WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.180 --> 00:00:00.930 - What up nerds? 2 00:00:00.930 --> 00:00:03.300 It's Alyssa Ante Kaku senior editor, 3 00:00:03.300 --> 00:00:05.730 and today I'm joined by the incredible, stylish 4 00:00:05.730 --> 00:00:07.860 and super talented Karen Ra, 5 00:00:07.860 --> 00:00:10.110 who you might know from the boys, 6 00:00:10.110 --> 00:00:11.580 but also from a lot of other things, 7 00:00:11.580 --> 00:00:12.750 which we're gonna get into. 8 00:00:12.750 --> 00:00:17.340 Yes. Like you're coming off 9 00:00:17.340 --> 00:00:19.980 of season four of the Boys, which Yeah. 10 00:00:19.980 --> 00:00:23.580 With huge. How do you feel about KO's arc 11 00:00:23.580 --> 00:00:25.005 during this season? 12 00:00:25.005 --> 00:00:27.030 This season? Yeah. And did you have like a favorite 13 00:00:27.030 --> 00:00:28.290 beat for her? 14 00:00:28.290 --> 00:00:32.070 - So many, you know, I love being on the show 15 00:00:32.070 --> 00:00:35.670 because the showrunner really allows each character 16 00:00:35.670 --> 00:00:40.350 to have their whole like, full fledged story backstory. 17 00:00:40.350 --> 00:00:43.140 And it's the same for Kimiko. 18 00:00:43.140 --> 00:00:45.660 I think in season one we kind of just see her 19 00:00:45.660 --> 00:00:48.090 as this creature like figure that's trapped 20 00:00:48.090 --> 00:00:49.410 and very violent. 21 00:00:49.410 --> 00:00:52.800 And then over the few seasons that we've had, 22 00:00:52.800 --> 00:00:54.630 she's really grown into this like, 23 00:00:54.630 --> 00:00:57.240 independent woman still trying to figure it out. 24 00:00:57.240 --> 00:00:59.970 Yeah. But there's a lot more to work with. 25 00:00:59.970 --> 00:01:02.160 And so yeah, season four was great. 26 00:01:02.160 --> 00:01:05.130 Spoiler alert, she gets her first word out 27 00:01:05.130 --> 00:01:07.140 and so it, it was an exciting season 28 00:01:07.140 --> 00:01:08.880 to go through that whole arc. 29 00:01:08.880 --> 00:01:12.330 - Baby's first word. - Baby's first word. I know, I know. 30 00:01:12.330 --> 00:01:15.390 It was really hard to keep that a secret. 31 00:01:15.390 --> 00:01:16.920 - Yeah. I What's been some of the feedback you've really 32 00:01:16.920 --> 00:01:18.330 enjoyed hearing from this season? 33 00:01:18.330 --> 00:01:20.910 Like fan wise or your friends or family? 34 00:01:20.910 --> 00:01:25.440 - Yeah. The most touching ones are 35 00:01:25.440 --> 00:01:27.450 from the Heart of hearing community. 36 00:01:27.450 --> 00:01:30.600 Sometimes I meet them at meet and greets or conventions 37 00:01:30.600 --> 00:01:33.090 and they type out on their phones for me. 38 00:01:33.090 --> 00:01:34.650 Like how, what the show 39 00:01:34.650 --> 00:01:36.510 and what the character has done for them. 40 00:01:36.510 --> 00:01:38.340 And I think that's really touching. 41 00:01:38.340 --> 00:01:39.840 My friends genuinely watch it 42 00:01:39.840 --> 00:01:41.245 without me. They're not just doing it to be, 43 00:01:41.245 --> 00:01:42.765 - You're not - Pestering them. 44 00:01:42.765 --> 00:01:44.700 I don't have to be like, can you please watch a show? 45 00:01:44.700 --> 00:01:46.290 Like, can you please click play? 46 00:01:47.550 --> 00:01:49.350 Although I do some of that, but, 47 00:01:49.350 --> 00:01:51.150 but they, a lot of them don't need convincing 48 00:01:51.150 --> 00:01:54.630 and you know, over drinks and dinner 49 00:01:54.630 --> 00:01:56.910 and stuff where we were just discussing like, oh, 50 00:01:56.910 --> 00:01:58.380 how did you do that scene? That's 51 00:01:58.380 --> 00:01:59.380 - Fun. 52 00:01:59.380 --> 00:02:01.380 They're actively, like, they're not just doing it to do it, 53 00:02:01.380 --> 00:02:02.640 they're doing it 'cause they enjoy it. 54 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:04.290 They're supportive. Yeah. Which is really nice. Supportive. 55 00:02:04.290 --> 00:02:06.750 I think it's fascinating that you have this role 56 00:02:06.750 --> 00:02:09.960 because you actually are also a prolific voice actor, 57 00:02:09.960 --> 00:02:12.000 which I find fascinating that you're like, 58 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:13.230 here's a role where I don't speak. 59 00:02:13.230 --> 00:02:15.420 I mean, you've done voices for Star Wars visions, 60 00:02:15.420 --> 00:02:17.670 you were the voice of a character in a video game, 61 00:02:17.670 --> 00:02:19.980 Calista protocol, you did The Boy in the Heron. 62 00:02:19.980 --> 00:02:22.830 So what kind of like difference is that for you and, 63 00:02:22.830 --> 00:02:25.440 and were you kind of concerned going in like, oh wow, 64 00:02:25.440 --> 00:02:27.300 I'm my voice acting is something I'm really good at 65 00:02:27.300 --> 00:02:29.730 and now I don't have that at all in this. 66 00:02:29.730 --> 00:02:32.190 - Yeah, it's a, it's a big switch up. 67 00:02:32.190 --> 00:02:35.130 It's just a different muscle. I enjoy doing both. 68 00:02:35.130 --> 00:02:38.580 You kind of get to go a bit further with 69 00:02:38.580 --> 00:02:39.810 voiceover sometimes. 