Joy Brunson
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83 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2025
last heard Apr 2025
Joy Brunson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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It's Joy and Joy. Thank you. Let them know.
Really. Thank you.
Thank you.
Oh my goodness. It was a balmy fall day. No. I remember the show had already been out. You know, people were already very much in love with it. And when we had the audition, all we got was, this is us. It was dummy sides. We didn't know the character. Very little information.
But at that point in the audition, we were still going into the room and I saw all of my peers and I was like, okay, this is interesting. Who's here? This is interesting. And we had the first audition. It went well. It wasn't until the callback that I saw who was really there that I was like, oh, this is something serious still. I still didn't know what it was.
I think it was sides from season one. And I just remember getting in that room and now Dan's in there, Kay's in there, everyone's in there, Ken as well. And I got super nervous. I was nervous, but I didn't know what was going on. But when I got in that last callback room, I was like, oh goodness. So it went really well. They had me do about four or five times.
Did they give you any information? They said she's a young mother. And I thought, maybe, cool, my baby's two or three years old. It wasn't until I got to set that I was looking Lyric in the eye. And I was like, oh, well, look at me.
Who knew? So they had me do one more note. And I remember going to the mirror and talking to myself and being like, Joy, this is it. This is what you've wanted your whole life. You know, leave it in this room no matter what. Just have as much fun as possible. And I left the studio that day. And I was cheesing as if I had already booked it because I really felt like I left it in the room.
I was happy with my audition, which isn't always the case, you know? Amazing. Yeah.
Yeah, you did.
Worked out.
Exactly. How much do you love Sterling? The Sterling K. Brown. Not only was that my first scene on the show, it was my scene with you, and it was the day you came back from winning the Emmy. Oh, no pressure. Yes.
Yes.
You know Sterling. It was a beautiful thing, but I hadn't shot my scene yet. So I'm watching everyone take a champagne toast knowing that when this was done, I had to say words to you.
You know what it was? In my heart, I was like, we're both theater babies. And that always just helps me. I'm like, he wants me to win. I want to win. So let's do it.
Wow. Well, thank you, first of all. She really became my little sister instantly. We're both only children. I also have to always give credit to her mom, Brandy, who was always there. And I was able to talk to her as well about their relationship with each other because it mirrored, at least age-wise, myself and Deja, or Shauna and Deja.
And so I think just connecting on where I was when I was 15, 16, And I mean, she's a professional actor, so we were a little different, but kind of navigating high school and meeting new friends and really relating to each other allowed us to, I think, have our own kind of secret moments and bonds that served as subtext for those scenes. Yeah.
We had to crack the show a little bit, for sure, for sure. But I respect it, you know, because I'm also a private person. I was like, listen, what's yours is yours. But after a while, I don't, it might have been 217. I think so. We had a really good belly laugh. And I was like, oh, we're locked in now. It was one of those moments. I was like, okay, we're here.
Right. I mean, you're absolutely right. And we're always taught not to judge our character. And I really couldn't. I will say because we did so much during that episode, there was little time to stop and judge where we were. I just had to be present. I heard that. Go, go, go. I went from 16 to 25. I think I aged 10 years in that one episode. So I was rolling with it.
But also, you know, having incredible people to be opposite of, you know, working with the incredible Pam Greer, working with lyrics. I mean, come on. It's one of those things, again, you show up.
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