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Former Dancing with the stars Pro Maxim Chmerkovsky said he had been arrested in the Ukrainian capital and was now trying to leave the country amid the ongoing Russian invasion. “There are a lot of fights everywhere, the streets are crazy,” he said in a 5-minute Instagram video. “At one point I was arrested like a foot from here. But again, all good, I promise … This was probably the least traumatic moment in all this work as far as Ukraine is concerned. He described the experience as a “crazy reality test”, adding that he was not mentally able to unpack. The dancer and choreographer then added that he had decided to head to the border, probably given the Polish-Ukrainian border, where thousands had fled. “I have options,” Cmerkowski said. “My options are better than most people’s, unfortunately. I’m just a little nervous to be honest with you, but I think he’ll be fine. ” About nine hours later, he shared a travel update on his Instagram history. “I succeeded on the train,” he wrote. “We’re heading to Warsaw (I hope)”

Chmerkovski regularly shares videos and updates on Instagram as the situation in his home country deteriorates. “It really feels like it was when and why we left in the 1990s,” he wrote in a February 24 post. “Like my old post-traumatic stress, which I finally fixed, it’s back.” In his latest video, Chmerkovsky asked his followers not to panic if he disappeared from social media for a while. He explained that he was currently in contact mainly with his wife, Peta Murgatroyd. DWTS alum), brother and parents. He closed the video, calling any “unfair treatment” at the border “inhuman.” African students are reportedly facing discrimination as they try to leave Ukraine. “People are fleeing conflict, war,” Cmerkowski said. “Treat everyone equally. I love you all and will keep you posted. ”

Fresh from last week’s striking last turn 9-1-1: Lone Star he put the watch back for an hour oriented to Gwyn which left us with a new assessment of the unfortunate nature of Lisa Edelstein.

At this bitter hour, which began with the devastating 9-1-1 phone call made by a peddler named Liam, who accidentally hit Gwyn with his bicycle, zero hits were made. Liam’s description of the horrifying scene, including the realization that Gwyn died after hitting her head on the street, was incredibly difficult to hear. I know I wasn’t the only one who cried when he started telling baby John how much his mother loved him. (A recap can only take that much!)

“[Showrunner] “Tim Miner always warns me about things he plans in the world of Gwyn, so I knew much earlier,” Edelstein told TVLine about Gwyn’s unexpected death. “Anyway, after I had Enzo’s baby, I had the feeling that my days were numbered! (Just kidding).”

And while Edelstein was ready to play Gwynn’s death on screen (“I Love the Adventure of the Cascades”), she was ultimately glad we didn’t see the whole thing unfold. “After being covered in this sticky horrible fake blood at other jobs, I may be a little relieved,” she said. “Not only is it sticky (thinking about my neck still makes me shrink), but they have to keep moisturizing it with cold spray. So, I change my mind: yes, I’m relieved that I was killed off camera!

Edelstein’s farewell hour told the story of two very different flights: today’s TK and Owen trip to Gwyn’s funeral, which they missed because their plane nearly crashed, and TK and Gwyn’s previous flight to a rehab in California, where she he took his son away after dragging him out of a drug store in New York. Apart from being an important memory of his mother, the retrospective of T.K. also triggered because he nearly stole several vials of fentanyl from his drug bag. If Owen hadn’t caught him on the spot, things would have turned out very differently.

Like the coma fantasies earlier this season, the scenes between TK and Gwyn painted a clear picture of their relationship. She was his guardian for life, someone who was determined to save him, whether he wanted help or not.

“My scenes with the beautiful Ronen [Rubinstein] they’re already emotional, so it’s built into the work, “Edelstein said of filming these scenes together, adding that Minear wanted to use Gwyn’s death as a way to strengthen the story and the connection between Gwyn and TK to really see what he wanted. to him in her absence, which is unfortunately how many people learn to appreciate the people they once loved. “

Speaking of gratitude, Edelstein said, adding: “I was surprised at how emotional my partners were at my fictional death! Sweet people. ”

As for Gwyn’s legacy, Edelstein knows exactly how she wants fans to remember her character: “Like an amazing mother, of course!” She says. “Besides being a super sexy ex-wife who is remarkably young for her age and in amazing shape, who is smarter than any woman they’ve seen and more charming than they thought possible. Yes. That sounds like the perfect way to remember Gwyn.