70 00:02:39.810 --> 00:02:41.760 Yeah. Because you're not restrained 71 00:02:41.760 --> 00:02:44.580 by your physical appearance 72 00:02:44.580 --> 00:02:47.970 and you get to play, you know, a myriad of races, 73 00:02:47.970 --> 00:02:50.160 ethnicities, creatures, whatever. But 74 00:02:50.160 --> 00:02:51.240 - You also have like a ton 75 00:02:51.240 --> 00:02:53.940 of experience acting like very physically 76 00:02:53.940 --> 00:02:57.930 because you obviously started your big first big movie was 77 00:02:57.930 --> 00:02:59.170 you were Katana and Suicide Squad. 78 00:02:59.170 --> 00:03:02.625 Yeah. And so you used some like background in karate. Yes. 79 00:03:02.625 --> 00:03:05.800 Wow. Someone has done the research. Okay. Thank you Alyssa. 80 00:03:05.800 --> 00:03:07.150 So how fun was that for like, 81 00:03:07.150 --> 00:03:08.590 and then how much have you grown? 82 00:03:08.590 --> 00:03:10.690 Because you obviously had to do a lot of training for that 83 00:03:10.690 --> 00:03:12.670 and then in the boys you're also doing a 84 00:03:12.670 --> 00:03:13.750 lot of physical stuff as well. 85 00:03:13.750 --> 00:03:15.160 So how fun was that for you 86 00:03:15.160 --> 00:03:17.770 to like tap into something you knew from childhood? I got 87 00:03:17.770 --> 00:03:20.500 - Really lucky because I, I didn't do, 88 00:03:20.500 --> 00:03:21.970 I didn't grow up doing martial arts 89 00:03:21.970 --> 00:03:26.620 because I wanted it for acting or for film and TV at all. 90 00:03:26.620 --> 00:03:28.330 I just kind of did it as a hobby. Yeah. 91 00:03:28.330 --> 00:03:30.640 And used to compete at it and got my Oh 92 00:03:30.640 --> 00:03:32.170 - Damn. You were good. 93 00:03:32.170 --> 00:03:34.750 - I was, I I was good at the forms division 94 00:03:34.750 --> 00:03:38.980 and I, I was definitely beaten when we were doing sparring. 95 00:03:38.980 --> 00:03:40.390 I really lucked out. 96 00:03:40.390 --> 00:03:43.300 It really helped me propel my, 97 00:03:43.300 --> 00:03:45.460 I think like the action side of my career. 98 00:03:45.460 --> 00:03:48.070 And I love getting to play characters that are, 99 00:03:48.070 --> 00:03:49.150 that have powers. 100 00:03:49.150 --> 00:03:51.610 And it's kind of neat that Kimiko, 101 00:03:51.610 --> 00:03:54.070 although she does get beat up a lot of times, 102 00:03:54.070 --> 00:03:55.450 she's the one doing the attack. 103 00:03:55.450 --> 00:03:58.900 And our, our stunt team is wonderful. 104 00:03:58.900 --> 00:04:01.930 And my double cure Lee, she takes all 105 00:04:01.930 --> 00:04:04.330 of the crazy hard hits. 106 00:04:04.330 --> 00:04:07.840 If you see Kimiko smashing through walls 107 00:04:07.840 --> 00:04:11.470 or getting hit by a car or, you know what I mean? 108 00:04:11.470 --> 00:04:13.630 Falling out, getting her falling out. Yeah. 109 00:04:13.630 --> 00:04:15.610 That is all cur Lee props to her 110 00:04:15.610 --> 00:04:17.680 and she makes, she makes a hundred, 111 00:04:17.680 --> 00:04:21.190 like a hundred percent sure that every stunt that I do, 112 00:04:21.190 --> 00:04:22.690 it's been done by her already. 113 00:04:22.690 --> 00:04:25.000 So that like, she knows it's safe. Yeah. 114 00:04:25.000 --> 00:04:26.860 When I'm on wires, she's like, I've done this 115 00:04:26.860 --> 00:04:28.240 before, don't worry about it. 116 00:04:28.240 --> 00:04:30.670 And I just feel comfortable, you know, 117 00:04:30.670 --> 00:04:32.110 having her lead everything. 118 00:04:32.110 --> 00:04:35.230 And, and then it just gets fun because I know it's safe 119 00:04:35.230 --> 00:04:36.760 and I just get to wreck. Ha 120 00:04:37.630 --> 00:04:40.030 - What do you like hope for her going forward? 121 00:04:40.030 --> 00:04:41.620 What are your hopes and dreams for her? 122 00:04:41.620 --> 00:04:43.510 Our sweet baby, deadly angel. 123 00:04:43.510 --> 00:04:44.710 - I know, I know. 124 00:04:44.710 --> 00:04:49.630 I mean, my hope is that she ends up with Frenchy 125 00:04:49.630 --> 00:04:51.820 and they go to France together 126 00:04:51.820 --> 00:04:54.730 and they're just, you know, singing and dancing 127 00:04:54.730 --> 00:04:58.480 and cooking through life and it's all happily ever after. 128 00:04:58.480 --> 00:05:01.930 But I think in the, in, you know, true Boys fashion, we kind 129 00:05:01.930 --> 00:05:04.600 of have to be a little more dark 130 00:05:04.600 --> 00:05:08.020 and miserable at least maybe before the end. 131 00:05:08.020 --> 00:05:09.850 Yeah. 132 00:05:09.850 --> 00:05:11.140 - What happened to you guys?