Anna Peele

And I think that that was a really moving moment.

So they start casting months and months before and the final lineup isn't settled until days before they start filming.

It goes until the very last minute and they have this big board and it's with like different series of 10 Islanders and who they think could be like a great original lineup.

And so, you know, now more than 100,000 people are applying to the show.

Most people who are on the show are not.

Most of the people who are on the show are people who have been recruited.

They've scouted.

Yeah, exactly.

Like, they can be recommended through another Islander.

A lot of times they're sliding into DMs.

Jeremiah was an ad that the showrunner saw, you know, looking incredibly handsome.

But yeah, they're found, like, they go to boat parties.

But they're, like, really...

especially after last year, they like normal people.

The casting director told me that, like, they're like, we just want, like, someone who, like, works at Sephora and happens to be gorgeous.

Yeah.

And they're like, they did say they're like, we would love, they love, like, regional accents.

They're like, we would love a Boston Rob.

Like, that's our dream.

We still haven't found him yet, but...