On the other hand, it is quite possible that this will not be the last thing we will see on Gwyn, given Lone Star’s penchant for dreams.

“I mean, the producers refused to give me the traditional cast of ‘This is a series about Lisa,’ so you never know!” Edelstein said of a possible future. “Fantasy Gwyn gets the best lighting in the show, so I’m good to appear in a few dream series here and there.”

What do you think of Gwyn’s last hour (so far)? Post them in the comments below.

Two of WWE’s most influential and successful superstars will face off at The Grandest Stage of Them All, while Edge and AJ Styles will face off in a potential match to steal a WrestleMania 38 show.

With a list of impressive moments long enough to compete with any WWE superstar, Edge returned to Raw to join The Road to WrestleMania and remind his Superstars colleagues of his autobiography in The Showcase of the Immortals, stating that they will wait if anyone wants to rise and be immortalized.

Enter AJ Styles.

An industry legend, Stiles has won almost every championship the world has to offer in his 24-year career, including twice as a WWE champion. And that’s who Edge wanted to face, provoking Phenomenal One with his right hand in front of The Ultimate Opportunist, albeit seemingly controversial, battered Stiles with a low punch and two ringing-in-the-ears Con-Chair-Tos.

Although they both enjoyed incredible careers that lasted more than two decades, the two Grand Slam champions shockingly never met. In fact, their first and only meeting took place at the Royal Rumble Match 2020, when The Rated-R Superstar returned to the WWE nine years later, delivering a thunderous copy of Stiles before immediately throwing him over the top rope.

What breathtaking moments await the WWE universe when these two icons meet in Dallas?

Find out in the most magnificent WrestleMania of all time, a two-night event that airs LIVE on Saturday, April 2, and Sunday, April 3, at Peacock’s 8 ET / 5 PT in the United States and on the WWE Network everywhere else.

Posted on February 28, 2022

Jada Pinkett Smith and husband Will Smith found themselves in a slightly awkward situation on the red carpet at the SAG 2022 Awards in Santa Monica on Sunday night.

The couple from list A was interviewed by E! News anchor Lauren Cox, who suddenly raised the issue of entanglements, said: “We can’t wait for more Red Table talks and more entanglements.”

The 50-year-old Jada, who previously admitted to having an “entanglement” with singer August Alsina, 29, while she was married to Will, 53, gradually found herself in an awkward situation, raising her fingers and saying: “No more than that! “While smiling.

Inconvenient! 50-year-old Jada Pinkett Smith and 53-year-old Will Smith were embarrassed on the red carpet at the SAG 2022 Awards on Sunday night when the word “entanglement” was mentioned

Cox laughed and said, “No more tangling! I love you girl. Just kidding. I’m just making fun of you.

The strong couple looked elegant during the event, paired with navy outfits, with Jada wearing an elegant flowing blue dress with black long sleeves and a diamond necklace.

The fresh graduate Prince of Bel Air, who won his first SAG Award for Outstanding Performance as a Male Actor in a Leading Role for his role as Richard Williams – the father of Venus and Serena Williams – in King Richard, looked great in a suit.

No more! E! News host Lauren Cox suddenly raised the issue of entanglement, saying: “We can’t wait for more Red Table talks and more entanglements.”

Smooth: Jada – who previously admitted that she was “entangled” with the singer August Alsina, 29 – gradually navigates the awkward situation, saying: “There are no more!”

For the first time, Jada made waves with the word “entanglement.” 2020 on her Facebook show Red Table Talk as she describes to her husband her relationship with musician August.

She made the show a month after she appeared at The Breakfast Club in August in June and claims to be in a relationship with the actress and has had her husband’s “blessings”.

