"You're The Worst" Stars Aya Cash & Chris Geere on Why They Like Mean Characters

In moments of great pain are often sometimes the most hilarious. So. Yeah, she's great. I think we kind of yeah, she's she's Fulham. It's very, very good.

That's going on my fridge.

Yeah. That's going on my fridge.

I'm Oliver Trevena here on the Young Hollywood sofa joined by Chris Geere and Aya Cash. How are you?

Good.

Young and Hollywood. Yeah. Yeah. Young and Hollywood. That's what we are. Thank you for having me.

For today.

Youngest.

For today.

Now, right now, we're going to roll with it. We're going to roll with it. Um, you're the worst. You're the worst. Yeah, we're back. You're back. Season two. It's exciting. You are the worst as well. Like if there's two people that play snobs, narcissists. Brilliantly. It's us. You do. But you do it brilliantly because I was expecting you to be somewhat You're already lovely.

We really are, really?

Yeah. Now, you haven't noticed. Well, you did get your juice and your food in there, so maybe that's put you on a nice a nice momentum.

Mhm.

Yeah. We're actors. We're faking it right now.

thing in series one where we kind of thought, oh, should we be a little bit likable here? Because you don't want to you don't want the audience to dislike you. And then as the series progressed and especially getting into season two, we realized, we don't care about that.

Yeah. Yeah. Be be as nasty as you want. This is great.

Yeah, that must be a worry because if you go into a show and you're playing like the nice person, you obviously get people liking you. But playing the the mean person, although you like mean people on TV, I read. Yeah. You you go for the mean person.

Well, I don't it's not about mean or not mean, it's just interesting more interesting. I'd say mean characters generally are are more um layered and interesting. They've got more depth. There's there's like only one level of nice. Right. But there's many levels. Right. And then when you see them nice, Right. you go, oh, This is so nice. I like them even more.

And the chemistry between you two makes it so much nicer. Like, I think you're an amazing couple on the show.

We are.

I'm like, I don't see the problems. I don't see the issues. I'm like, I love them. I feel like I'm watching the notebook.

We really do. We go through the whole uh you know, we go through a a movie's worth of emotions every episode. Right. And it's lovely to be able to share that. I mean, you know, in the morning we may be arguing or doing something really nasty, and then in the afternoon we're filming something where, you know, that vulnerable side comes out and you see you see the depth behind them. And it's lovely to be able to play that with her every day. You know. Right. It was great. Um but yes, you this season you're moving in together. Because you've burned down your your place.

Yes.

Moving in proved to be literally, I mean, we were discussing this before that moving in with someone's kind of like the biggest step really. Right. that any two people can take in a relationship. So, and Jimmy and Gretchen are just doing their best to remain the the individuals they were before. And then they slowly realize in the first episode of the the second series that if they keep on partying the way that they are, they're going to die. Right. Right. So, uh,

Which you don't want to happen.

Yeah. And that's the kind of which we all realize as well. We've got to slow down. We we slowly realize at some point, that's good. And that's the kind of the first point of compromise in the second series. I think the series is a lot about compromise. Realizing that they have to they have to change in order to develop in the in the relationship. And and uh that takes an awful lot for these people to do. So, um yeah, it's cool.

Right. Right. You're both married, obviously in real life. Yeah. I know this. I know this. So obviously when you're doing a show like this, you didn't know each other before. Correct?

No.

So that chemistry, it's just I mean you're in your obviously great friends now as well. That's built up over time.

Yeah, we've we've been we've been in this uh together since the very, very beginning. That's that's quite rare, but you know, well, personally, I've I've just gone into shows. I've been like a new character. So to start this together was was great, wasn't it?

Yeah. Yeah. We like each other and we get along and I think um we really enjoy working together and that's what sort of chemistry is, is that we both really respect each other and and have a good time sort of looking in each other's eyes and responding. And we really like the project. I mean, I think everyone's kind of done jobs before for for different reasons. You know, uh my friend always said that you do a job for career development, financial gain or fun times. Right. That's what they say. And if you get all three, winner. Right. You know, and this job's a total This is all three.

