel pressured.
Were confident in the material we have this season.
Im pretty excited for people to watch it.
Youve played, obviously, a lot of teen roles in your career.
As you get older, is there anything that youre looking forward to trying?
Honestly, I really do like playing teen roles.
But I do play an older role inMinecraft.
Not old, but just older than I normally do.
I was just laughing because I still look 14, and Im acting like an adult.
Itd be fun to play a more mature role, to try it out.
It depends on the job.
It always depends on the job and the role.
But yeah, well see where the road takes me.
Any genres you want to dabble in?
I would love to do sci-fi.
It would be sort of like a black box theater, I would imagine, green screen.
Another thing I really want to do would be a motion capture.
Id love to play a character thats all mo-cap, either a video game or a movie likeAvataror something.
Thatd be so fun.
You really just want to be in a green suit with a big green screen in a studio.
I want to feel so silly that nothing matters anymore.
You kind of just feel free.
Are there any sci-fi series or any books that you read recently that youre hooked on?
Im a really slow reader because I like to take in what Im reading.
Also, sometimes I need a minute in between books.
But Ive been reading for the past six months theRed Risingseries by Pierce Brown.
There are six books in it, and Im on the fifth right now.
I love these books so much.
I kid you not, theyre my favorite sci-fi books Ive ever picked up.
Theyre so addictive, so I highly recommend those.
Ive been given a lot of good advice from a lot of people.
Recently I worked with Jack Black and Jason Momoa, and theyre so helpful with any questions.
The best adviceand its not really advice; its more just watching how somebody behavesis Jennifer Garner.
The way she treats everybody, even with how big she is and how long shes been doing this.
Shes such a personable human and knows everybodys names.
Shes so kind to everybody and treats everybody with respect, no matter what their job is.
When you work on a big film, there are so many people on the crew.
You attempt to talk to everybody.
I always take a stab at learn everybodys names because I really do like talking with the crew.
Theyre so funny and have great perspectives on things.
But she genuinely knew everybodys names and everybodys business.
She asks everybody, like, “Oh, hows this going?
Whats going on with this?
Shes so good at remembering things like that.
She hosted an amazing lunch at her house one time with us.
Shes a great host and a great person.
I love to hear that.
Jack Black and Jason Momoatheyre also icons in the industry.
What was it like working with them?
They are so funny.
Both of them are amazing.
I had so much fun working with the two of them.
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