Jada explained his side of the story, saying: “Four and a half years ago. . . I started a friendship with August. In fact, we became really, really good friends.

“It all started with the fact that he just needed help, I wanted to help with his health, his mental state,” she began as she sat across from Will.

Elegant: The strong couple looked elegant during the event, paired with navy outfits, with Jada wearing an elegant flowing blue dress with black long sleeves and a diamond necklace.

The couple also clarified that they were separated at the time of the relationship.

“From there, over time, I got into a different kind of entanglement with Augustus,” she explained.

“Tangle?” Will questioned her choice of words, prompting her to say that she actually had an affair with the singer.

“It was a connection, absolutely,” the Matrix star revealed.

Original comment: Jada first made waves with the word “entanglement” in 2020 on her Facebook show as she described her relationship with musician August to her husband

Choosing an epic word: “Entanglement?” Will questioned her choice of words, prompting her to point out that she actually had a relationship with the singer.

“I was in a lot of pain and I was very upset,” she said at the time, adding, “Now in the process of that relationship, I’ve definitely realized that you can’t find happiness outside of yourself.”

That same month, Alsina released a single entitled “Entanglements” starring Rick Ross, with eyebrow-raising lyrics “The Definition of Tangle / That’s When You’re Tangled in the Sheets / Girl, I Know We Don’t Call It a Relationship / But You’re Still you’re fucking with me. ‘

Will and Jada have been married since December 1997 and share a son, Jaden, 23, and a daughter, Willow, 21.

Her entanglement: “It was a relationship, absolutely,” Jada revealed of her relationship with Augustus; Jada and August in the photo in 2017 in Los Angeles

[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for 9-1-1: Lone Star Season 3, Episode 8 “In the Unlikely Event of an Emergency.”]

After the sudden death of Gwyn (Lisa Edelstein) – she was hit by a bicycle – her son TC (Ronen Rubinstein) and ex-husband Owen (Rob Lowe) go to New York for her funeral. But unfortunately they never succeed 9-1-1: Lone Star.

Instead, an emergency in the air – the plane loses an engine – requires the first responders to intervene, rescuing the woman who was in their line and was briefly sucked out the window. And after doing so, TK admits to Owen that he found him in the fire department earlier, in the ambulance, because he planned to get up so much, nothing mattered. But he knew what that would do to Gwyn, who was the one who put him in rehab (as seen in heartbreaking flashbacks).

Rubinstein breaks the tense episode, which included his best work on the show so far, and irritates what lies ahead for TK, Tarlos and others.

How do you think TK would have reacted if they had reached the funeral?

Ronen Rubinstein: I think TK would have a complete breakdown. Many of the modern things in the episode, TK is really trying to make a balancing act, trying to stay strong and also trying not to lose them completely because his mother was everything to him. I think if they did the funeral, he would have lost it completely. I don’t think he will be able to stay strong anymore.

What we will see from TK – alone and with Owen and Carlos [Rafael Silva] – When it comes to sadness to move forward?

You will definitely see TK grieving with Carlos. We will definitely not ignore the fact that Gwyn is gone. We will let this storyline breathe and it will affect TK throughout the season. And it will definitely add some inequality to their relationship, for sure.

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And with TK and Owen? There was that exchange with TK that he still loved her.

It’s just that TK was really emotional and I don’t think he necessarily meant that. I think a lot of emotions are just happening and he was really raw at the time. He knows his father loved her. I think he was just trying to work it all out. This can just bring Owen and TK closer together, because now Owen really is all he has left of TK when it comes to family. We will definitely see what this means for them.

TK tells Owen that he would have inflated if he hadn’t caught him. And then he says he can’t believe he’s going to do this to Gwyn. Would he have taken the drugs if Owen hadn’t found him?

Honestly, I think I would. In AA I did my research and the loss of someone can be a cause of relapse. This was the perfect example of how he literally didn’t know what else to do, and he says it on stage: He was going to get up so high that nothing else mattered. I think he would do it and he would regret it later, but I think he would do it. I think the question is how much would he take? Would it be a different situation, like maybe the pilot, maybe he would take too much? This is something I was thinking about in this scene, but yes, I think he would go through it.

