The Order's Jake Manley Teases Season 2 of Netflix Fantasy Series

How's life at home?

It's good. It's nice nice to be back and just a little more relaxed and low key.

Well, you have a lot of upcoming projects that are about to come out and that you're doing right now.

Yeah, I know, it's an exciting time.

Congrats on also season 2 of The Order.

Thank you. Thank you. Hopefully everyone loves it. I think it's gonna be good. It's like, it's pretty crazy, so I think people will love it.

Do you watch the did you watch season 1 on Netflix?

I didn't binge it like right away. I almost needed to like space it out a little bit, but yeah, it was fun to to to watch. I think some of the cast like got together and we watched like the first two episodes together. Mmhm. just kind of watched it on my own.

For all of the films and shows you do, is it weird watching yourself or do you like it?

No, it's definitely weird. Yeah. I think there's it all depends cuz there's moments that are pretty awesome to watch yourself do and then some of them are kind of cringey and embarrassing and you're you're like, but I think you just have to get used to it, you know, it gets it gets easier and um I think it's important to be able to like watch yourself and kind of critique and be like, all right, that worked. That didn't. Like, you know, I thought I was doing that, but it looked like that so I think it's important for sure. Yeah.

And when your friends and family and stuff watch it, what did they usually like, did they make fun of you? Like, did they say, oh my God, you killed it? What do they usually say to you?

Uh, they're super supportive. So I think like, I think they like bolster me up for sure. But um, I think sometimes it's just kind of surreal for them to see it or or to kind of um, not see it is just Jake for like the first little while so I think it was more interesting with The Order because they had a full season of like to get to know me as like a character in the show. So, yeah, it's it's fun.

You did an interview back in 2015 where you said that like your pinch me moment was like seeing yourself in Heroes Reborn. Yeah. Since then, since like 2015, has there been like an updated pinch me moment or like another one that you would add to the memory book?

For sure. For sure. I mean, there's been a lot of them, especially like over the last year. Um, I mean, I just filmed a Netflix movie called Holiday last year that's coming out later this year and just working with some of that cast, like Frances Fisher, like I grew up watching Titanic and like was a big fan and she's such a cool lady and she'd come over and we'd, you know, have have a drink and like listen to music and I was like, that's pretty pretty pinch me moment or um, or working on the set of Midway with like all those guys and like the scale of that set with with uh with Roland Emmerich was definitely like a pinch me.

Yeah, I saw Midway like literally the best movie. It's so intense. Like and then I was like, oh my God, he's in it.

I was I was kind of nerding out with like the sets and everything and so it was like harder my very first take, it was really hard to stay in character because the the actor me wanted to be like this is so amazing and I was trying not to smile in the scene. Yeah. I hope we get to do that again because like I need to do a better take where I'm trying not to smile more.

You've acted in a bunch of different things. What's like one of your like dream roles that you'd want to act out?

I would love to do um, something where I'm playing a real person of significance. I've always said like doing something like playing Frank Sinatra, like a young Frank Sinatra, something like that. Um, someone that I was a huge fan of. I just think the responsibility of that and getting to dive into that that person's head space, that would be that'd be kind of like a dream job for sure.

And when you found out that you got the part in The Order for the first like season 1, how did you react? And when you found out that it got picked up for season 2, how did you react?

I mean the initial one, I was I was so excited and it it never kind of happens like you think it is. Like you think you're going to get an agent a call or like a call from all your agents and managers and I think I found out through like a text that my agent had screenshot of an email saying casting like was going to So it was like, yeah, it was it was amazing and um, I was so excited to to be able to jump on that show with all those people. And um, when we found out we got season 2, it was like really quick. Like the show had only been out for um, I think less than two weeks. It was like 10 days.

Oh, wow.

I think I got the call from Chad Oakes, the producer, and it was kind of surprising. I was like, no way, like they already decided we're doing season 2 because I was optimistic, but just just finding out that we got to go back and like have more fun and and create more and like such a good feeling. Yeah.

That's so cool. And can you spill anything on if there's any new romances in season 2?

Uh, there's definitely new new romances. Yeah. There's definitely some amazing new characters. We have some really cool guest star cameos from like some known actors that I think fans are going to love but um, yeah, there's old romances. There's new romances and there's the struggle of like all of that together, so it's it's tense and it's exciting. Yeah.

And then we have to ask if there's anything about you getting your memory back.

Yeah, I think so. Yeah. We get our memories back, but it's just how how we get it and and um, you know, it takes a little bit. So um, yeah, but I don't think I don't think it would really work if we didn't get our memories back. Yeah.

Okay, cool. And then we want to play a little game with you if you're down.

Yeah, let's do it.

Okay, so it's the game of last. So I'll like read off last time I and then you'll finish the sentence. Okay. Okay. So, the last time you shopped online?

Yesterday.

On what platform? Or like what store?

Uh, just on the internet. There's a brand actually I'm wearing it right now called Rag & Bone and I love their stuff. And uh I've been in touch with them but they just got a bunch of new stuff in so I went and ordered some yesterday. I got it.

