grace van patten I love being toxic with my boyfriend jackson white–That is, on the screen.
of Tell Me Rise The actress enjoys playing a toxic couple named Lucy Albright and Stephen DeMarco on the Hulu show alongside her real-life partner. the person she met during the audition process for the show. How do the pair fit into their roles to portray such an unstable relationship?
“There’s no switching,” Grace quipped in an exclusive interview with E! news. “That’s exactly who we are. What you see is who we are.”
But all “jokes” aside, the 29-year-old said she and Jackson (who confirmed they were dating in October 2022) bear no resemblance to their on-screen personas.
“Thankfully, we’re probably polar opposites,” she continued, “so that’s why it’s just fun to play those scenes. It’s so far removed from ourselves and our relationship that it’s just fun to be mean and crazy.”
of nine perfect strangers The alum added, “As an actor, it’s fun to go there and it makes it even more exciting and safe to do it with someone you really trust. So it’s really great.”
Plus, she and Jackson have built a “family” with their co-stars catherine missal, spencer house, branden cook, Sonia Mena and Alicia CrowderThat’s why Grace said it was “easy” to bring lightness to the set during filming. Tell Me Rise‘s third and “most dramatic” season to date will premiere on Hulu on January 13th.
