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The Bold Type's Katie Stevens on First Kisses and BTS Secrets

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When you're the lead on a show called "The Bold Type", there come certain expectations about actually being a "bold type", but that is not a problem for Katie Stevens! The actress openly admits to being a type-a, assertive personality, and we wouldn't have it any other way! Katie stopped by the Young Hollywood Studio earlier this year where we presented her with twenty burning questions we're dying to know about her. Find out what movie legend she'd love to have dinner with, what Oscar-winning actress she was starstruck by, and what other Freeform series she'd love to do a crossoever episode with, plus she tells us about a prank she once played on her "Faking It" co-star Gregg Sulkin, reveals what profession she'd have if she'd never become an actress, and much more!

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Katie Stevens

Hey there. It's Katie Stevens from The Bold Type and I am here at Young Hollywood and I am about to answer 20 questions. So let's get started.

Young Hollywood

Tell us everything you know about your zodiac sign.

Katie Stevens

Not much. Um, I'm a Sagittarius. So I'm known us to be fiery. We like to host things. Most of us are really Type A and don't get on our bad side. That's about all I know.

Young Hollywood

Do you believe in love at first sight?

Katie Stevens

I do. Um, I saw my husband in a photo and I was like, I will have him.

Young Hollywood

If you could have dinner with anyone dead or alive, who would it be?

Katie Stevens

Um I think I would have dinner with Marlon Brando, cuz I think he would just be really interesting.

Young Hollywood

I have not yet done blank, but I really want to try.

Katie Stevens

Oh, the first thing that came to my head was skydiving. But I don't think I really want to try.

Young Hollywood

Uh what is something that immediately changes your mood in both a good and bad way?

Katie Stevens

In both a good and bad way. Like it makes me feel good and bad at the same time? Uh one that changes my mood in a good way, uh my husband always says that I'm in a shitty mood if I don't have my nails done, which is correct. So getting my nails done puts me in a good mood and uh people who are disrespectful and rude for no reason, bad mood. Always.

Young Hollywood

Who is the last person you got starstruck over?

Katie Stevens

I didn't say hello, but I was standing next to Helen Mirren at the InStyle Golden Globes party and she was at the bar and she was dancing and she was so cute and I was like, I love you.

Young Hollywood

When you think of Young Hollywood, what do you think of?

Katie Stevens

I think of this room. Honestly. I think of this room and how much fun I have every time I come here.

Young Hollywood

Have you or someone else ever pulled a prank on set?

Katie Stevens

Um, I haven't pulled a prank on The Bold Type but on Faking It. I did pull a prank on Gregg Sulkin. He doesn't like to talk about gross things especially when it comes to female, uh, female things, and times of the month. And so I on our last day of shooting put diagrams of vaginas and tampons and pads all over his trailer. Sorry, Gregg. Um, it was really funny though.

Young Hollywood

Uh, when you wake up in the morning, what is the first thing you do?

Katie Stevens

Honestly, this morning, I woke up and I had no idea where I was or why I was waking up. And that because I wake up so early to go to work, that's happening to me more often than not. Um, but normally, if I'm home, the first thing I do is snuggle with my dog.

Young Hollywood

Who do you spend the most time with on set?

Katie Stevens

Meghann and Aisha. Obviously.

Young Hollywood

What is the last show you bingewatched?

Katie Stevens

I mean, I don't live under a rock, so Love is Blind. I have a lot of feelings about that. I talk about the show as if I know all the people on it. Mark, stick up for yourself! That's really my one takeaway. Jessica, just be better. No one cares that he's 24.

Young Hollywood

What do you do when you screenshot a message with someone and accidentally send it back to them?

Katie Stevens

Uh, have I ever done that? Have I ever done that? No, but I have it's not a screenshot, but I have been in a group message with somebody where they said something about me, not realizing that I was on the thread. And then I loved sitting and watching them squirm.

Young Hollywood

Tell us your first kiss story.

