December Magazine

just going to set every day and just
playing make believe. I’m dressing
up in costumes, playing with cars
that are big and muscly and obnoxious
and crazy colours. We’re fighting
aliens rom outer space, it was
just a lot of fun. For a kid it was literally
like going to the playground.
P: Had you seen the show beforehand?
R: I had. My younger siblings were
actually pretty big fans of it, so I’d
known of the show. I hadn’t watched
every episode of it. Once I got cast I
did my research with due diligence
and actually became a fan of it.
P: And before the interview we
were talking about what you like to
do with your spare time. You’re a
PC gamer?
R: I love games. I can dabble in consoles
but PC is my thing. DOTA 2
and a game called Playerunknown’s
Battlegrounds are what I’ve been
obsessed with.
P: And you’re not a fan of using a
controller?
R: My thumbs aren’t as good!
*laughs* My hand eye coordination
with a mouse and keyboard... it’s
just because I was lucky enough to
have a computer when I was younger
so I played a lot of games on my
computer. It feels like a second
hand to me, whereas my thumbs
are just not as good and I’m just not
as good.
P: Did you have much time to play
gams growing up? I mean, with
school and acting?
R: Oh yeah. Games have always...
some of my favourite moments
growing up were playing Playstation
with my brother. It was always
my older brother and he was always
good at console games, like Mario
Kart on Nintendo 64. We had a
Playstation, we had an Atari, we had
all of those things that my brother
was really good at, so I looked up
to him and any chance I could try
to beat him, that was super special
for me. My brother probably hated it
*laughs* and I was never as good
as he was, it was probably annoying
to him but I looked up to him and I
wanted to beat him.
P: Of your busy career do you have
any specific highlights?
R: Every job you do has its own special
memory or connection, or like
I said, Prayers has a much deeper,
powerful meaning, but Teen Wolf
for the last 4 or whatever years it’s
been... the fandom is unlike anything
I’ve ever experienced, and a lot of
shows don’t have the fandom that
Teen Wolf has. I hope, again just like
Prayers for Bobby, to experience
another fandom like Teen Wolf, but
if I don’t... Man, I’m just lucky enough
to be a part of this ride.
P: And we have a lot of other Teen
Wolf actors coming to Australia this
year. Tyler (Hoechlin) from Teen
Wolf and Supergirl as well now, as
well as a bunch of others who are
coming to conventions. It seems
like it’s ‘the show’ at the moment.
R: Especially now it just ended. Ian
Bohen and Linden Ashby were here
a couple of months before. Holland
(Roden) is coming out. So right now
I hope we have some good publicity
because the show just ended and
we can hopefully end it on a high
note, so I think that’s why a lot are
coming out right now.
P: Any chance of coming back for
any specials do you think?
R: Scheduling wise, if it’s not interfering
with our work, are you kidding?
We love to travel. It’s half the
reason a lot of us became actors.
It’s a little bit more of a leisure life
but there’s times where it’s stressful
and there’s times when it’s a lot
of work, but you know: Work hard,
play hard. We’re big children. I feel
like all actors just never really grow
up.
P: Teen Wolf is over, as you mentioned.
What’s next for you? You’ve
been working non stop since you
were a kid...
R: Yeah, so I did a horror film called
Realms in Bangkok not that long
ago right when we finished filming
(Teen Wolf) and that was awesome
because it was 6 weeks in Thailand.
Then I got back and I’ve done a little
bit of travelling. I was in Belgium doing
some press for Teen Wolf, and
as you know someone ended up
booking a job (Gideon Emery) and
backed out. I came in last minute,
I wasn’t planning on being here but
I got lucky that I had the time off. I
was in Belgium and they said ‘Hey,
do you think you can make it to Australia?’
I was like ‘when?’ ‘In 2 days!’
I was ‘alright, let’s do it!’
P: Geez!
R: I like travelling and I like getting
to see the world and also Australia
is awesome because there’s no