Um, last person you texted or remember texting.

Um, my friend, uh because we're going to go play golf, my friend Dave Provo.

I love it. Golf is such a good like activity. They're so I'm terrible at it. I'm terrible at it. I'm I'm kind of nervous because I haven't played it in about a year and I'm not good anyways, but I always trying to learn but Good luck. Last time you watched an old show that you were in. Or movie.

Oh. It's been a while. I think I think it would have been it would have been Midway when Midway came out. Yeah. I I uh, I bought it on iTunes and and and rewatched it.

Oh, you bought it. Did you go see it in theaters at all?

I did see it in theaters. And yeah, I went by myself and it was like me and a bunch of old men.

That's when you went by yourself.

Yeah. I was filming The Order in Vancouver at the time and um, I was like, I have to see it in theaters. Like I I wasn't able to go to the premiere because I was I was filming in Vancouver. So I think I went at like 1:00 PM on a Wednesday because it was like I don't have to walk off and it it was just a bunch of senior senior kind of veterans and war guys. Um, but it was fun.

I don't know They're like, hey, I'm in it, but like, no big deal. It's not.

They didn't care.

Uh, last person you remember FaceTiming?

I just FaceTime my girlfriend, like 20 minutes ago.

Are you guys not uh quarantine together?

We were for like the the most part, but I just came back home because I I had to for some stuff and she she stayed back in LA with the dog.

Last home workout you did?

Home workout? Um, it's been about three weeks or a month. Yeah.

Wow.

Our my gym did a soft opening a few weeks ago with like new precautions. So I've been getting back in the gym, but I was there yesterday.

Oh, cool. Okay. Last YouTube video you remember watching?

Um, I don't know. I think it might have been one of the um, John Krasinski's Some Good News segments. Those are pretty fun but it's been a few weeks, so I think that was it. Yeah.

Last song you listened to?

Last song I listened to. Um, I'm really into a guy right now called Sam Fender. And He's a British guy and he's got a song I really like called That Sound. So I think I was listening to that.

When you're out and about in LA and stuff, are people usually do you find like if you're just like shopping or like at Starbucks or something, like people are like afraid to come up to you or they they just come up to you?

No, I think they're kind of confused because sometimes they'll see me and they'll look at me and they'll be like and they don't exactly figure it out. They're like, you're in a show. I'm like, yeah. They're like, is it Legion? I'm like, no.

They'll they'll guess like three shows and normally I have to be like, it's The Order. They're like, oh yeah, The Order. And it's always people you wouldn't expect watch that show, like, um, you know, guys in their mid-40s or something.

Last cast member you talked to from The Order.

I talked to Adam DiMarco this morning and yesterday. We talked a lot. But um, Adam plays Randall in the show. We went to high school together, so

Wow.

we were friends before the show and it was like an amazing coincidence that we ended up on the show together. And so we we yeah, we keep in touch. He's out in Vancouver. Um, but yeah, we we have like a a really similar sense of humor and watch the same like kind of comedy show. So we're always sending each other clips and all that stuff.

Yeah. When you guys were casting for it, did you know you were both casting at the time?

No. No, I didn't

you found out you guys got the part and realized you went to high school together?

No, like we I I obviously knew he was an actor. But I didn't know until they they sent me the full script and it showed each character and which actor was playing that and then it said Adam DiMarco. I was like, no way. And we we kind of called each other and like this is unreal that we get to play friends on the show. And it was just yeah, it was so

That's wild.

Like are the odds of it like we're the only kind of two actors from our high school, we grew up in a small town in Canada and uh, the fact that

You ended up on the same Netflix show together. That's crazy. This is wild. Wow. Okay, last food order delivery you got?

Ooh. What was the last one that I got? I think it was um, there's a place near my house in um, LA called Medchi and they do really good uh pizza like the Italian style pizza. So I think I got that like last week for a treat because I hadn't had it in a long time.

Last picture you remember taking on your phone? That might be hard, but Or like you're

The only photos I take are of my dog Rupert. I have like a billion of them. And my phone keeps creating like my phone sometimes creates albums by itself because it has

Yes. Yeah.

So it created an album called like Furry Friends 2020 and it's all pictures of like my dog Rupert. So.

Aw, I love it. It's Furry Friends. That's the same dog. I hate that but I love it. I love it. Last time you watched an episode from The Order season 1?

Honestly, when it came out, yeah, I kind of I watched the whole thing and then I kind of departed from it.

Mmhm. And what are you most looking forward to doing when life goes back to normal?

Two things. You know, just being with a bunch of friends and family like hanging out. Um, actually three things. Traveling. I would love to be able to get out and and travel again. But also just being on set, like working on something whether it be like season 3 or or um, getting back on like a movie and I love being on set. I love being with that mix of people. So I'm really looking forward to getting back there.

Yeah, for sure. Well, thank you so much, Jake, for talking to us today.

Thank you. It was awesome. You mean great questions.