And if you could guest star on any show, what would you like to jump on?

I have such a just say yours because mine is so long. I don't really.

Yeah. Go on. What do you want to do? It's one, you can only pick one.

Oh, I can only pick one.

Yeah. And it does it, it's not going to stick. This is just a question.

Wait, but this is going to get me on that show, right?

No, this is just a question. You're taking it far too seriously. It's just a question. Well, it's just for just for viewers that might want to know.

Incredibly disappointing.

Well, okay, we'll make we'll make it happen. I I'll call a few people. I'll call whatever show person you're going to say.

All right. Mr. Robot.

Mr. Robot. Yeah. I haven't seen that yet. It's good. You need to see that. You need to see that. It's it's great.

I would say Doctor Who.

Okay.

I'd like to go in as a guest that eventually turns into the doctor.

I can see you playing the doctor. Love that.

I could. It's my dream role. Big time. Okay. I want to be the that's on my Twitter handle. I want to be the 14th doctor. I think they're at number 12. So you're really committed. Let let someone else go in for a couple of years. Okay. Just while I'm just getting ready. No, no. And then I'd love to go in. Nice. Yeah. And then be Bond after that. No one's ever done Doctor Who and Bond, right?

I like that you just go in in small and then grow the grow the career from there. There's no big ask. What am I meant to do with that? Huge. I just want to guest star on Mr. Robot. I could probably make that happen. I want to be

I could probably make that happen. Yeah. You just gone straight in and asked for that. It's crazy.

Obviously, uh from your backgrounds you've done drama as well, you know, a lot of drama both of you. Um and now this isn't, you know, completely different, um dark comedy. Do you prefer it? Is it is it nicer going into a show and getting to have a laugh and have a joke as opposed to having to be all serious?

I mean, I I like both, but I like my dramas to have a lot of comedy and my comedy to have a lot of drama. So, I'd say my worst case scenario is on a drama without humor and my worst case scenario is on a a comedy without drama. So, I like this show because I feel like we get to do both. Right. And that's really exciting and fun because I think they're completely intertwined. I don't think you can have one without the other. Right. I mean, in in moments of great pain are often sometimes the most hilarious. So. Yeah. She's great. I think we kind of yeah, she's she's Fulham. It's very, very good.

Being from England and filming in America, then your wife isn't Georgie, they're not going to hurt you. Sit down. Sit down. Sit down. Um, you I I read that I don't know if this is true, but I read that you binge watch shows together, but obviously apart. And then you can talk about them the next day.

Yeah, absolutely. That started when she was pregnant with our with our son that we started watching Dexter together. And I was away working and uh she was at home. We realized we could both watch the same uh you know, Netflix count at the same time. So, we we caught up we watched them at the same time but 5,000 miles away from each other, which was really cool.

It was at the same time. I love that. Look at that.

Yeah, and then we discuss it afterwards. Sometimes pause, have a little have a little chat in the middle. Um, but now, now that my son's three, neither of us watch any telly at all. So yeah. Apart from Thomas the Tank Engine. We both know the theme tune back to front.

Give us a little bit. I can't remember it.

There to the four, the six, the eight. I don't want to do this anymore.

Is that was that I don't remember Thomas the Tank Engine being like that.

Yeah, they've changed the whole theme tune now.

Um, have you binged watched anything recently?

Mr. Robot. Mr. Robot. Humans. Okay. Um Weeds, Pawnee. I like everything. That's a variation right there. Bachelor in Paradise. I mean, you know, I'm all over the place. I'm unemployed now, so that's essentially my life.

I've got on your suggestions for you box at the moment. It says go out. Yeah. Yeah, do something. No, it's like, please stop. Put the controls down. Leave me alone. Do something. I quite enjoy television. I think we're in a we're in a good time for TV. Yeah, it's good age. Yeah. It's a good age. Um but for now, watch You're The Worst. FX.