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Queer actor Theo Germaine: From serving coffee to stardom in \u2018The Politician\u2019 & \u2018Work in Progress\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n

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Theo Germaine as Chris in WORK IN PROGRESS \u201c180 Almonds\u201d. Photo Credit: Courtesy of SHOWTIME.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Theo Germaine has made it. Big time.<\/p>\n

The nonbinary-transgender actor began this year working as a barista at a coffee shop. Little did they know at the time that a web series they\u2019d shot last fall\u2013titled Work in Progress<\/a>\u2014<\/em>would become the second<\/em> great role they\u2019d own this year.<\/p>\n

The first came in\u00a0The Politician<\/em><\/a>, the Ryan Murphy-produced Netflix series about high school politics run amok. In the show, Theo plays James, the main pollster and campaign guide for Ben Platt\u2019s<\/a> Peyton Hobart.<\/p>\n

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Germaine had already completed filming on\u00a0The Politician<\/em> when they learned that\u00a0Work in Progress<\/em> would undergo retooling as a television pilot. We caught it this year at the Sundance Film Festival<\/a>, where we interviewed series stars Abby McEnany and Julia Sweeney, as well as director\/co-creator Tim Mason about the show.<\/a> Apparently one of Hollywood\u2019s biggest queer players caught the show too\u2013Lily Wachowski,<\/a> who stepped in to produce a full season for Showtime. The show finally airs this December 8.<\/p>\n

We met Germaine at the premiere of\u00a0The Politician<\/em>, where the two of us bonded over growing up queer in rural Illinois. Now, they\u2019ve afforded us some time to chat<\/a> about the debut of Work in Progress,\u00a0<\/em>and their breakout year.<\/p>\n

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(L-R) Theo Germaine as Chris and Abby McEnany as Abby in WORK IN PROGRESS \u201c180 Almonds\u201d. Photo Credit: Courtesy of SHOWTIME.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You\u2019re having quite a moment as we close out the year. What is day to day life like for you at the moment?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oh gosh, it really depends. Any given day I could be filming. We\u2019re working on Season 2 of The Politician<\/i>. Or I am traveling. We filmed Work in Progress<\/i> in August-September. I wrapped on the 20th<\/sup> of September, had two days off, and then went to New York for The Politician<\/i> premiere. I\u2019ve been traveling nonstop since then, gearing up for Season 2. Intermittently, I go back to Chicago for work-related stuff. I have to go back to LA next weekend. I\u2019ve been going and going and going since July. I haven\u2019t been in one place for more than a week since then.<\/p>\n

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Good problems to have.<\/strong><\/p>\n

They are! I\u2019ve gotten a lot better at traveling. The big thing is trying to take care of myself.<\/p>\n

So how did the role of Chris come to you? As I understand it, this was before you even booked The Politician<\/i>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Around the end of Summer 2018, before The Politician <\/i>happened<\/a>, my agent sent an email asking if I was interested in an audition. This came to me as a \u201cultra-low budget, SAG, indie web series that will film a couple<\/a> days.\u201d<\/p>\n

[Laughter]<\/em><\/p>\n

I read the sides and thought it was really cool. It was a situation where I would be auditioning for a trans<\/a> character, but it seemed really cool, and I was very excited that it was based in Chicago with all Chicago people. I did some research on Tim & Abby, and thought it was cool that they\u2019d worked at Second City and done improv and were writing cool queer content. So I auditioned and was put on hold, then got an offer.<\/p>\n

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Sweet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It was this tiny little thing at the time. Half the clothes I\u2019m wearing in the pilot are mine. It was no<\/i> budget. 15 days later I got an offer for The Politician<\/i>. In a huge whirlwind, I moved to Los Angeles to start filming. Sometime in November, the production team emailed everybody [saying] \u201cIt didn\u2019t work as a web series, so we made it a pilot.\u201d So they started submitting to film festivals and we got into Sundance.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s gotta be awesome.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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We had our premiere at Sundance, and I got to go. It was really, really exciting. I watched it in the audience for the first time. When it was done, I was like oh f*ck, that was really good<\/i>. I knew it would be a TV show, that someone would pick it up. I didn\u2019t know who, but I knew. It felt really special. So that happened.<\/p>\n