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TK told Owen about it and Tommy [Gina Torres] and Nancy [Brianna Baker] made an inventory after Nancy saw TK near the drugs. Are there any significant concerns in the future that TK will use?

Not necessarily. I think everyone knows that TK is a person with a very strong will and if nothing else, they will just be very supportive and give him the space and time to grieve and just go through all the emotions of losing someone like that. Especially with Tommy and Nancy, they’re just going to be really supportive and just amazing people through it all.

You said that your favorite scenes of TK and Owen, TK and Gwyn, TK and Carlos are coming up. Were they all in this episode?

Almost. I still think my favorite scene with Carlos and TK was when he revealed the attic to me. This was definitely my favorite of the season. Plane rescue with Owen is definitely my favorite. And then all the flashbacks with Gwyn are my favorite. These, to be honest, were probably some of my favorite things I’ve ever done, period, and it’s the proudest and hardest job I’ve ever done. This episode is really, really, really important to me and really special to me and I really gave my whole mind, body and soul for this episode because I knew it would take everything to really achieve this kind of work.

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Speaking of these memories – it was so amazing to just see this connection and especially on the plane, Gwyn said he couldn’t go to his son’s funeral, this part was pure heart.

I know, and the notice. The fact is that he was on his way to her funeral. I think that’s why mixing these flashbacks with today’s stuff was so powerful and just heartbreaking. This is Tim Miner, who is just a damn genius. This episode is just the one that shoots all the cylinders and my director, John Gray, was my maestro. He steered me in all the right directions and was such a balancing act with this performance. I may have taken some extra crazy steps to get to where I needed to go in retrospect, but I think it was worth it at the end of the day.

Now that TK and Carlos are together again, they look healthy. After going through the separation, are they settled in their relationship in a way they were not before?

Yes. I think they are very solid. Things were going well really good for them and then it happened; I think it only brings people together. But as I said before, we will definitely let this storyline breathe and stay. And it will definitely affect TK and Carlos and we will see that in the next few episodes.

It will also bring out a plot that is somewhat surprising. TK will get support from someone else who is dealing with the loss and it will be a really nice kind of new layer for this relationship. You’ll see this in episode 9 and I’m really excited to go that route.

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Is this someone else Tommy?

[Laughs] This is someone else who is dealing with loss.

Given what happened to the attic, do you think TK should be the one to offer if / when that time comes?

Everyone wants to see them get married. After everything that happened, I have no idea. The beauty of this season is that we are on our toes every episode. I get really nervous every time we get a new script, because Tim can just do something completely unusual. So I have no idea. I’ve always said that I would think that TK will be the one to offer, but I don’t know, maybe after everything we’ve been through, it might make sense to be Carlos. We will just have to see if and when this will happen.

What else is ahead for TK? Something about rescue? It’s hard to beat one on a plane that lost an engine …

Yes, on the way to your mother’s funeral. You can’t really go beyond that. But believe me, the writers will definitely try. It’s just such an amazing season and I said it was our best season. I definitely think this is the best season for TK. And yes, we will definitely see some really crazy things, especially for TK. The loss of his mother will continue. We’ll see it in the next few episodes and it won’t just disappear and things will happen and it will add another layer to this kind of complicated TK Strand journey. It was, to put it mildly, an amusement park train.

9-1-1: Lone StarMonday, 8 p.m., Fox

Zoe Kravitz seems to have confirmed long-standing rumors that her version of Catwoman is bisexual in her upcoming film Batman.

The 33-year-old actress admitted that she “interpreted” the character as part of the LGBTQ community in an interview with the Australian Pedestrian.tv, published on Monday.

Although Kravitz’s character seems to have an emotional entanglement with the eponymous cloaked crusader (played by Robert Pattinson), she may have had lovers.

