because he didn't know I was acting

because the cameras were so far away

'cause it was like a wide shot.

And he literally picked up my suitcase

and brought it to the front of the stairs,

and I was like, "What is happening?"

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First day on set of "XO, Kitty."

Oh, my gosh.

First day on set was me by myself,

and it was me in Korea

like the streets with my big suitcase

and like looking around everything and struggling.

The very first shot ever was me struggling

up the stairs with my big suitcase, and crazy story,

but we were there with like background and stuff

and like the production was trying to close it off,

but it was still a real like normal staircase in the public.

And this man somehow made it through on the staircase,

and he was trying to help me with my suitcase

because he didn't know I was acting

because the cameras were so far away

'cause it was like a wide shot.

And he literally picked up my suitcase

and brought it to the front of the stairs,

and I was like, "What is happening?"

And I didn't like know to tell him,

but I also like felt bad 'cause I didn't say thank you,

because I was so stunned.

And then he like kept walking like off the set,

and then everybody was like dying of laughter

'cause it was just like a nice man

trying to help a poor girl with her suitcase.

But he did not realize he was in a TV show.

It was actually crazy.

First wild fan experience.

I once signed a Croc.

I don't know if that was like the first one,

but it was maybe one of the wildest,

so I definitely remember it.

It was like amazing and it was like wild.

I feel like it could be bad too, but it wasn't bad.

It was just like, what?

But it was great, so I signed someone's Croc, yeah.

First celebrity crush.

Okay, so very, very first,

Travis from the "Hannah Montana" movie.

He's like everything you could ever want.

He's the cowboy, and he's the cutest,

and he's just, love him.

And then other celebrity crush who's like not a character,

that's not fictional, would be Shawn Mendes.

I really liked Shawn Mendes when I was like 11, yeah.

First thing you do when you wake up in the morning.

I wish it was like yoga or like something cool,

but go on my phone, probably, like very first thing.

Very first thing, try and stop my alarm clock

that my sister is convinced sounds like Mario Kart's song,

but it doesn't.

But it's quite cheery, and yeah,

it's always really loud as well,

'cause I will not wake up if it's not super loud.

First time you got recognized.

First time I was recognized was at the airport,

and I was with my entire family.

I was picking up my dad from the airport.

I wasn't even like actually at the airport,

and this like mom recognized me

because their child was a fan.

But I was like literally just woke up,

and it was like five in the morning

and like got in the car to like go get my dad.

I was like 12, and she was like,

are you from "Odd Squad"

which was my first project,

and our whole family was like yes, yes, she is.

What's happening? Is this for real?

This is like you know her from,

not because you know her personally?

It was very crazy.

And then I took a photo with her,

and I was like freaking out,

and the whole family was just like mind blown by it.

It was very, yeah, I think I will always,

always remember that.

First time you wanted to be an actor.

I mean, I grew up watching so much Disney channel

that I always wanted to be like them,

and I always wanted to be an actor,

but I didn't think it was realistic.

Like, I was like no one's actually an actor.

So I didn't think it was real for like a job.

But when I did my, I did a commercial

when I was like 10 for Crayola chalk,

and at the end of that, I distinctly remember

like turning to my mom being like,

that was the greatest day of my life.

Like, I was like that was the coolest thing

that could've ever happened.

I wanna do this a million times more.

So I'd say that was a pretty definitive moment

where I definitely wanted to pursue it.

First audition.

Well very, very first audition

was for a Ariel like Little Mermaid Barbie toy commercial.

I was like six,

and I had to say doppelganger and I couldn't say it.

But then my first like audition for film

and TV was for "Odd Squad"

which was my first project.

First acting role was "Odd Squad"

which was a PBS kid's show.

And because it was my first audition,

I literally had no idea what was happening at all.

I had never even seen like a script before,

or like been on a set, other than a commercial.

So that was very crazy,

and I ended up booking one of the leads,

and then shot it for like two years,

which was just very unexpected and wild.

But that's kind of like, I think was like my acting classes,

'cause I got to learn all of the ropes of the industry

and learn what it meant to be an actor on that set,

which I'm very grateful for.

First time on a red carpet.

Very first time on a red carpet, I think,

was the Daytime Emmys in 2015, 2016.

And it was like the Daytime Creative Emmys,

and I was presenting with a couple of other

of my castmates from "Odd Squad"

and I was like very, very excited.

It was wild one to start

with for that to be your first red carpet.

I was like very, very lucky.

Looking back on it, I'm like, that's actually insane.

But it was so much fun,

and I think like watching the video of me presenting,

I think I was so nervous and like charged out there

and like tried to say my little presenting

thing super quickly.

But it was a great moment.

First childhood memory.

Very first memory of childhood is very intense.

This is one that's definitely like when I was very young.

I dunno if this is like the very first one,

but it came to mind, so I'm sure it's,

that's worth something.

I remember I wanted to go tobogganing

'cause it was snowing outside,

but my dad had to leave for a work trip,

and his taxi arrived,

and I was sad that we didn't go tobogganing yet,

so he told the taxi to wait,

and it put me in the toboggan,

and we didn't have time to like go to a hill,

so he just ran around the neighborhood holding the string

of the toboggan as I was like, I dunno,

like three years old, trying to hold on in the back,

and it was so great,

and now I'm like, that's so cute

and sweet that that happened.

And then we just ran around the neighborhood,

and then he went in his taxi to go to his work trip.

But I got the tobogganing in.

First Celebrity that DMed you.

First one that DMed me.

I dunno if this is first,

but this is like really like impactful to me.

Simu Liu DMed me and I am such a big fan of him,

and I had met him because we were both

on the same episode of Sesame Street.

So we'd met like a few months before,

and then he followed me on Instagram,

and I was like very like, like what?

Like, I was like, why? That's amazing.

And then he DMed me when "XO, Kitty" was announced.

I was posting that it was coming out,

and he said something that was like congratulations

or something about it coming out.

And that meant a lot to me.

Just seeing his name like in my DMs.

I was like, you're joking, what is happening?

Last one, first time traveling to another country.

I mean, I'm from Vancouver and I definitely like went to,

well, I don't even know.

I'm very lucky that I grew up in a family

that travels a lot,

but I definitely went somewhere in the States.

Like, it definitely would've been just the US.

I know I went to Disneyland before I was one,

because I got a Pooh Bear stuffy that I still have

that is literally at my hotel room right now.

He comes on all of my trip.

And that I know was like before I was like a human.

So that has to be one of the first times.

Thanks so much for having me, A*Pop.

Make sure to watch "XO, Kitty"

now streaming on Netflix.

Bye.

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