Right when you see me walking in was the first time I saw the room and everything so it was a genuine reaction. Q: How long were you in your “The Circle” apartment in the UK?Ī: I was in the apartment for three days. Anytime I had to go to the apartment, they put noise-cancelling headphones on me and blind folded me, same thing when we were doing promos for the show. Q: Where were you housed before you got into the apartments?Ī: I had an Airbnb actually a mile away from the set. We did indoor skydiving, went to London and a theme park. We all got assigned one, and mine was a 21-year-old kid (who) said, “You Americans are crazy, we love you.” Our chaperones were all communicating on this app, like a Find My Friends type of deal, where they would tell each other where we were going so we wouldn’t run in to other chaperones or other potential players. While the show was going on, we could do whatever we wanted with our chaperone, who was with us 24/7. The show initially cast eight people, but then they didn’t know who they were going to bring in later and had 30 of us on standby. Q: How did you know that you were going to be brought in to the game?Ī: So I think they flew over 50 people from the U.S. I was still working part-time for them when I left, but now I officially broke away. I felt guilty about turning down those gigs, but I also had my other job. Because I was doing acting and modeling part-time, I was turning down a lot of gigs.
I made videos and tutorials for them for about two years. I was with this organization that had three different dealerships and I was doing digital marketing for them. Q: In the show, you mention that you work in the auto industry, but you are also an actor based in the city, correct?Ī: I do not work in the auto industry anymore. But “The Circle” was something new and fresh that I was totally on board after the first few interviews. reality shows are over the top and insane and I feel like people’s lives get ruined. I would kind of stray away from it because some U.S. There are always times where I thought it would be fun to be on a reality show. Q: Why did you come in to “The Circle” if not for the prize and living in a swanky apartment?Ī: I went into “The Circle” for the experience.
I didn’t know I was cast until a few weeks after. A part of me thought, “Are they recording me? Is this a test?” I was very confused to the process.
For the final interview, they flew me out to LA in July to do a simulation of “The Circle.” They had all potential cast members in separate hotel rooms for two days, and we couldn’t have our phones and we just had to sit around reading books and watching Netflix. I had five to six Skype interviews, and I think three face-to-face interviews. Q: How many interviews did you have before you knew you got cast?Ī: Oh geez, I had a lot. I went to the interview and was asked questions about my life and what I am all about. I thought, “I don’t know what this is about and I don’t know if it’s real.” And I was one second away from hitting the snooze button. I woke up that morning and I was not going to go. I filled out the application and was told that the show was doing in-person interviews in Chicago.
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Q: How did you hear about “The Circle” and how did you get on the show?Ī: My sister sent me a link to this TV show, and I really didn’t know what it was about. I have lived in Lincoln Park for the last two to three years. A: I was born and raised in Plainfield, and I went to University of Illinois-Champaign.