“I had the audacity to ask Kathleen at the very beginning of all this when we were filming the pilot, I remember going up to her and I was like ‘Can Sterling be bi?’” Phillips says Jordan simply explained that that was not part of her journey. Maddie Phillips recalls the moment she found out with vivid clarity, because she had previously approached creator Kathleen Jordan to make a suggestion. None of the actors knew what was coming for their characters until they got the script, and in the case of the Sterling and April relationship, this started in episode five. On the flip side of that, even if April ended up not being likable, the actress thinks “a villain is always fun, especially when funny.” Phillips and Hales predicted ‘Stepril’ by accident “I just always knew that there was – I didn’t know what it was for sure – but I knew that there was way more to her than we really saw in the first couple of episodes,” Hales continued. She is a pill, for sure,” she concedes that April has some stuff to work on, “But I think the sense of humor for her and throughout was so evident that I knew that was going to sort of ease us into a relationship with her.” Clear asked Hales if she was ever worried about how April would come off. “I was like ‘Okay now, this I understand’, immediately.”Īpril starts out as a classic mean girl, ready to blackmail Sterling into giving up her role as Fellowship leader by revealing intimate information about her. It was later when she saw who April was that she felt that connection. ![]() But definitely did not feel the same connection,” she said. With the former, it was to do with the script. She reflected that “what resonated with me most with Sterling is just how she kind of wears her heart on her sleeve really evidently, and that’s something that I can relate to a lot.”ĭevon’s first audition was for Sterling, and she revealed there was a big difference in her reaction to Sterling and later April. She was visiting Los Angeles and got the sides two hours before the audition was going to take place.Įventually, Phillips was able to get to know Sterling better during the call-backs. This was not the case for Maddie Phillips, who recounts that she was not even expecting an audition that day. Sometimes an actor can feel immediately connected to a character, even with just their sides for an audition. ![]() Devon Hales clicked with April immediately “I was never in a fandom myself, I’ve never been a big enough character to have fans before, and then to have the queer fandom, it was just like ‘whoa’”, she said. Much of that can be attributed to them not having knowledge of fandom as a concept, Phillips explained. Hales added that she wasn’t prepared at all “I had no idea that a fandom this powerful was about to take over our lives.” “It was a surprise, a very pleasant surprise for both of us,” said Phillips. When asked if they were “prepared for the gay storm that was going to take over their lives,” Maddie Phillips confessed they didn’t even know there was going to be any LGBT+ element until the fifth episode. ![]() Teenage Bounty Hunters was quick to gather a group of ardent fans. And since the show was sadly canceled by Netflix (shakes fist), they also took the time to imagine what ‘Stepril’s’ “someday” might have looked like. The actresses joined moderator Caitlyn Clear, and revealed they both had an instinct about their character’s sexualities. Their relationship evolves into an intense crush and later a budding romance in a pairing that came to be known as ‘Stepril’. The girls juggle their new side gig with family and school life, which for Sterling includes a heated rivalry with former friend-turned-enemy, April Stevens (Hales). ![]() Teenage Bounty Huntersfollows fraternal twins Sterling (Phillips) and Blair Wesley, who accidentally become involved in the world of bounty hunting under the tutelage of experienced but jaded Bowser. Virtual ClexaCon reunited Teenage Bounty Hunters stars Maddie Phillips and Devon Hales to talk about their characters and their experience with the show and its audience. Beware, there are spoilers in this article.
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