WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.300 --> 00:00:03.630 - Hi, my name is Francesca Noel and this is that so random. 2 00:00:09.120 --> 00:00:11.790 - Without giving too much away, what is the show about 3 00:00:11.790 --> 00:00:13.320 and what character do you play? 4 00:00:13.320 --> 00:00:16.980 - So I play Alex and her main monster is The Haunted Car. 5 00:00:16.980 --> 00:00:20.550 The show is about a bunch of kids in New York present day 6 00:00:20.550 --> 00:00:22.530 and they're being chased and harassed by a bunch 7 00:00:22.530 --> 00:00:24.510 of monsters, but it also intertwines 8 00:00:24.510 --> 00:00:26.070 with kids in the nineties. 9 00:00:26.070 --> 00:00:28.350 And it's about these two storylines, interweaving 10 00:00:28.350 --> 00:00:30.330 and a bunch of crazy things start to happen 11 00:00:30.330 --> 00:00:32.490 and they kind of go on a journey throughout the city 12 00:00:32.490 --> 00:00:34.890 and we see into like subway tunnels and 13 00:00:34.890 --> 00:00:36.450 and abandoned army base. 14 00:00:36.450 --> 00:00:40.950 And of course there's rats and it's a really fun ride 15 00:00:40.950 --> 00:00:42.930 around New York City with monsters. 16 00:00:42.930 --> 00:00:45.420 - With you being both born in Brooklyn 17 00:00:45.420 --> 00:00:47.730 and raised in New York, how did it feel to be in a story 18 00:00:47.730 --> 00:00:50.310 that ingrained your native area of New York? 19 00:00:50.310 --> 00:00:53.460 - It was amazing. It was amazing for me being Latina, 20 00:00:53.460 --> 00:00:56.490 being from Brooklyn, being this character that is going 21 00:00:56.490 --> 00:00:58.710 through, you know, coming out of prison 22 00:00:58.710 --> 00:01:00.300 and her mother is a cop 23 00:01:00.300 --> 00:01:02.100 and so I'm dealing with like, you know, that feeling 24 00:01:02.100 --> 00:01:05.010 of being a woman of color and dealing with the NYPD 25 00:01:05.010 --> 00:01:07.710 and it was a heavy thing to deal with, 26 00:01:07.710 --> 00:01:11.520 but I felt really honored to be able to explore what 27 00:01:11.520 --> 00:01:13.860 that's like because I think those stories are never told 28 00:01:13.860 --> 00:01:15.780 and they need to be told much more. 29 00:01:15.780 --> 00:01:17.970 - So not only do you play a woman of color, a Latina, 30 00:01:17.970 --> 00:01:20.610 but you also play someone from the L-G-B-T-Q community. 31 00:01:20.610 --> 00:01:22.950 - Yes. - How important was that for you to take on 32 00:01:22.950 --> 00:01:25.830 that role and what do you hope the audience gains out 33 00:01:25.830 --> 00:01:28.050 of like seeing a character like this on the screen? 34 00:01:28.050 --> 00:01:29.250 - It's so important for me. 35 00:01:29.250 --> 00:01:30.570 My parents are lesbians 36 00:01:30.570 --> 00:01:33.030 and just growing up, I grew up in Woodstock 37 00:01:33.030 --> 00:01:34.620 and in queer culture 38 00:01:34.620 --> 00:01:38.730 and so often I, you know, I learn to see that lesbians 39 00:01:38.730 --> 00:01:41.880 and that women playing characters who love women, 40 00:01:41.880 --> 00:01:44.370 someone dies and it's always so tragic. 41 00:01:44.370 --> 00:01:45.600 And what I love about Alex is 42 00:01:45.600 --> 00:01:49.050 that she's not just the stereotype, she's not locked up 43 00:01:49.050 --> 00:01:52.050 and closed and I get to find a lot of vulnerability in her 44 00:01:52.050 --> 00:01:53.190 and a lot of softness. 45 00:01:53.190 --> 00:01:55.530 And I think that characters in the queer space 46 00:01:55.530 --> 00:01:58.410 and media, they're often just one thing. 47 00:01:58.410 --> 00:02:01.680 And for me it was much more about like humanizing Alex. 48 00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:03.120 And I think Disney did an amazing job 49 00:02:03.120 --> 00:02:04.650 of finding a way to do that. 50 00:02:04.650 --> 00:02:06.600 And I think Goosebumps is such a good vehicle for that 51 00:02:06.600 --> 00:02:09.420 because you can see all of these characters from all walks 52 00:02:09.420 --> 00:02:11.610 of life and they're all real like Native New 53 00:02:11.610 --> 00:02:13.290 Yorkers and I loved that. 54 00:02:13.290 --> 00:02:15.870 - What is one scary movie that gives you goosebumps 55 00:02:15.870 --> 00:02:17.460 - Taking of Deborah Logan? 56 00:02:17.460 --> 00:02:19.170 - Which would you rather find in your dressing room? 57 00:02:19.170 --> 00:02:22.770 The Polaroid camera. The haunted mask or Slappy? The dummy 58 00:02:22.770 --> 00:02:24.420 - Slappy, because I can kick him 59 00:02:26.265 --> 00:02:27.390 - As a pet owner. 60 00:02:27.390 --> 00:02:29.070 Which would you rather have on set? 61 00:02:29.070 --> 00:02:32.160 Could be a dog, cat fish or rock 62 00:02:32.160 --> 00:02:33.160 - Cat. 63 00:02:33.160 --> 00:02:34.500 - What's your go-to order when eating at 64 00:02:34.500 --> 00:02:35.580 Woodstock's Bread alone? 65 00:02:36.960 --> 00:02:38.820 - Shout out bread alone. 66 00:02:38.820 --> 00:02:41.370 Yeah, I get a breakfast burrito 67 00:02:41.370 --> 00:02:44.190 and I get it with no sour cream, 68 00:02:44.190 --> 00:02:46.320 but also all of their bread is amazing. 69 00:02:46.320 --> 00:02:48.240 So sometimes I'll just get like a loaf of niche 70 00:02:48.240 --> 00:02:50.040 and just like eat it in the car, you know, 71 00:02:50.040 --> 00:02:51.040 - In five words. 72 00:02:51.040 --> 00:02:54.300 Why should people watch Goosebumps? The vanishing 73 00:02:54.300 --> 00:02:57.600 - Mystery thriller, creepy 74 00:02:58.620 --> 00:03:00.180 heart comedy. 75 00:03:02.340 --> 00:03:04.860 When the crunch is good, you gotta.