00:00 Why are these people saying that she trolled us?
00:02 You swapped me to Team Paxton!
00:04 I'm just switching up because I feel like people don't really believe that I am Team Devi.
00:09 Robby P was the info!
00:11 She said Twilight Core.
00:12 Yes!
00:13 What's up, Narcity?
00:14 Guess who we're with!
00:15 Hello!
00:16 It is I.
00:17 My treat.
00:18 So many actors, especially Canadian actors,
00:21 they move to LA or Hollywood or New York the minute that their career really takes off.
00:25 And your career has definitely taken off, but you're still in Saga.
00:28 Why did you stay in Ontario and, you know, why is that important to you?
00:31 I mean, like, I get the move.
00:33 It makes sense.
00:34 I understand, you know, it's sometimes easier to be like where, you know, chaos is.
00:39 But for me, like, family and my, like, friends, they're all here.
00:43 That's like what grounds me.
00:45 That's what keeps me, like, sane.
00:47 In the end, we're all gonna die.
00:49 So we might as well be around people we love doing things that we love.
00:54 Maybe I'll get out of Saga and I'll go to Toronto.
00:56 We love it.
00:57 I have asked, is it true that you're still going to York University?
00:59 I can hold a fork so I go to York.
01:01 It is true.
01:02 Human Rights and Equity Studies.
01:05 Yeah, that is the degree.
01:06 And do you think that you'll move away from acting and maybe into advocacy in your future?
01:10 No.
01:11 Like, hear me out.
01:13 I was like, no.
01:13 Advocacy?
01:15 No.
01:16 I think that's just something I will inherently always do, like, as just a human being,
01:21 especially as a human being that is also a brown woman, right,
01:25 in a career that has my face be a part of the brand.
01:29 So advocacy is something that I'll always care about and I would hope other people care about,
01:34 you know?
01:34 But acting is what I love to do.
01:36 That is my career.
01:37 Having the privilege to go to post-secondary,
01:40 be able to afford post-secondary because it is a very privileged, you know, time for people.
01:46 So because I can, that is why I'm doing it.
01:49 I do just like to learn.
01:50 So, yeah.
01:51 I think that's incredible.
01:52 And you are such an advocate and for representation on screen.
01:55 Thank you.
01:55 I want to ask, you know, some fans on Twitter have called out, you know,
01:57 Mindy Kaling for her brown characters always ending up with white melodies.
02:01 And I want to talk to you about that.
02:02 Yeah.
02:03 About how South Asian women in Hollywood are so harshly critiqued on these things.
02:06 I mean, women of color, for sure, are always harshly critiqued for anything.
02:13 There will always be a reason to critique.
02:15 And for Mindy, she's writing from what she knows.
02:19 These are her stories.
02:20 People can have an issue with that and that's fine.
02:22 That's, everyone's entitled to their opinion.
02:24 But you can't take away from someone's lived experience or the story that they want to tell.
02:31 That is Mindy's choice.
02:33 If she wrote just to appease other people, I think that, A, it wouldn't be fulfilling for her.
02:38 And that's just kind of sad.
02:39 You're just writing for the sake of others and not for yourself as a creative.
02:44 But B, it probably wouldn't be as authentic because it wouldn't come from her.
02:49 Instead of first and foremost getting mad at Mindy, who really works hard
02:53 and does truly have my respect, why don't we get mad at the people who make it so hard
02:57 for women who look like Mindy and I to be at Mindy's level?
03:01 That's the problem.
03:02 If we had more people who look like Mindy at her level,
03:05 then I'm sure we would have so many stories.
03:07 Because Mindy can have her types.
03:09 I mean, I love brown men.
03:11 Let's just put it out there.
03:12 We've talked about this before.
03:13 Yes, we have.
03:13 We have.
03:14 I'm all about a South Asian man.
03:16 Des let me down.
03:17 Okay?
03:18 I was rooting.
03:19 I was also rooting.
03:19 I was rooting for him.
03:21 But regardless, I take rest.
03:23 If we had more people at Mindy's level,
03:25 then I think people would be a little bit more easy on her.
03:28 But alas, that's not the case.
03:31 I get it as in people, not every single South Asian girl can relate to me and that's fine.
03:36 I don't expect every single one to.
03:39 I think that would be just unrealistic.
03:41 No.
03:41 I can only do what I can, right?
03:43 And hope that other people come along the way and, you know,
03:47 people get the option to pick and choose who they feel represented by.
03:50 In short, don't get mad at the women of color.
03:54 Let's like look a little deeper at the people who are creating barriers.
03:58 So we had an interview a couple weeks ago.
04:00 I think you told me a little.
04:01 So we got to get into it.
04:03 I asked you, were you team Ben or team Paxton?
