WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.360 --> 00:00:01.193 - What up nerds? 2 00:00:01.193 --> 00:00:03.270 It's Alyssa Mercante, Kotaku Senior Editor, 3 00:00:03.270 --> 00:00:06.090 and today I'm hanging out with the lovely, talented 4 00:00:06.090 --> 00:00:06.923 and hilarious 5 00:00:06.923 --> 00:00:07.756 Sasheer Zamata, 6 00:00:07.756 --> 00:00:09.600 who you may know from SNL 7 00:00:09.600 --> 00:00:11.670 and also the upcoming Disney Plus Series, 8 00:00:11.670 --> 00:00:12.503 Agatha All Along. 9 00:00:12.503 --> 00:00:13.336 Yes. 10 00:00:13.336 --> 00:00:14.169 How are you? 11 00:00:14.169 --> 00:00:15.002 I'm good. How are you? 12 00:00:15.002 --> 00:00:19.170 I'm good. Thanks for coming to hang out. 13 00:00:19.170 --> 00:00:21.886 Your name is based off of Star Trek. 14 00:00:21.886 --> 00:00:22.728 Yeah. 15 00:00:22.728 --> 00:00:24.150 It's not a character, right? 16 00:00:24.150 --> 00:00:25.150 - No. 17 00:00:25.150 --> 00:00:27.666 It's a, it's a flower. 18 00:00:27.666 --> 00:00:28.590 Oh my God. 19 00:00:28.590 --> 00:00:30.806 Captain Kirk was flirting with the alien princess 20 00:00:30.806 --> 00:00:32.040 as he does, 21 00:00:32.040 --> 00:00:34.200 and he gave her a rose 22 00:00:34.200 --> 00:00:36.300 and she was like, oh, we have something like this on my 23 00:00:36.300 --> 00:00:39.385 planet, except it's made out a crystal and it's called Hir. 24 00:00:39.385 --> 00:00:41.640 Oh my God. And my parents wrote it down 25 00:00:41.640 --> 00:00:43.890 and you know, they tried to spell it 26 00:00:43.890 --> 00:00:45.030 to the best of their abilities. 27 00:00:45.030 --> 00:00:49.620 And then years later my mom found the original script 28 00:00:49.620 --> 00:00:51.270 where that name comes from. 29 00:00:51.270 --> 00:00:53.160 And also the, the title of the episode was 30 00:00:53.160 --> 00:00:55.080 by any other name, which is very appropriate. 31 00:00:55.080 --> 00:00:56.820 And she was like, oh, 32 00:00:56.820 --> 00:00:59.010 I just realized we misspelled your name. 33 00:00:59.010 --> 00:01:02.220 Do you wanna change it? How old were you? 20 years old. 34 00:01:02.220 --> 00:01:04.680 I was 20 years old. It was way too late. Yeah. 35 00:01:04.680 --> 00:01:06.090 I was like, no, I, 36 00:01:06.090 --> 00:01:07.050 I just can't, it's, I don't really 37 00:01:07.050 --> 00:01:07.950 wanna read yet. It's, it's gonna be 38 00:01:07.950 --> 00:01:08.950 - This. 39 00:01:08.950 --> 00:01:09.783 I have the script down, 40 00:01:09.783 --> 00:01:10.860 like I don't really wanna add another letter. 41 00:01:10.860 --> 00:01:15.360 No. Okay. So you're playing a potion witch on in Agatha All 42 00:01:15.360 --> 00:01:17.520 along, which kind of has like an avengers assembling 43 00:01:17.520 --> 00:01:19.020 of different witches to make a coven. 44 00:01:19.020 --> 00:01:19.920 - Oh, please tell - Me about your 45 00:01:19.920 --> 00:01:21.330 character on Agatha. All along. Like, 46 00:01:21.330 --> 00:01:22.770 - I play Jennifer Kale. 47 00:01:22.770 --> 00:01:24.270 - Okay. - And she's a potions witch 48 00:01:24.270 --> 00:01:29.040 and she has a long history with Agatha 49 00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:30.180 as many witches do. 50 00:01:30.180 --> 00:01:32.880 Yeah. Agatha has been long feared 51 00:01:32.880 --> 00:01:35.070 and hated throughout the witch community 52 00:01:35.070 --> 00:01:38.640 and she kinda gets roped into this adventure 53 00:01:38.640 --> 00:01:41.910 'cause they all have a goal that they wanna achieve. 54 00:01:41.910 --> 00:01:44.250 And Agatha's definitely trying to get her power back. 55 00:01:44.250 --> 00:01:48.840 And Jen is trying to get things too. And yeah, 56 00:01:48.840 --> 00:01:50.490 - I'm excited for a lot of reasons. 