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Jul 2024
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Tyler James Williams

Penn Badgley, Nava Kavelin, Sophie Ansari
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Tyler James Williams (Abbott Elementary, Dear White People, Everybody Hates Chris) tells stories of jumping over tables to impress his middle school crush, recalls memories of how he quelled his own internalized feelings of rejection from his years playing a reject on television, and offers his philosophy on how film sets with both adult and child actors should run. 

 

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