How do you guys feel about that aspect of this?

Do you just prefer avoiding social media?

Are you wary of even looking at other peoples social media?

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KAITLYN DEVER: This story is very personal to me in many ways.

I was very much aware of wellness influencers before coming onto this project.

I did a ton of obsessive research about cancer care and holistic health and all of that.

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Its just how you choose to engage with it.

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What did you learn from the character that you play, in getting to explore their life experience?

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Did it make you consider something you hadnt before, or think about anything differently?

They are two very separate things.

It is such a messy and complicated thing.

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These themes are so difficult.

It further showed me how messy and complicated it all is for people going through this.

DEVER: To speak on that and your storyline in particular, that experience is so real.

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But there isnt anything out there.

As much as wed like to say, Conventional is the answer, its not.

And theres not enough research on the holistic side and with non-conventional therapies.

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I was so aware of that going into this, myself.

But what the show does is tap into the nuances of that.

You get a different perspective with each of these characters on the show.

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I think that Sam did that so beautifully.

How did you get into that mindset, and how did you get out of that mindset?

DEBNAM-CAREY: It was pretty hard, actually.

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I do think it impacted me more than maybe I expected.

The shame and the guilt was a lot.

At that point, youre just trying to receive.

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But it was hard.

I definitely think it stuck with me for a little bit.

Theres something beautiful about the relationship that Milla has with her father.

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How did you find that moment?

What was that like to share with Matt Nable?

DEBNAM-CAREY: Matt is just such an extraordinary actor.

Not that particular scene, but when hes in the doctors office and he goes, Youre a doctor.

This is what you do.

Save her, and its just too late, I remember watching him and being like, Youre amazing!

Hes just so incredible.

I was very lucky that I got to work opposite him.

Hes a very generous actor.

Sam really crafted such an extraordinarily beautiful, heart-breaking storyline.

For me, that did a lot of the work.

I know for a lot of people whove watched that moment, its a lot.

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Aisha, your character is the one thats emotionally strong enough to finally draw a line with Belle.

What was that argument like to shoot?

I love the moment when they realize they have the same tattoo.

That moment always made me laugh.There was something so darkly funny about the whole thing.I just had to receive.

I just had to sit there and let it happen.

I love that Chanell, as a character, is someone whos so comfortable with her rage.

She represented female rage to me in a way that felt really empowering.

I loved getting to embody that and live with her for a while.

Kaitlyn, there are a couple moments in this that are brief, but that really made an impression.

One was you singing Roar without music?

What was that like to do?

DEVER: As cringy as it looked, I was cringing for myself.

I had to just do it.

That was also a last-minute decision on Sam Strauss part.

She was like, Wait a minute, you sing in real life, right?

And I was like, Yes.

And she was like, I think you should.

What are your thoughts about singing Roar at the book launch?

And I was like, Oh, my God.

Well, I guess thats what Im doing now.

It was a lot.

I just had to go for it.

The other moment was when youre sitting on the airplane and you scream, Fuck!

DEVER:I asked Sam if I could do that.Sam was like, Youre screaming, Fuck!

And I was like, What if I actually did it?

Its a nice segue way into that little song there at the end.

I really had to just go for it in so many ways with this role.

The series also earned Dever her first Emmy nomination.

Did you feel like you were judging yourself more than other people might be judging you?

DEVER: Oh, my God, I was judging myself.

I thought everyone around me was judging me.

I thought the whole crew was judging me.

I was so nervous.

DEE: It was so the opposite.

I was like, Wow.

DEVER: I was like, Theyre just saying that.

Everyone is lying to me.

Its so hard when youre surrounded by the accent.

She literally is an angel on earthand helped guide me throughout the entire process.

And then, wed edit things and double-check it was right.

I became pretty obsessed with it, and making sure I was doing it right.

I was so nervous.

Its definitely not the easiest accent.

DEBNAM-CAREY: Its probably the hardest one.

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