Aliens in America, The CW's debuting comedy about misfits and socially ostracized teenagers in a typical high school, debuts next Monday, October 1 at 8:30pm.
Last month, CW Source caught up with four of the stars of
Aliens in America, who spoke candidly about getting invited to do the show, their casting process, reading the script and what attracted them most to the project.
Dan Byrd from
The Hills Have Eyes and newcomer,
Adhir Kalyan portray a couple of out-of-place teenagers who forge an unlikely and unexpected bond in The CW's new series. The young actors spoke to Jason C. of CW Source about the lengthy journey they both had to go through before
Aliens in America finally got picked up by the network.
“Oh man, they put me through the wringer,” Dan Byrd said in jest. “I've been auditioning this since 2005. There was a lot of waiting. This whole thing has been a very long process for us – as far as like, the time from getting cast to when we actually made the pilot, to like a year later now, when we're actually about to start making the show.”
For his part, Adhir Kalyan narrated how fortuitous, if not, circuitous, his route to stardom was.
“I was born and raised in South Africa,” Kalyan revealed. In 2005, I moved across to London to further my acting career. Last year, I got an audition for this show out of London. The producers had looked to cast this show here in the U.S. and Canada but the pool of actors of Indian descent is not huge, so they went across to London and fortunately for me, I was cast in the role.”
CW Source also had occasion to speak with
Aliens in America's resident babe,
Lindsey Shaw, who was all praises for the script and the writers behind the show.
“Everything I've ever done hasn't been like this,” the actress enthused. “This was really fun to jump into. It was easy to jump into. The writers wrote an amazing script. That's what attracted me to it. The writing was just impeccable.”
Finally,
Scott Patterson talked a little about the loss of his former show on The CW,
Gilmore Girls, before expressing his excitement over his new vehicle,
Aliens in America.
“It's a little bittersweet,” Patterson admitted. “You leave a lot of good people, a lot of good friends over there [
Gilmore Girls]. After seven years, I think I could've continued but you know, things didn't work out over there. It pretty much had to come to an end. They came at me with this script and I read it and I really liked it. I thought it was funny and smart and edgy and topical and relevant. I'm really interested to see the shows. We're all anticipating the next scripts.”
-Rosario Santiago, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: The CW
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