An Interview with Lily Santiago, Josh McKenzie, & Rohan Mirchandaney from ‘La Brea’

LA BREA -- Season: 3 -- Pictured: Lily Santiago as Veronica, Josh McKenzie as Lucas, and Rohan Mirchandaney as Scott -- (Photo by: Jasin Boland/NBC)

Lily Santiago, Josh McKenzie, and Rohan Mirchandaney are a trio of talented actors that currently star as Veronica, Lucas, and Scott, respectively on the hit NBC series, La Brea. And with the series nearing its end, they took a moment of their busy schedules to discuss what this incredible journey has meant to all of them.
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John Betancourt: Let’s talk a little bit about what this journey and your time on this show has meant to each of you.

Lily Santiago: Oh, well, gosh, I love this show. I've learned so much from my fellow actors, but also just in general, like being consistently on a TV show for three seasons and creating that little sense of family and having new pages with writers that throw everything at you all the time, in a world that is always insane, where you might die at any minute, and you never know what's like popping out of a hole in the ground. It's been… it's very close to my heart. And I feel really lucky that I think especially with season three, we get to just grow and grow as actors, but also our characters are just shifting constantly. And we have so many new things to play with and adjust to.

Josh McKenzie: Yeah. I mean, it's the whole show. It's like, I'll always say to people, I don't know if you'll ever see another kind of show like this, you know, we're kind of into the new age of streaming shows and stuff like that, and its kind of the last vestige of like, original network content that's truly original. And truly just out the gate, you know, like, so it's been like, very, very special and very bittersweet to wrap it up in the third season. But in that, I think the show has kicked up another gear. All the actors have come with like a brand-new energy, everyone's grounded in their characters. And I think this season, really should show the audience's how much the show actually means to us as actors and also the characters themselves, you know, I hope it is a satisfying conclusion that… will be bittersweet.

Rohan Mirchandaney: I felt it's been an absolute blast coming on to this show. It's been my first major TV project, or major project in general and working on this for like, close to three years. It's… we've been through a lot, you know, I've grown certainly a lot as a person, as an actor. And I've got to meet a really lovely group of friends in the both the cast and crew. And following these characters journeys from two years ago to now, we've come such a long way, and there's been so much development and growth, and the whole process has been really rewarding. And I think it finally comes to a head in this particular season, which is so explosive, and action packed and got all the twists and turns in the right places. And yeah, we end on a real high with this one. It's been great.

This interview has been lightly edited and condensed for clarity. The final season of ‘La Brea’ debuts on NBC on January 9, 2024, at 9p-10p ET/PT and will be streaming on Peacock, the next day.

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