Natalie Joy

But so that was one where we're like...

For every scenario, we were like, hopefully this happens.

But if not, then Dougie will say, hey, why don't we, you know, and then if he still doesn't want to, then we'll kind of like group mind, like force this on him.

But even before we had a chance to suggest that, he's like, I know.

Oh, we'll just go to everyone's rooms.

Exactly that.

We were like, oh, okay.

Yeah.

Great idea.

Yeah.

Keep your head up.

And so my heart exploded in that moment when he like looked into my soul and was like, keep your head up.

Like, you know, that is above my pay grade in terms of all that went into selecting our hero.

And that's also you'll hear me refer to him as hero because it's important for all of us to to point out like he was never considered like the mark or the joke.

Like he really was someone that from day one was revered and was treated with that kind of reverence, you know.

So very important that he's never the butt of the joke, right?

He's just sort of

the calm amidst this crazy chaotic storm.

But I think above all, they were looking for someone who was willing to see the good in things, who didn't want to delve too deep into stuff and was like, okay, yeah, my general outlook on life is a positive one.

And I think that that's why Anthony was able to connect with not just Dougie, but so many other characters in this show and really became...