At the 'Agatha All Along' premiere, Sasheer Zamata talks about prepping for the musical numbers with Patti LuPone in the series and her appreciation for the practical sets and environments. Plus, she opens up about the response she's received since coming out as a member of the LGBTQ+ community.
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00:00What was the prep like for the musical scenes and did Patti LuPone give the cast any advice?
00:04Oh, the prep for the musical scenes, I mean, we had Bobby and Kristen Lopez, who are amazing
00:11songwriters and composers, just give us this gift of a song.
00:16And then we had Doug Peck, who was our vocal trainer, and we had all these rehearsals and,
00:21you know, it was like a full choir.
00:23We became a choir.
00:26And I think people were intimidated to sing with Patti because she's a legend, but she's
00:30so down to earth and she just really felt like part of the team.
00:33Like, I think she made us feel very comfortable.
00:36And once we were actually singing together, it just felt right.
00:39How did you embrace your inner witch while filming this?
00:42I mean, I always embrace my inner witch, even before I was on this show.
00:46So I'm glad to be on a show where that is welcomed.
00:48And it really brought the witch out of everybody.
00:50Like, we're all just like pulling tarot for each other and talking about the moon.
00:55It just felt so magical all the time.
00:58Given that all this magic was happening, did anything actually spooky happen on set?
01:02Did you ever feel like, ooh, like maybe the spooky vibes are for real?
01:07I don't think spooky.
01:08No, definitely magic.
01:09I do feel like there was like a lot of kinetic energy happening underneath what we were doing.
01:14And I think, you know, when there's a group of people who are like kind of on the same
01:18wavelength, that kind of thing happens.
01:21I know there were a lot of practical effects in the show, practical sets built.
01:24How did that help you as an actor get into character?
01:26Immensely.
01:27I mean, the set designers and the effects people were so good at their job.
01:31And I think they had a lot of fun creating this world for us.
01:34And that just helps us as actors be able to like really feel like we're in the environment
01:38as opposed to like pretending we're in the environment and like looking at a tennis ball.
01:42You know, we're like actually walking through trees and walking on dirt.
01:46And that really helps enhance our performance.
01:48For you, you recently came out as part of the LGBTQ plus community.
01:52What is the fan response to that interview been like for you?
01:54It's been so welcoming and so amazing.
01:57I feel very lucky that I'm in a time where a lot of people are excited for people to
02:03live their truth.
02:04And yeah, I'm just glad to be doing that.