A new direction? Zoe Kravtiz, 33, said she “interprets” her character Selina Kyle (also known as Catwoman) as bisexual in her new film The Batwoman, according to an interview published Monday by Pedestrian.tv; seen on February 23 in London

Batman includes an early scene with Zoe’s character Selina Kyle, in which she returns to her apartment and calls her friend Annika, calling her a “baby” in the process, suggesting they have a romantic relationship.

Although her possible romance with another woman is only hinted at, her attraction to Bruce Wayne / Batman is explicit, as the two kiss later in the film.

She also confuses her status by calling Annika a “friend” while talking to Pattinson’s character.

Zoe admitted that she accepted the earlier scene to mean that Selina is bisexual, even if it is not explicitly stated as such.

Hint: In an early scene, Selina (Kravitz) goes to her apartment and calls another woman named Annika, calling her a “baby”, which probably suggests that they had an intimate relationship; since Batman

Mixed Messages: She was also seen kissing Batman later and then treated Annika as a “girlfriend”; since Batman

“It’s definitely the way I interpreted it to have had some kind of romantic relationship,” she said.

After the interviewer shared his excitement about seeing a bisexual Catwoman on screen, the Big Little Lies actress added, “I agree!”

But film director Matt Reeves was more ambiguous when it came to Selina Kyle’s sexuality.

‘[The film is] very loyal to the character of Selina Kyle. She is not yet a Catwoman, but all the elements of how she will become a Catwoman are there, “he explained.

Agreed: Asked if the Catwoman was bisexual, Zoe said, “I definitely interpreted it that they had a romantic relationship”; seen in September in New York

“And as for her relationship with Annika, I talked to Zoe very early and one of the things she said that I liked was that, ‘She’s attracted to homeless people because she’s homeless and that’s why she really wants to be. take care of these homeless people because she no longer wants to be like that, and Annika is homeless and loves her. She is, in fact, the connection she has with her mother, who has lost, who is already homeless. “

The Cloverfield director clarified that the character is not explicitly intended to be bisexual, but he is open to this interpretation of fans.

“So I don’t think we wanted to go straight that way, but you can certainly interpret it that way. She has an intimacy with this character and it is a huge and deep care for this character, more than something sexual, but there had to be a very intimate relationship between them.

Going back: But director Matt Reeves was more ambiguous, saying the Catwoman shouldn’t have been explicitly bisexual, even though she was open to fan interpretation; (LD) Dylan Clark, Andy Serkis, Robert Pattinson, Zoe Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright and Matt Reeves

Batman is simply the latest superhero movie to include hints of LGBTQ characters, although many fans have scoffed at past films for refusing to include more fully developed weird stars.

The Avengers: Endgame was ridiculed by some fans after the film was touted as Marvel’s first openly gay character, although the character turned out to be a minor character in just seconds on screen who mentions her husband in a support group visited by Captain America ( Chris Evans).

The character was played by one of the film’s directors, Joe Rousseau, who is not gay himself, which also annoys some fans.

Tessa Thompson is also believed to play her character Valkyrie in Thor: Ragnarok and his successors as bisexual, but a scene explicitly confirming her sexuality was cut.

Big studios like Disney / Marvel and Warner Bros. they may hesitate to include more prominent LGBTQ characters for fear of offending some fans or banning films in more culturally conservative countries.

Model: Previous superhero movies, including The Avengers: The End and Thor: Ragnarok, have been ridiculed for including allusions to LGBTQ characters while refusing to clarify their sexuality; Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth see each other in Thor: Ragnarok

The question of whether the Catwoman is bisexual in Batman did not seem to excite most reviewers, as the film currently boasts an impressive 87 percent fresh rating from critics polled by Rotten Tomatoes.

Although some previous viewers complained that the film was four minutes less than three hours – with credits included – and others mocked its dark visual style, the noir-influenced tone appealed to many critics.

Vulture’s Bilge Ebiri praised Batman’s dark tone, which he said was appropriate, as Batman is “the saddest of the characters.”

