Never Have I Ever Cast Interview Each Other

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When Mindy Kaling's coming-of-age comedy "Never Have I Ever" dropped on Netflix, Indian-American teens everywhere finally felt seen and represented. While the series does not reflect the experiences of every teenager of Indian descent, that's half the point -- seeing South Asian representation normalized on TV in this way is a huge step forward! Earlier this year, Young Hollywood sat down with the star of the series herself, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, along with co-stars Ramona Young and Lee Rodriguez, to find out more about their experience working on this groundbreaking show! Find out which other Netflix series they would love to crossover with and which of Mindy's former co-stars they'd love as a guest star on their show, plus they reveal a hilarious but embarrassing behind the scenes secret and they also treat us to a brief impromptu a cappella!
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I'm Lee. I'm My Tree. I'm Ramona. And we're the cast of Never Have I Ever. And today, we're gonna interview each other.
All right, let's do it. I'll go first. Yeah. Then pick a name, too.
You want to come up to the mic, My Tre?
My Tree. If you could merge your show with another show for a crossover episode, which show would it be?
That's a very interesting question, Lee. I would personally merge our show with Black Mirror.
Tell me that.
Oh, that would be so sick. That would be so sick. Like, really, it'd be really sick. It'd be a full 180 and I would be down.
I was not expecting you.
What would you think I was going to say?
I thought you were gonna say like The Office or something.
Oh yeah. That The Office would be cool, too. That's actually my favorite show. The Office, or Black Mirror. Boom. Definitely Black Mirror. We're going there.
Okay. Okay. Do I just put these under?
Just toss 'em. Toss 'em. Toss 'em. Perfect.
Here, my turn. Lee Rodriguez. Oh, crap. What is your favorite thing about Mindy Kaling?
That she is such, like she's such a real person. Such a real, nice, sweet person and is like a really good mentor, too.
That was wholesome.
Preach.
Thank you. That for that. All right. Mother up. Ramona Young, who's most likely to pull a prank on set?
I'm wondering. I would say it's either My Tree or myself. Yeah. I would say it's one of the both of us. Yeah. I agree with that. Yeah.
Yeah. I got other things to do on set, but pranks are pretty dope.
Do you guys want to see a cool trick?
Oh.
We're not doing a cool trick. We're not doing this.
Yes, yes we are.
Okay.
This is our moment.
No. We're playing this game.
No. We're playing this game.
No. We're playing this game.
Okay. Fine. We're not doing it. One, two, three.
No. We're not.
No. Ramona, it's not happening. Pick up the card.
No. We're not doing it. We're not doing it.
I know, I know you belong to somebody new, but tonight, you belong to me.
We did that. That's it. We did that.
Back to the game. Back to the game. I like it. Lee Rodriguez. Ooh. If you could have any celeb guest star on the show, who would it be?
Steve Carell. Yes. Played as Michael Scott. Played as Michael Scott. Like, that's it. That would be the best.
That would be so awesome.
That'll be so elite.
Ramona Young. Yes. What was the funniest thing that happened on set?
Oh my gosh. Uh, we bonded over doing Kegels together. And after a montage scene of doing Kegels for about an hour, we became best friends. That's how we knew. That was the glue that knew.
That's our glue. That's our friendship. That is our friendship. Thank you, Kegels. Thank you.
Okay, your turn. Last one? Should we keep doing them? My Tree. Me. Fill in the blank. Never have I ever blank, but I would really like to try that.
Never have I ever gone skydiving, but I would really like to try that. Like, I want to jump out of a plane and just go like, "Free falling!" Like the song. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly.
That'd be awesome. Should we do it together?
We should.
I'll pass. Never mind.
We should do it.
I'll take pictures. Cool. From up there. We. Here. Take one. It's my turn again already? Yeah. There's only three of us. Why do I get myself again? Lee Rodriguez. Who's most likely to fall asleep between shooting scenes?
Between the three of us? Um. I would say Ramona. Yeah. She actually has. Wait. You actually have. I literally have a video of you like asleep.
I have a video of you too.
There you go. We take videos of each other.
Okay. Well, that's surprising. That's awkward. All right.
You're welcome.
Thank you.
You're welcome. I guess. Lee Rodriguez. What's a behind-the-scenes secret you can tell?
Behind-the-scenes secret that I can tell like about the show, or wait, no. Behind-the-scenes.
Be careful what you say.
I know. Behind-the-scenes secret that I can tell. Man, I don't know. Oh, okay. There was one time, uh, when me and Ramona, we had a scene where we were eating ice cream. But the thing is, we were lactose intolerant. And so, secretly, in secrecy, we were farting throughout the whole scene.
That was the one thing I told you not to say. That was the one thing.
I was We were farting. The sound guy knew it. He knew it.
I'm so glad I was not a part of this. Um, whose turn? My turn? My turn?
It's all you, boo. All you. All you. Who My Tree. Who is most likely to be found at craft services?
Me. Definitely me. Definitely. I think there's I don't think there's anything that I didn't try. Like, there were so many different candies that I've never seen before. It was fun. It was great. Ice cream in a lemon? Whoa. It is. Literal ice cream put in a lemon. It was awesome. That's what I'm saying. So definitely me. Yeah.
Thanks for watching. Tune in to watch Never Have I Ever.
Never Have I Ever, folks. Yeah.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Maitreyi Ramakrishnan
Star of 'Never Have I Ever' and interviewee
- Ramona Young
Co-star of 'Never Have I Ever' and interviewee
- Lee Rodriguez
Co-star of 'Never Have I Ever' and interviewee
- Mindy Kaling
Creator of 'Never Have I Ever'; praised as a mentor
- Steve Carell
Dream guest star for the show
- Michael Scott
Character Steve Carell would play as a guest star




