We were fortunate enough to score an exclusive interview with Krysta Rodriguez, star of NBC’s new show ‘Trial & Error.’
We caught up with her at the New York premiere of Anne Hathaway’s new film Colossal at AMC Lincoln Square presented by Fiji Water.
Congratulations on the new show! Tell me a little bit about how you got involved.
Krysta Rodriguez: I auditioned and I was the last cast member to be cast, so I got the audition and saw John Lithgow, Jayma Mays, Sherri Shepherd, Steven Boyer, and I thought βOh god, I have to get this job.β And I did. And I loved the script, I laughed out loud, it was one of my favorite scripts Iβve read in years. I canβt believe I get to do it.
Tell us a little bit about your character.
KR: So I play Summer Henderson, who is the daughter of Larry Henderson, who is an accused murderer in a small town. Heβs also lovable and you root for him to be innocent as does Summer because she really believes he is. He keeps putting his foot in his mouth and doing the wrong thing and being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Heβs just a lovable accused murdererβthe basis of any good comedy.
Howβs it working with John?
KR: Heβs amazing. Heβs just perfect. Heβs perfect in the role, heβs the sweetest man and so dedicated to the work and knows how to get it done and get it done in a fun way.
How is it to rejoin your NBC family?
Itβs really great. I love working for NBC and I would work for them forever. Hopefully Iβll get to.
Whatβs a fun story from set youβd like to share?
I just always love when we make John laugh because the corners of his mouth start to twitch and you can tell heβs not going to make it through the take and that is the best. When you feel like youβve made him laugh, itβs the best feeling ever. We have blooper after blooper of him just not being able to say his lines because weβre laughing so hard.
Where do you guys film?
We film in L.A. at the Warner Brothers lot. Itβs really cool because itβs very historic. We shot on the same stage that they filmed ‘Casablanca’, so itβs really cool.
An after-party followed atΒ Lincoln Ristorante. Colossal hits theaters on April 7.