NPR critic Glenn Weldon hailed the film for ignoring some of the clichéd features of the Batman films, skipping the death of Bruce Wayne’s parents.

Slate’s Dana Stevens noted the “emotional power” of the way Batman made her protagonist a “Hamlet-like heir who can’t handle the initial shock of killing her parents,” and she also praised Zoe for a welcome break from parade of male antagonists.

Big fans: The question of whether the Catwoman is bisexual in Batman didn’t seem to excite most reviewers, as the film currently boasts an impressive 87 percent fresh rating from critics polled by Rotten Tomatoes.

First impression: Dana Stevens from Slate praised Zoë as a welcome break from a parade of male antagonists

Kim Kardashian and Kendall Jenner looked happier than ever in the latest trailer for their upcoming reality series, which airs on Hulu and Disney + on April 14.

After learning of Travis Barker’s plans to propose to Courtney Kardashian in October, the 42-year-old reality star’s brothers and sisters screamed with excitement.

“Boys, it’s happening,” Chris Jenner’s mother said cheerfully to Chloe’s daughter on the phone, who immediately gave an enthusiastic scream.

Excited: Kim Kardashian and Kendall Jenner looked happier than ever in the latest trailer for their upcoming reality series, which airs on Hulu on April 14

Hearing the news, Kendall responded with a happy scream as he grinned from ear to ear.

Later in the preview, fans spotted the newlyweds as they were surprised by champagne from their closest friends and family.

‘Surprise!’ Kylie Jenner shouted as Courtney and Barker joined a room full of loved ones just hours after announcing their engagement to the world.

Surprise! Later in the video, fans see the newlyweds as they are surprised by champagne from their closest friends and family.

The founder of Poosh, 42, can be seen taking a glass of balloon with a smile before locking her lips with her future husband.

After celebrating her sister’s engagement, Kim can be seen getting out of the limousine in a pink Balenciaga outfit she wore to host Saturday Night Live in mid-October.

Chloe, meanwhile, appears to be hitting a string of glamorous work events, but makes no mention of her ex-boyfriend Tristan Thompson’s love child.

‘Surprise!’ Kylie Jenner calls as Courtney and Barker join a room full of their loved ones just hours after announcing their engagement to the world

Do great! Despite a year of radical transformations in their love life, Kim Kardashian seemed excited to celebrate her sister’s engagement

Great opportunity: After celebrating her sister’s engagement, Kim can be seen getting out of the limousine in a pink Balenciaga outfit she wore to host Saturday Night Live in mid-October

“We’ve seen such transformations in all of us in the last year,” Chris can be heard saying.

Although the exact content of the show is not set out, there are many things in the life of all the stars from which to draw storylines.

2021 turned out to be an eventful year for the family, as Kim filed for divorce from Kanye West, Kylie revealed a second pregnancy, and Chloe endured the drama with her again, unexpected boyfriend.

Drilling: Meanwhile, Chloe seems to be involved in a number of glamorous work events, but does not mention the love child of her ex-boyfriend Tristan Thompson

“We’ve seen such transformations in all of us in the last year,” Chris can be heard saying

Strange: In an interesting phone call, one can hear someone asking Kim, “Oh, my God. are you dying are you dying I’m dying

Courtney also got engaged to Barker after the two spent the year sharing public displays of affection, and Kim made her SNL debut.

Kendall also launched its 818 Tequila brand and celebrated its first anniversary with Phoenix Suns player Devin Booker this summer.

The end of the year was marked by a gloomy period, as Kylie’s partner Trowis Scott’s Astroworld Festival was struck by a tragedy when ten people died at the event.

‘About us!’ Chloe says as she raises a toast in a black and white suit

I’m just getting started: It looks like Barker will be heavily featured in the Hulu series

In the first trailer, released last Monday, Kim cheerfully taunts her many engagements at Sister Courtney’s engagement party.

At Courtney and Barker’s engagement party, the mother of four jokes about her complicated love life while their mother sheds happy tears.

