“It was a really nice ending to bring this character back to reality,” Drew Tarver says.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: This season has been way more dramatic and emotional than the previous two.
What was that like for you, bringing these darker, heavier, and wilder stories to life?
Heléne Yorke on ‘The Other Two’.Max
HELENE YORKE:I couldn’t believe the lengths that they went to, how absolutely insane it gets.
It was really fun to take it to 100 miles an hour with that sort of grounded base.
It’s a release for both Brooke and Cary to have those big, cathartic hard realizations and moments.
Drew Tarver on ‘The Other Two’.Max
They definitely went from hard physical insanity into real drama moments.
That’s a hard pivot to do, and they pulled it off.
You don’t just have to do a comedy for 30 straight minutes.
Josh Segarra and Heléne Yorke on ‘The Other Two’.Max
YORKE:I think it’s also universal that anybody who’s a nightmare is deeply unwell with themselves.
And then you get to see, okay, take the jokes out of this nightmare person.
What’s wrong with them?
How do they sit in quiet?
What does that look like?
Here comes the truth.
YORKE:One of my favorite moments this season is after Drew’s musical number.
It really shook me to my core watching it.
It’s so long, it’s edited so well.
He’s in the quiet car for so long and it’s devastating.
It’s a devastating drop off of something so ridiculous.
TARVER:That was the last thing I filmed this season, the final shot.
But I’m gunning for Helene’s Broadway career.
My falsetto, I don’t know if it’s there yet, but we’re working on it.
YORK:It’s pretty good, Drew.
I was like, “Did they autotune this motherf—er?
He sounds good.”
TARVER:I recorded that in LA when we were on a break.
We did a bunch of warm-ups before, and I’ve never warmed my voice up.
And then the more I sang, the better I got at it.
I was hitting notes I’ve never hit before.
What did you think about how they ended this season?
Where’s the wall?
They just kept climbing up and up and up.
They went to space, literally, and then dropped us from there.
TARVER:You think they’re going to learn a lesson.
He’s not hearing anything.
That was such a fun ratchet up that I knew we were going to get dropped from.
And when I read the finale, it did feel super gratifying.
It was a really nice ending to bring this character back to reality.
YORKE:[Laughs] Yeah, burning down a building.
TARVER:They’re always kind of swapping places but learning.