57 00:01:50.490 --> 00:01:52.230 But I also, aside from Agatha, know 58 00:01:52.230 --> 00:01:55.020 that you have a Hulu comedy special that just came out. 59 00:01:55.020 --> 00:01:56.100 - Yes. Yeah. - The first woman. 60 00:01:56.100 --> 00:01:58.650 - Yes. - So what's cool is you obviously have like a huge 61 00:01:58.650 --> 00:01:59.850 comedic background. 62 00:01:59.850 --> 00:02:01.230 Yeah. Like it's a lengthy list, 63 00:02:01.230 --> 00:02:03.750 but you're also working on Agatha all along with a bunch 64 00:02:03.750 --> 00:02:06.720 of other really well known funny women. 65 00:02:06.720 --> 00:02:09.090 - Yeah. - Like the list is impressive. I mean, 66 00:02:09.090 --> 00:02:11.940 - I mean yeah, Catherine Hahn, Aubrey Plaza, I mean, 67 00:02:11.940 --> 00:02:13.590 and also everyone's also funny. 68 00:02:13.590 --> 00:02:16.530 Yeah. Like, it's like, it's just a really impressive group 69 00:02:16.530 --> 00:02:18.900 of people that was already fans of 70 00:02:18.900 --> 00:02:21.090 How did you not laugh the entire time you were on set? 71 00:02:21.090 --> 00:02:22.980 We did laugh a lot. Yeah, I can imagine. Yeah. 72 00:02:22.980 --> 00:02:25.860 Pat Lone was, I was gonna say source of a lot of laughter. 73 00:02:25.860 --> 00:02:29.880 Patty must have been iconic to be. Yeah, yeah. Absolutely. 74 00:02:29.880 --> 00:02:32.070 I mean, you know, I had never met her 75 00:02:32.070 --> 00:02:33.540 before and so you don't know. 76 00:02:33.540 --> 00:02:36.750 You still know. Yeah. And she really was like the one 77 00:02:36.750 --> 00:02:39.780 who was like out of 10 when everyone's like, tired. 78 00:02:39.780 --> 00:02:42.540 It's 3:00 AM we're just like trying to get these shots 79 00:02:42.540 --> 00:02:46.200 and she's like, ba, ba, like, like just true firecrackers. 80 00:02:46.200 --> 00:02:47.250 That's why she's a legend. 81 00:02:47.250 --> 00:02:49.710 - Yeah. Did you do a voice in a video game? 82 00:02:49.710 --> 00:02:53.040 - I did, yeah. I did a voice in Call of Duty. 83 00:02:53.040 --> 00:02:54.630 Ooh. And I did, was it the 84 00:02:54.630 --> 00:02:56.370 - New, it was like Infinite Warfare 85 00:02:56.370 --> 00:02:57.203 - I think. Yeah, I think so. 86 00:02:57.203 --> 00:02:58.050 - Yeah. There's a lot of them. - Yeah. 87 00:02:58.050 --> 00:03:01.660 This was like a like spinoff of 88 00:03:01.660 --> 00:03:02.680 - Oh yeah. You did Zombies. 89 00:03:02.680 --> 00:03:03.845 - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. 90 00:03:03.845 --> 00:03:06.885 I tried to watch, I like had a friend play the game 91 00:03:06.885 --> 00:03:08.620 'cause I was like, I don't know how to get to my part. 92 00:03:08.620 --> 00:03:12.220 So like can you play it so I can see what I'm even doing? 93 00:03:12.220 --> 00:03:14.320 And they started playing it 94 00:03:14.320 --> 00:03:16.900 and I was like, oh, is this what the game is? 95 00:03:16.900 --> 00:03:18.490 I, it's so violent. Yeah. 96 00:03:18.490 --> 00:03:21.160 - Oh yeah. - It's so violent. Yeah, it's intense. 97 00:03:21.160 --> 00:03:22.690 And you know, I never got 98 00:03:22.690 --> 00:03:23.920 to my park. I was like, this is enough 99 00:03:23.920 --> 00:03:24.880 - For me. What was that process 100 00:03:24.880 --> 00:03:26.110 - Like though? Had you done voiceover 101 00:03:26.110 --> 00:03:27.110 - Work before? 102 00:03:27.110 --> 00:03:31.390 - Yeah, a bit. Yeah. But I did voice on BoJack Horseman. 103 00:03:31.390 --> 00:03:33.070 Oh yeah. Tuku Birdie. 104 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:35.290 - Do you like that kind of work? I do. 105 00:03:35.290 --> 00:03:36.400 I mean it's nice 'cause you're like, 106 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:38.715 you could be in your jammies and just be Yeah, 107 00:03:38.715 --> 00:03:39.715 - Yeah, yeah. 108 00:03:39.715 --> 00:03:42.880 It's fun and you get to do stuff with your voice that like 109 00:03:42.880 --> 00:03:44.470 you wouldn't in live action. 