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(L-R) Karin Anglin as Alison, Abby McEnany as Abby and Theo Germaine as Chris in WORK IN PROGRESS \u201c180 Almonds\u201d. Photo Credit: Courtesy of SHOWTIME.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Awesome.<\/strong><\/p>\n

While we were at Sundance, they were like can you let us know on the DL what\u2019s going on with \u2018The Politician?\u2019 <\/i>So then we got picked up, and we had to do a whole bunch of negotiations so I could work on both projects at the same time.<\/p>\n

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Oh wow.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was a lot of am I going to be able to do this?<\/i> I was so grateful. It all worked out. And I\u2019m very tired and very happy because of all of this.<\/p>\n

As you should be. <\/strong>The show really struck me as something I\u2019d never seen on television before. If I\u2019m being honest, I didn\u2019t know who would be bold enough to put something so different and fresh out there.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Also that, yeah.<\/p>\n

Related: \u2018SNL\u2019 alum Julia Sweeney on the legacy of Pat and her new series \u2018Work in Progress\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The subject of mental illness was something I really found moving and identified with, but that\u2019s a hard sell.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s kind of hard, yeah.<\/p>\n

When did you hear that Lily Wachowski was stepping in to produce for Showtime?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m trying to remember when I found out. It was sometime in the spring. I\u2019d say I knew by May, and was like Oh. My. God. <\/i>I was a tiny baby watching The Matrix. <\/i>She\u2019s legendary, and also just a super cool person.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s also a Chicago person.<\/strong><\/p>\n

She is.<\/p>\n

So when you shot the pilot and found out you were going to series, did you talk to Tim & Abby about what your character arc would be?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I did know where my character would end up, and I did know a couple<\/a> plot points from the second half of the show. So I knew where I was going, and we did do a table read before filming so I could see the whole trajectory. I like having all the material beforehand because I like to plot things out, but it\u2019s also a fun challenge to make it fresh. I\u2019m also playing a character based on a real person.<\/p>\n

Oh wow.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That made it challenging, especially since Abby is playing a character version of herself. So that was a weird, interesting challenge. The show is very candid. I had to provide the line between the character and a real person, and have it be to scale.<\/p>\n

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Germaine (left) with Lucy Boynton & Laura Dreyfuss in \u2018The Politician\u2019<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When you\u2019re working with someone who isn\u2019t just the lead actor, but is also the creator, the writer and it\u2019s her life<\/i>, is that intimidating? Is it surreal walking through beats of her own life?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yeah. I think sometimes the show gets very intimate. These people are into each other, but they also have issues. At times, I felt a bit stressed or emotional. I don\u2019t even know how Abby must feel, because this is partially her life. Like I said before, it was a challenge to figure out how to ride the line. It was a lot of listening and asking a lot of questions. Especially with Abby, I paid attention to how she was doing, and how her character felt about stuff. Also, sometimes it wasn\u2019t just asking about the character, it was asking about what the story was based on.<\/p>\n

Ok.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I also was playing a trans<\/a> character that was based on a real trans<\/a> person. That\u2019s not something that\u2019s happened much. So it felt like newish territory.<\/p>\n

Trailblazing. That\u2019s awesome. So what additional insight did Abby give you into your character?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The one thing was that she talked to me about was how she met the person Chris is based on. They\u2019re no longer dating. She did talk about how they are friends now.<\/p>\n

You have sex<\/a> scenes, both in this show and in The Politician<\/i>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes.<\/p>\n

In fact, in Work in Progress<\/i>, they remind me of a few I\u2019ve had.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Right?! It\u2019s so real. It\u2019s like arrgh!<\/i><\/p>\n

