Matt Cornett is opening up about getting to know his co-star Sadie Soverall.
The 27-year-old actor and the 24-year-old actress are starring as Sam and Percy in the new series Every Year After.
In a newly released interview ahead of the show’s release, Matt dished on their chemistry, getting to know each other and building their bond off screen before filming.
“Before our chemistry read, they gave us ten minutes to sit and chat. It was over Zoom, and I instantly felt a connection with her. She was so easy to talk to and so fun,” Matt told Boys by Girls. “The night we got to Vancouver, I texted and said, ‘Let’s get dinner.’ We loved hanging out and getting to know each other.”
He then explained what they would do while hanging out.
“I wanted to make sure we had good chemistry in real life to translate to the show. [In the books] Percy introduces Sam to horror. They have nights together eating pizza and watching a horror movie,” the actor shared. “So, Sadie and I were like, ‘You know what? We’re going to eat pizza and watch horror.’ She made every scene so easy and so fun, and we were able to be goofy with each other. There was never a moment when it didn’t feel like Sam and Percy.”
The horror movies they watched?
“We started with Evil Dead, because that’s the big one that Sam and Percy watch, and then we moved on to the Halloween series. I think we only got a couple of movies into the series, and then we got so busy with filming.”
Matt also dished on bonding with the rest of the cast, including golf outings with Michael Bradway and Joseph Chiu.
“I’m a big golfer, so I took them out to the golf course and got them into the golf world,” he said. “There were nights when we’d all go to an arcade or get dinner, but it was so difficult because our filming schedules were scattered. It was hard to get everyone together at the same time, and when we could, it was usually in the evenings. Everyone was so lovely, and I had a great relationship with them.”
“I had such a great time with everyone; we developed inside jokes, and I could have fun hanging out with all of them individually,” Matt added.
Every Year After debuts on Prime Video on Wednesday (June 10). Watch the trailer!
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