EXCLUSIVE: Calvin Crooks Opens Up About What It Was Like Filming 'The Circle'
Fans of Netflix's The Circle are fast to binge episodes the instant they're launched, however what is the revel in of being at the display really like for contestants? In an exclusive interview with TheThings, Calvin Crooks opened up about his experience at the display - plus, he reveals the only factor that took him by marvel essentially the most!
What Calvin Was Most Excited About, Watching 'The Circle'
Asked about his thoughts when the first Four episodes of The Circle dropped, Calvin laughs, "I was excited."
"I wanted to see what I'm looking like, number one. Number two, I was excited to see what everyone else was looking like!"
Calvin is quick to indicate that, whilst the target market is most effective ready to see him chatting with a display, he's seeing the show from an entirely other point of view - and that's the reason an enchanting side of the process for him.
The Experience Of Speaking To A Screen
Speaking of chatting with a display, the personal chef (and trainee firefighter, as reported via Screenrant and Blurred Reality!) explains that it was one thing of a new (albeit nostalgic) enjoy for him.
"The only time I would normally talk to a TV screen was when I was a kid playing Call of Duty - and I just used to yell at it!" he jokes.
Well, whilst that would unquestionably keep audience entertained, it's safe to mention production was relieved Calvin wasn't yelling this time round!
The Mental Health Aspect Of 'The Circle'
Reflecting on what it was like, chatting with a display screen, Calvin muses that whilst it felt "weird" every now and then, he was thankful that he was able to hook up with any individual all through the filming process.
"It gets lonely in there," he admits.
"The good thing with The Circle," Calvin contines, "is there's always someone on the other end to talk to you, to make sure that, mentally, you're okay, and everything is going to plan."
"Netflix have done a good job with after care, as well as while everything was still going on with the show," he nods.
Calvin Shares What Surprised Him The Most
Whether or now not Netflix was on hand to guide contestants in the course of the experience, there have been still some surprises, that even while small, threw him to begin with.
"The alert sounds!" he gasps - or, let's assume, the lack thereof.
"You don't hear the sounds when you get a message," Calvin explains, adding, "you just look up at the screen."
While he's fast to note that he adapted soon after understanding there would be notifications - "that's due to editing. They don't want to pick up the sound, so I get it," - it was an initial hurdle.
Calvin Weighs In On The Introduction Of New Rules
Prior to being solid on The Circle, Calvin was an avid viewer of the UK version of the show, so it only is smart that new rules had the prospective to debris with his sport plan.
However, he's adamant that he took them in stride.
Asked whether he thought the new addition of having the ability to clone Circlers was something he deemed fair, Calvin answers, "with regards to anything that happens on any show, whether it's fair or not, we signed up for it."
He provides that rule changes and additions are all about point of view, elaborating, "just to get into the show is a blessing in itself!"
For that reason, he concludes that way, from the beginning, was to take it all as it comes.
The question is, will that technique work in his favor? Viewers will just have to stick tuned to see!
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