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I learned from seeing how DPharaoh Woon-A-Tai gets into character, how Devery Jacobs does it, Factor says.
Its still something I have to work myself up for.
But now I can squeeze out one or two crocodile tears.
I love acting so much.
This interview, conducted prior to the SAG strike, has been edited and condensed for clarity.
In season two, when were talking with White Jesus, that was all filmed in Oklahoma.
The only scene that was filmed in California was the beach.
It was lots of camera trickery.
White Jesus returns in BUSSIN and is played by Brandon Boyd, lead singer of Incubus.
Youd flip on a random channel and theres a good chance they were playing Drive.
But I didnt know the band, I didnt know who was singing it.
Its a good song, but Im so sick of hearing it, man.
And he goes, You know what, I get that quite often.
He was like, Yeah, even Im a little sick of hearing them sometimes.
He was very chill about it; we had a little laugh.
I had him sign this metal Jesus poster we found.
Did you do any of that artwork?
Are you an artist?Unfortunately, those arent drawn by me.
I wish I was that talented.
Theyre actually drawn by one of the guys in props, assistant property master Joe Hagg.
Hes incredible at what he does.
Hes been working onReservation Dogssince the pilot.
He does a lot of the designs that we spray-paint.
They asked me, What do you like?
What do you think Cheese would draw?
We started with those ideas.
There was some Godzilla in there, and Deer Lady.
We had to include the Rez Dogs in there somewhere, and that little message from Daniel.
As for my own artistic skills, I draw occasionally.
I used to draw a lot a couple years ago, but I slowed down a little bit.
Its not an issue.
I can stop whenever I want.
Whats it like working with Paulina in those moments?Working with Paulina is the best.
Shes wild; shes crazy.
Most of the things she says are improvd.
But Paulina, a lot of her lines are improvd.
Im pretty sure most of the lines she said in season two were entirely improvd.
But she knows the scripts, too.
I wish I could be that good at improv and comedy without using any words.
Where did Paulina go?
Shes talking to crafty, getting food.
Id say shes probably the funnier one out of the two of us.
She kept saying it over and over again, and it took us so much longer.
I think she only said Lets go, Cheese, maybe four of the 15 times we did that.
Thats something that happens quite often; I cant say Paulina did that exclusively because we all did it.
I did it a lot.
Were all pretty natural with what we do.
Over and over again, we see that people gravitate naturally to Cheese.
There might be something he doesnt really want to do, but he likes making people happy.
He doesnt like making people mad.
He might not know everything to say, but he tries his best.
Its kind of natural for me because Ive always been a shy, more quiet person.
Its easier to slip into that bit of awkwardness, the Cheese-ness of it all.
I remember filming that scene with those Oreos, and we ate so many Oreos.
I have not eaten one since we filmed that.
Were they a specialty flavor?They were just regular Double Stuf Oreos.
I think we went through two and a half family-size containers.
At the time, it was great.Hell, yeah, I get to eat Oreos.
That guy is staff writer Ryan RedCorn, and hes always crazy on set.
The second that camera cuts, we both looked at each other like, Can we just fake it?
I would definitely do it.
They got chocolate as a glaze?
If its the ones that are filled, nah, Im good.
But first of all, who would turn down a free doughnut?
And second of all, you dont gotta pay.
Maybe youll get a sickness, but its a doughnut.
Thats my one weakness.
I might regret it later, but thats a problem for future me.
Right now, this is a doughnut.
Filming that scene, I ate so many doughnuts.
And that very next morning, I was eating doughnuts.
The Oreos, the doughnuts its all still work.Yeah, and I love acting, you know?
I cant really see myself doing anything else now.
Someday Id like to be working somewhere behind the camera.
Blackhorse Lowe hes a phenomenal director and I love learning from him.
Thats something thatd be really cool to do, eventually direct something.
But Id have no idea how to approach that, no idea what Id be doing.
Im not really that much of an authoritative person when it comes to that stuff.
If I were to ever direct something, that would be a long time down the road.
I also really liked learning about how the sound process works and matching all the audio.
The guys who worked with sound, Im really close with them and theyre really good people.
Thats kind of broken the illusion for me when I watch TV.
There are so many angles, so many camera changes.
Thats something that bugs me now.
A big change for Cheese this season is that he gets glasses.
Are those actual glasses with a prescription or fake glasses?
For all of seasons one and two, I was wearing contacts.
Season three, they were like, Since youre getting glasses, well just make it your prescription.
The glasses they chose, I initially really did not like.
It literally wasnt until the last three episodes they started growing on me.
Theyre pretty good glasses.
Theyre definitely bigger than the ones I wear.
It took me a while to grow into them.
That happened so often that it just became a habit that I do.
I was catching them and pushing them back up, and now I just cant stop doing it.
Ive never had this problem before.
I do like when Elora ruffles Cheeses hair after seeing him in the glasses.
This isReservation Dogss final season.
But we think that this season might be the final season.
Nothing was final yet, but they were thinking its looking that way.
That definitely made me feel sad, a little hollow, a little numb.
I know were ending it on a high note.
Im perfectly content with this being where it ends.
I didnt actually get the confirmation until my birthday.
I was eating dinner with my family and then I got a call from Sterlin.
It was 8:30 at night.
I thought he was calling for a happy-birthday call.
Its been an honor to work with you, Lane.
Thank you for working with us.
Its been great watching you grow.
Getting that confirmation, I had a sinking feeling in my chest.This is really it.
I cant wait for everyone to see it.