“It makes me so happy,” Chris erupted over dinner with relatives after her future son-in-law asked her biggest question at sunset on the beach.

Big year for the model: In 2021, Kendall launched its 818 Tequila brand and celebrated its first anniversary with Phoenix Suns player Devin Booker in the summer

Great as always: Other moments in the 26-second teaser include Kendall driving Kylie around and Chloe laughing while a woman styles her hair.

This made Kim, who has been married three times, joke: “She has never had such a reaction for me and it has happened several times.”

Barker has made several episodic roles in the preview, indicating that he will be part of the new show.

The video featured flashes of Courtney, who looked fascinated as she watched him play drums and sit opposite Chloe Kardashian and again, handsome, Tristan Thompson, at lunch with the family of his future bride.

Stay busy: The trailer comes a little over a year after the Kardashian-Jenners finished filming the 20th and final season of their long-running reality series Keeping Up With The Kardashians

Later, Kim could be seen coming out of her debut as an SNL host in a stylish hot pink outfit.

Other moments in the 26-second teaser include Kendall driving Kylie around and Chloe laughing while a woman styles her hair.

The trailer comes just over a year after Kardashian-Jenners completed filming of the 20th and final season of its long-running reality series Keeping Up With The Kardashians.

ATTENTION SPOILER: This interview contains spoilers for the finale of season 2 of “Euphoria”, which aired on HBO on February 27.

Played by 15-year-old Javon Walton, Ashtray is both the sweetest and scariest thing in Euphoria. Fesco’s unofficially adopted brother (Angus Cloud) is a kid when it comes to selling drugs, converting cryptocurrencies on the black market and predicting the movements of shadowy figures chasing his suburbs. No character in “Euphoria” goes through an episode without inflicting new trauma, but Ashtray is even tougher than Fez and Ryu (Zendaya) because he was stolen as a child. After a mixture of drugs, abandonment, and violence forced Fes to raise Ash’s baby at an early school age, Ash grew up with deep anger and fearlessness. Twice in the show’s second season, this manifests itself in his split-second decisions to brutally kill people. When Ash stabs Custer (Tyler Chase) in the neck for working with the police to bring him down and Fez, Fes begs his little brother to let him handle it, determined to fall alone. But Ash refuses to surrender and ends up in a shootout with a SWAT team. He inevitably loses. We hear the impact of his body hitting the floor. (Although it may be important to note that never see then.)

But Walton doesn’t just define his character by his line of violence. “He is really hardworking. He is very loyal to the people he loves. And he’s smart and very, very confident, “he said. After a long school day, the young actor entered Zoom to tell a story Diversity about his hopes for Ashtray’s future and how his boxing career brought him a role in the hottest teenage drama on television.

In which grade you are? And how was school today?

I’m in ninth grade. And school today is school at the end of the day. Mathematics is a struggle. I’m not the biggest fan of math. And overall, I’m not a big fan of school. But I like my sixth cycle. It’s called team sports, and you basically just mess around and play basketball. This is a great way to get your energy out. So I love this!

Do your classmates watch the show? Do you feel weird being in class while you have this whole other life?

Sometimes he does it a little, but people are usually super respectful of him. It’s usually not something. Some do, no doubt, but they don’t really tell me too much about it. Because they know – I’m really a private person.

Let’s get into the episode. It seems unlikely, but some people believe that Ashtray may still be alive. Is there hope?

There is definitely hope that Ashtray is still alive. Because if there’s anyone who can carry a bullet in the show, it’s Ashtray. Ashtray is a nasty kid. He doesn’t play around. I believe he has a chance to be available for season 3.

The origins of Ashtray are such a mystery. Have you spent a lot of time thinking about where it comes from?

I was definitely thinking about what his background could be, the character and everything behind him. His family, his father, his mother, because we can’t really see any of that. But the anger comes from him, so it definitely comes from a really angry side. This is the main thing for him. He is just an angry child.

Some of the things I imagined [are] when he was really young, how his parents would treat him. Because he is much angrier than Fesco. There is definitely a story behind all this. I may not be very aware of what exactly this may be, but it is definitely something super deep.