110 00:03:44.470 --> 00:03:46.780 - Yeah. - I just did exploding kittens on Netflix. 111 00:03:46.780 --> 00:03:50.440 - Oh yeah? Yeah. And - I played a A devil cat. 112 00:03:50.440 --> 00:03:53.110 I played the devil who in the body of a cat 113 00:03:53.110 --> 00:03:56.890 and I had to scream and screech and growl 114 00:03:56.890 --> 00:03:58.540 and do all the stuff that I don't 115 00:03:58.540 --> 00:03:59.740 usually get asked to do. Yeah. And it was 116 00:03:59.740 --> 00:04:00.580 - So fun. That 117 00:04:00.580 --> 00:04:01.580 - Is fun. 118 00:04:01.580 --> 00:04:03.280 It's just very fun to like stretch your bounds like that. 119 00:04:03.280 --> 00:04:04.330 - And you're really good with voice stuff 120 00:04:04.330 --> 00:04:05.590 'cause your impressions are 121 00:04:05.590 --> 00:04:06.590 - Great. 122 00:04:06.590 --> 00:04:07.423 Thank you. 123 00:04:08.890 --> 00:04:10.930 Carius. 124 00:04:13.600 --> 00:04:16.240 Time to meet your maker. 125 00:04:19.090 --> 00:04:21.580 - What I also know about you from doing some research is 126 00:04:21.580 --> 00:04:23.350 that this isn't the first time you've been involved 127 00:04:23.350 --> 00:04:24.970 in Disney stuff. 128 00:04:24.970 --> 00:04:27.430 You worked at a Disney park in college. 129 00:04:27.430 --> 00:04:29.530 - Yeah, I was at Disney World in Florida. 130 00:04:29.530 --> 00:04:31.060 - You have like any funny stories from that? 131 00:04:31.060 --> 00:04:34.000 Or is it just funny to have been in a costume in 132 00:04:34.000 --> 00:04:35.000 - Florida? 133 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:37.270 It's funny. It's definitely be funny in the costumes. Yeah. 134 00:04:37.270 --> 00:04:40.630 But when I was Pluto, everyone loves Pluto. Yeah. 135 00:04:40.630 --> 00:04:42.130 The kids love Pluto so much. 136 00:04:42.130 --> 00:04:43.810 That's truly like the favorite of the, 137 00:04:43.810 --> 00:04:45.580 of the kids that I would interact with. 138 00:04:45.580 --> 00:04:47.380 And they would always be like, you remind me 139 00:04:47.380 --> 00:04:49.960 of my dog at at my house. 140 00:04:49.960 --> 00:04:52.690 And in my mind I'd be like, what kind of dog do you have? 141 00:04:54.070 --> 00:04:56.380 I'm like, almost six foot. Like yeah. 142 00:04:56.380 --> 00:04:58.390 What kind of dog is he even based off of? Yeah. 143 00:04:58.390 --> 00:05:00.105 I truly don't know. You know what I mean? 144 00:05:00.105 --> 00:05:01.900 Like it's like the colorings off like the No, 145 00:05:01.900 --> 00:05:03.850 I don't understand the proportions 146 00:05:03.850 --> 00:05:05.050 to the nose and your head. 147 00:05:05.050 --> 00:05:07.180 Like, I don't look like a real dog. 148 00:05:07.180 --> 00:05:09.910 No, I should not remind you of your dog at home. Actually. 149 00:05:09.910 --> 00:05:11.290 What's wrong with your 150 00:05:11.290 --> 00:05:12.700 dog at home? What's wrong with your dog? Check on them. Yeah. 151 00:05:12.700 --> 00:05:15.340 - Seriously. Well, is there anything else you want people 152 00:05:15.340 --> 00:05:18.640 to know about Agatha along or how excited you are for it 153 00:05:18.640 --> 00:05:21.010 - Or - Something you hope they get from watching it? 154 00:05:21.940 --> 00:05:23.590 - I'm very excited for people to see it 155 00:05:23.590 --> 00:05:28.590 and I hope that they watch the show and love it, 156 00:05:28.840 --> 00:05:31.720 but also feel like everyone has a bit 157 00:05:31.720 --> 00:05:33.190 of magic in them as well. 158 00:05:33.190 --> 00:05:34.450 - Yeah. Yeah. Oh my God. 159 00:05:34.450 --> 00:05:35.890 You guys can get into crystal's too. 160 00:05:35.890 --> 00:05:39.460 - Yeah. My priestess, Jennifer Kale potions, 161 00:05:39.460 --> 00:05:42.880 - Lilia Calder divination, you're bound 162 00:05:42.880 --> 00:05:43.900 - And you need a chemical peel.