Katie Stevens

Okay, I was I was in sixth grade and uh I was staying at a friend's house after they had like a Christmas party and she had a brother and his her brother had a friend over and so there were like 15 kids at the house and so we were all playing like Spin the Bottle and Seven Minutes in Heaven. So my first kiss was in Seven Minutes in Heaven. And then ironically, 20 years later, my best friend dated the guy I had my first kiss with.

Young Hollywood

If you could have any celeb guest star on The Bold Type, who would it be and what role would they play?

Katie Stevens

I can't spoil something cuz somebody is on The Bold Type and we just shot the episode and I'm very excited about it. And they play themselves. Yeah. Um, but also in the same note, me and the cast of Good Trouble, we're trying to like really band together for a crossover episode. Cuz I think that Jane could easily go to LA and be writing an article about communal living. Come on.

Young Hollywood

If you could cross over your show with any other show for one episode, which would you choose?

Katie Stevens

Good Trouble. Um

Young Hollywood

What is something you consider bold?

Katie Stevens

Oh, man. Um I would say I I see like some questionable fashion choices sometimes where I'm like, man, that person looked in the mirror this morning and they were like, I look good. And they walked out and they served it with confidence, whether it's good or bad. So I think it's bold for anybody to just be like, screw it. I'm gonna wear whatever the heck I want to. Even though that's I could probably find way bolder things, but that's just the first thing that comes to mind.

Young Hollywood

If you weren't an actress, what would you be?

Katie Stevens

I would love to be a chef. But I say that also knowing that I would hate the hours that I would have to work as a chef. Um and that I would have no nights to myself. But I do really, really love to cook and I feel like at some point in my career, I would love to like have a cookbook or something. I do have a thing where I want to do a cookbook with my mom specifically. And like do recipes that I grew up with her cooking for me and we would do like her version and then my healthy version. I make a lot of things. My husband always likes when I make this like coconut, tomato, jalapeno chicken dish that my husband really loves.

Young Hollywood

Tell us a behind-the-scenes secret fans wouldn't know just from watching the show.

Katie Stevens

I mean, there's tons of stuff, guys. We don't shoot the show in New York. Basically, when we're in the office and what you see behind like looks like it's New York, it's actually a curtain with the skyline of New York City on it. And sex scenes are not sexy to film.

Young Hollywood

Hmm, do you host the party or attend the party?

Katie Stevens

Come on, guys. Do you really have to ask that? I host the party. I'm too Type A to just attend. Um no, I just in reality, I just really like bringing people together. My friends always say that I'm the person in the friend group that like the only reason people see each other is when I come home to town. I just bring everyone together. And I like doing that. So. Thanks for answering these questions with me and Young Hollywood, you guys. Bye. Oh, and watch The Bold Type. Duh.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Katie Stevens

    Lead actress being interviewed

  • Marlon Brando

    Dream dinner guest

  • Helen Mirren

    Actress she was starstruck by

  • Gregg Sulkin

    Co-star pranked on 'Faking It'

  • Meghann

    Spends most time with on set

  • Aisha

    Spends most time with on set

  • Mark

    Mentioned from 'Love is Blind'

  • Jessica

    Mentioned from 'Love is Blind'

FAQ

What is Katie Stevens's zodiac sign?+
Katie Stevens is a Sagittarius, and she describes Sagittarians as fiery, good hosts, and often Type A personalities.
Who did Katie Stevens prank on the set of 'Faking It'?+
Katie Stevens pranked her 'Faking It' co-star Gregg Sulkin by putting diagrams of vaginas, tampons, and pads all over his trailer on the last day of shooting.
What show would Katie Stevens like to do a crossover with 'The Bold Type'?+
Katie Stevens would love to do a crossover episode with the Freeform series 'Good Trouble'.
Who was Katie Stevens starstruck by?+
Katie Stevens was starstruck by Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren at an InStyle Golden Globes party.
What profession would Katie Stevens choose if she wasn't an actress?+
If Katie Stevens weren't an actress, she would love to be a chef and even has an idea for a cookbook with her mom.
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