04:06 What did I tell you?
04:07 You told me team Paxton.
04:08 We told somebody else team Ben.
04:10 Okay, this is the first time I'm getting confronted about this.
04:14 Yeah, this is a confrontation.
04:15 Do you feel betrayed?
04:17 I do because I'm such a big fan of you.
04:19 And when you put that tweet out that said,
04:21 "Interviewers, please ask me this."
04:23 I sent it.
04:23 My producer Josh and boss is behind.
04:25 I was like, I'm so excited to ask her this.
04:28 Yeah, I lied.
04:30 It's everyone, not just you.
04:33 I don't know.
04:34 I just kept switching and I would make a passionate argument for each side.
04:38 I was convinced.
04:38 You swapped me to team Paxton.
04:41 I was like 100%.
04:41 Your arguments are all so valid.
04:43 I'm just switching up because I feel like people don't really believe that I am team Devi.
04:50 Devi is the center of the show.
04:52 I'm all about her and her journey as just an individual.
04:57 In interviews ever since the beginning, I've always talked about her self-love journey.
05:01 I think both Ben and Paxton are great characters.
05:04 But I just think, Devi, you can do better than the high school sweetheart.
05:08 Girl, come on.
05:09 So true.
05:11 You know?
05:11 But I did have fun seeing fans react.
05:16 Chaos ensued.
05:17 I know.
05:18 I was looking at the comments on the video that we did together on our team and I was like,
05:21 "Why are these people saying that she trolled us?"
05:23 I trolled everyone and I would do it again.
05:27 Honestly, I like that.
05:28 When people say like, "Oh, she's so much so like Devi."
05:31 If I've ever done anything in my career thus far that is very Devi-esque, it was that.
05:35 I love it.
05:36 It's also kind of being Robert Pattinson.
05:37 I don't know if you know, he always flies at interviews.
05:40 You get me.
05:41 That was the info.
05:42 Robby P was the info.
05:45 She said Twilight Core.
05:46 Yes.
05:47 No, next gig that I get, next press tour, I'm going to make some lie about the fact
05:52 that I don't shower like Robby P.
05:53 He lied about the fact that he doesn't shower.
05:56 Obviously, he does.
05:58 He's a face for a whole perfume.
06:00 He probably smells really good.
06:02 I mean, I'd take a whiff.
06:04 I'd take a whiff.
06:05 I'd take a whiff of Robby P.
06:06 Well, you basically just graduated.
06:08 Never have I ever.
06:08 We've had this amazing season's run.
06:11 I love the finale.
06:13 Now, looking towards the future, I know you've talked about wanting to do
06:16 a live action Tangled Rapunzel.
06:18 We've heard all about it.
06:20 But who would you fan cast as your Flynn Rider?
06:22 I have to be a fan of Tangled.
06:25 You can't just be a hot guy.
06:28 Flynn is not just a hot guy, OK, good old Eugene?
06:31 No.
06:31 He is someone who knows he's attractive, but deep down has a lot of insecurities.
06:36 You know?
06:37 No, he's got layers.
06:38 He's got layers.
06:39 The smirk.
06:40 The smolder.
06:41 The smolder.
06:42 The smolder.
06:43 So I don't-- I generally don't have an answer for that.
06:46 I mean, I got to get my foot in the door first.
06:48 You're like, I got to get in first.
06:50 But it has to be someone who's a fan.
06:51 And it has to be-- yeah, it has to be a good personality matched in.
06:57 Yeah.
06:58 Absolutely.
06:58 And you know, your fans are so passionate.
07:01 You are-- you're an icon.
07:02 You're so well-loved.
07:03 Thank you.
07:04 I'm not an icon, but thank you.
07:05 Absolutely.
07:07 How does it feel to have your fans support you so much on your journey and wanting to
07:10 be Rapunzel?
07:11 I straight up cried.
07:13 I cried in Brazil while I was backstage in the middle of the Tadum Festival.
07:20 Because I saw on Twitter that someone made a sign that said, "You can be my Rapunzel."
07:25 And I saw another fan in front of them holding up the flashlight to illuminate the sign for
07:31 them.
07:32 And then all the fans have been saying, "You can be my Rapunzel," "The people's Rapunzel,"
07:37 and all that.
07:37 And that, regardless of anything, that is so sweet.
07:41 Because putting your dreams out there is very scary.
07:43 It takes a lot of courage.
07:44 So it's really kind to have people embrace your dream and let you dream, all right?
07:51 Like, yeah, people can be kind of mean at times, but it's just like truly it's a dream.
07:56 And if it happens, it's even better.
07:59 Suck it up.
08:00 It's even better.
08:00 Even better.
08:01 But I'm not going to let anyone tell me I can't dream.
08:04 (upbeat music)
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