An Interview with Veronica St. Clair & Jack Martin from ‘La Brea’

LA BREA -- Season: 3 -- Pictured: Veronica St. Clair as Riley and Jack Martin as Josh -- (Photo by: Jasin Boland/NBC)

Veronica St. Clair and Jack Martin are a pair of talented actors that are rising stars in the business, courtesy of their work on the NBC series, La Brea, where they play Riley and Josh, respectively. And well… with the end of the series on the horizon, we here at NTG were fortunate enough to speak with both of them about their experiences working on this series.
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John Betancourt: What are each of you going to miss the most about working on this show?

Veronica St. Clair: Jack. Working with Jack was seriously so fun. We had so much fun on set, honestly. But also, just like getting to work every day and like show up to like a normal set, like that every day as an actor, that's like what you hope to have. And we had the great gift of getting to do that every day. So, it was so fun. Like, every day getting a new email with a new script draft and reading and being like, “What are we getting up to this time?” It was always a fun surprise. And like, who knows what other projects we'll get to do in the future. But I doubt it'll be anything like La Brea. So, I am glad that this was our first like, big project. I learned so much on the show. And I am… I'm going to miss it.  

Jack Martin: Yeah, I mean, I agree with everything she said. I'm gonna miss Veronica. Oh, she’s not… she's not dead. I'm just gonna miss working with her on the show. (Laughter) And I'm gonna miss… you know, this was my first real acting role. It was also my first post grad job. It was so many firsts, for me. It's also the first time I've lived in a foreign country for three years. I mean, because of that, it's always gonna hold a special place in my heart. And it's like your first love, like, I'm always gonna think about it. I'm always gonna miss it. I mean, I'm gonna compare every role I ever do again, to this one.

John Betancourt: What are each of you most proud of when it comes to your work on this show?

Jack Martin: I mean…

Veronica St. Clair: I don't know… all of it!

Jack Martin: The growth. The amount of reps that we had, the amount of time that we spent, and that we not only, I mean, gave it our all 100% of the time, were professional, loved it. I mean, Veronica and I both put everything we had into the show. And we showed up and we did it no matter what was happening, no matter what the circumstances were. We put our all into it. And I think we only got better over time because of that. I'm really proud of that.

Veronica St. Clair: I couldn't have said it better myself. I have to just tag along and say ditto, ditto, ditto with everything Jack said. It was a great joy.

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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