How do you prepare for your more intense scenes, such as the SWAT team shootout?

Honestly, especially for the finale, you have to really improve and have your own space for a minute to really get there. Because this is the deep space you need to connect with. Ashtray, he doesn’t have much dialogue, does he? But you can tell what he’s saying just by looking through his eyes. You can see the story behind them without him having to talk.

It was pretty sad to shoot the last scene because I knew it was going to be my last time on set, which sucks. I knew I would miss everyone there. But during the shootout, when I was in the bathtub, it was pretty crazy because I was dusted. They had to pour the dust to make it look super realistic from the flying bullets. It was a sad day, but also a good day. Because I knew I would make a strong last impression.

Fess tries so hard to get Ash to take over for Custer’s murder, but Ash still takes on the SWAT team. What do you think about their relationship in this scene?

He really just wanted to protect me and he wanted to die for me. Either you go to jail or you die the moment SWAT teams scatter bullets all over the place; you can’t do much. And he really just wanted to protect me, as I wanted to protect him.

Ashtray decided to do his thing because she wanted the best for him at the time. And that was selfish of him. After all, he’s a kid, you know? Many people see him as this adult, but he is very vulnerable. And we really see that at the end of the last episode. And he doesn’t want to go to a foster home. This is something else.

Interestingly, in Ashtray’s big moments, he always acts on instinct. He decides to kill Mouse and Custer right now.

He grew up in a world full of violence. They don’t teach him better than to kill. Although I can almost see where it comes from [I know] how confused it is. All he knows is to defend Fes.

Angus said Diversity earlier today that you originally had lines in the script, although Ash remains completely silent in the final version of the episode. Do you remember some of the things you said?

That was so long ago, exactly six months ago, so I don’t remember the exact dialogue. But there were a few times when Ashtray had to have a certain dialogue and Sam just decided to interrupt it because he liked it. [that with] Ashtray, there is a lot of mystery behind it.

What do you think about silence?

Honestly, I liked it to some extent. But at the same time, I want to have more dialogue in certain parts. But I was really just following Sam’s vision. I just wanted to follow him because he thought that was the best. And I thought it worked, too.

If you could write about Ashtray, what would he say?

If I could write about Ashtray … it would be something like super gangster shit. Like when he hit Cal in the head, it was going to be something super G all the time. [In the finale], I don’t think he can say much. “I won’t leave you like that.” Such things. Storytelling [Fezco] he regrets what he intends to do.

There has been a lot of talk throughout the season about rewriting scripts. What changes have happened to your character?

How much more violent he really was. This season he became much more violent because last season he was younger. But when he grew up, he really changed for the worse.

And Ashtray should not have been shot. That was something else. He shouldn’t have been shot! Initially, Fes had to be shot, which is crazy. And then, as the day before, they changed the plot to shoot me.

What about when Ash accidentally shot Fes? Was that originally in the script?

I don’t think it’s always been there. It was written – the whole thing – like the day before.

Let’s end with a happier note. What was your favorite scene to shoot?

My favorite scene was until Season 1. The first scene I shot. I talked to Ryu, she was buying drugs, and I was trying to sort out my money, pay off my mortgage. This was the first scene I shot. And that was with Zendaya! Just a really cool moment. It was like, “Oh, is that true?” Because I didn’t understand it then!

Tell me more about the first days of Euphoria. I know this was your first acting project. Have you been auditioning for things for a long time?

Oh, no, not at all. I’m a boxer. I’ve done this almost my whole life and I was on Steve Harvey’s boxing show. And this casting director named Jennifer Wenditi, she saw me and said, “Hey, do you want to try playing? There’s this role called “Euphoria.” I was like, of course. I didn’t even think it was something I would even think of.

I finally tried it and got it right away. [Levinson] I liked the look. He wanted an older child, but he liked that I was younger. And then I was such a gangster with that. And I was one of the only children who pronounced the names of the medicines correctly!