{"id":2688,"date":"2015-10-05T18:21:18","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T18:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2015\/10\/05\/interview-the-6-young-stars-of-tvs-some-assembly-required\/"},"modified":"2015-10-05T18:21:18","modified_gmt":"2015-10-05T18:21:18","slug":"interview-the-6-young-stars-of-tvs-some-assembly-required","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2015\/10\/05\/interview-the-6-young-stars-of-tvs-some-assembly-required\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: The 6 young stars of TV’s “Some Assembly Required”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some Assembly Required<\/em> is a locally made, kid-friendly sitcom about a six teenagers with wildly different personalities coming together to run a toy company. I was on set recently to do cast interviews, and what I saw was authentically special. What other set has a functioning rollercoaster?<\/p>\n

Some Assembly Required<\/em> is filmed in front of a live studio audience full of kids. There are games, prizes, pizza, and autographs after the show. It is a fun \u2013 and free \u2013 experience for the young fans, but they are not the only ones having a good time.<\/p>\n

It is clear that the cast all enjoy working with each other and the crew they are surrounded by. They work hard, but they also find time for things like musical jam sessions and lunchtime football, which often includes members of the crew in addition to actors.<\/p>\n

Kolton Stewart<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Kolton Stewart (The Next Step<\/em>) plays Jarvis, the owner of the company who brings the rest of the characters together. Stewart has a background in music and musical theatre, having played young Simba in The Lion King National Broadway Tour<\/em>. Going forward he wants to stay active in both acting and music.<\/p>\n

You did a lot of musical theatre and you\u2019re still now performing for a live audience. How important is it to you to have that immediate connection?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Stewart: I really enjoy having a live audience to feed off of and when they laugh I know that I\u2019m doing my job and that\u2019s kind of where I come from with the theatre and all that so to be able to get a job here where it\u2019s filmed but we film in front of a live audience is really the best of both worlds.<\/p>\n

Charlie Storwick<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Charlie Storwick is both an actress and a singer-songwriter. She previously won the talent competition show The Next Star <\/em>and her new single Ghosts<\/em> is available on iTunes. On Some Assembly<\/em> Storwick plays Piper, the tough tech expert heading up the video game division.<\/p>\n

You won The Next Star<\/em>. Is that experience at all comparable to this experience?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Storwick: Definitely the work ethic. \u2026 With Next Star<\/em> I fell in love with the schedule and the hours and the practicing and the rehearsals and the show and the business. Moving fromNext Star<\/em> to this was the same sort of work ethic. I just love it so much.<\/p>\n

Harrison Houde<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Harrison Houde (Finding Stuff Out<\/em>, Spooksville<\/em>) has been creating original online content \u2013 complete with self-composed scores \u2013 since his early teens. He plays numerous instruments, including drums and keytar, but his current favourite is the piano. Houde plays Bowie, an aspiring engineer with some very risky ideas.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a lot of musical talent in this cast. Have there been any jam sessions?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Houde: We jam so much. Me and Charlie put together a little mashup, it\u2019s on my youtube channel, and me and Kolton are working on music. We\u2019re always working on music, on set and off set. Even some of the crew members play music so we\u2019re jamming with them.<\/p>\n

Sydney Scotia<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Sydney Scotia is a dancer and gymnast as well as an actress. She plays the role of Geneva, a kind and pretty girl whose relentless luck gets under Piper\u2019s skin. Scotia hopes to use her dance and gymnastic skills throughout her career, perhaps in action movies.<\/p>\n

What kinds of shows are you hoping to do in the future, if you\u2019re looking to do something with dance?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Scotia:\u00a0A big dream of mine is to do an action where I can work in my physicality and my dancing and my gymnastics as well as do a really cool super hero role. Like Scarlett Johansen in the new Avengers<\/em> and Jennifer Garner in Electra<\/em> and Angelina Jolie in Wanted<\/em>. Something like that where it\u2019s really intense and really dark subject matter but still super action packed.<\/p>\n

Travis Turner<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Travis Turner (Caprica<\/em>, Marley & Me: The Puppy Years<\/em>) has had a wide variety of roles in television series, tv movies, and theatrical productions. He also sings under the name \u2018Little T\u2019. His character Aster is passionate about design to the point where he is bothered by any lack of fashion.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s it like transitioning between dramas like Caprica<\/em>and kids tv?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Turner:\u00a0It is a bit of a transition because I originally come from theatre and I had to beat that out of me \u2013 take so many courses where they\u2019re like \u2018stop acting, you\u2019re over acting!\u2019 you know \u2013 to get that to where tv is, to Caprica<\/em> or Supernatural<\/em> or something where it\u2019s more serious\/dramatic. Then you come back here and you got to reverse it again, you got to go really big and there\u2019s a live audience. It was a bit of an adjustment but once you get into it it becomes easier.<\/p>\n

Dylan Playfair<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Dylan Playfair (Mr. Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story<\/em>) has his roots in the sport of hockey. His popular short Letterkenny Problems<\/em> spawned an upcoming tv series called Letterkenny<\/em> on Comedy, in which Playfair will play a hockey player named Riley. In Some Assembly<\/em>, Playfair puts his health on the line to test toy safety as the ever-loyal Knox.<\/p>\n

Knox is an extreme sports junkie. What\u2019s the most extreme thing you\u2019ve ever done?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Playfair:\u00a0Lifestyle wise probably switching from hockey to acting, which was a big shift because I come from a hockey family. It\u2019s pretty deep in my blood, that sport and when I switched over it was a big transition but one that\u2019s paid off quite nicely. As far as actual extreme sports goes, probably tubing with my father at the wheel. He likes to chop it up on the lake, we have a summer home up there, and water sports with the right driver can be pretty extreme stuff. Water sports I would say \u2013 tubing, wakeboarding.<\/p>\n

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Some Assembly Required<\/em> airs on YTV in Canada. Just recently, it was picked up by Netflix and is streaming there for the rest of the world.<\/p>\n

They are currently filming the third season and have live shows coming up on September 18, October 1, October 9, and October 29. Tickets to the live shows are free and you can get them through someassemblylive@gmail.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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