There is some of that, for sure. I talk to so many actors about the awkwardness of doing love scenes, how technical and involved and decidedly unsexy they are to stage. All of this is to ask, as someone who identifies as trans<\/a>-nonbinary, does that make the scenes more uncomfortable? Are you more self-concussions that way?<\/strong><\/p>\n

You know, I actually think that I was less nervous about doing Work in Progress<\/i> than I was for The Politician<\/i>. I was a little more seasoned, and also, Lily directed the sex<\/a> scene from Episode 3.<\/p>\n

Oh wow, ok.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was a very small closed set. I was in familiar territory. Abby was nervous, and if someone else is nervous, I put my big boy<\/a> pants on. I\u2019m like, I\u2019m going to take care of you<\/i>, if that makes sense.<\/p>\n

Yeah.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I like to help other people not be nervous. And I\u2019ve also done an indie film that is making the festival rounds. I essentially play somebody\u2019s sub.<\/p>\n

[Laughter]<\/i><\/p>\n

Ok.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The movie gets kinky at times. I wasn\u2019t nervous doing that either. It feels better with so many queer people around you, and when a transwoman is directing you, and making sure you\u2019re ok. In the writing, they said they didn\u2019t want it to be glamorous, they wanted it to be awkward and real.<\/p>\n

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Germaine (left) with Lucy Boynton and Laura Dreyfuss in \u2018The Politician\u2019<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

That comes off. It\u2019s not titillating or exploitative.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not. It\u2019s just, we\u2019re doing it. \u201cDon\u2019t turn the lights on.\u201d That\u2019s real.<\/p>\n

Yes. Now, before we get to far from this, I have to ask. Lily Wachowski is someone I would love to chat<\/a> with. What is Lily like as a director?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, technically credit goes to Tim for directing the episode. But Lily was around a lot as an advisor. She directed the intimacy stuff as a safety, because she & Abby are friends. Sometimes, we\u2019d be filming a scene, and she\u2019d have a camera<\/a> thrown over her shoulder and would be filming.<\/p>\n

Oh my gosh.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was so cool. She just wanted to make sure everyone was doing ok. She\u2019s probably the most experienced person with film on the set. She\u2019s nice, warm, an amazing presence on set. Whenever she was there, I was so excited. We talked about how she\u2019d taken a step back from filmmaking and she went and studied painting.<\/p>\n

Oh wow.<\/strong><\/p>\n

She studied art because she wanted to do something else. So that was really exciting. I love when artists dip into something else. She also said she was really into making art and content outside the binary. I think it\u2019s maybe why this show was of interest to her. We had a lot of really good conversations. I think she\u2019s amazing.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s great.<\/strong><\/p>\n

She has really cool tattoos.<\/p>\n

[Laughter]<\/i><\/p>\n

That\u2019s amazing.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m so thankful I got to work with her.<\/p>\n

So you have one hit show already. You have another about to come out. Are you getting more offers right now? Are you being offered cis roles? Trans roles?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Right now I\u2019m pretty occupied. Work in Progress<\/i> and The Politician<\/i> are my two main things. I\u2019m still going on auditions, and I have to turn a lot of stuff down, mostly because of schedule conflicts. I don\u2019t really know what I can say yes to, but I have goals. I\u2019m in a huge period of transition in regards to building a larger team. I don\u2019t even have a manager yet.<\/p>\n

Wow.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But my agents are so amazing. I\u2019m trying to think what I want to go after, and making connections, networking. I really want to get into film acting. I want to play trans<\/a> characters, but I also really want to play characters like James, where he\u2019s just a \u201che.\u201d I want to dip into lots of different kinds of content. I\u2019m doing a lot of writing and doing some directing shadowing since I want to direct. I\u2019m trying to get into modeling because I like that. I\u2019m teaching myself to DJ. I\u2019m just trying to diversify my skills.<\/p>\n

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Germaine (left) with Ben Platt & Laura Dreyfuss in \u2018The Politician\u2019<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When do we find out about Season 2 of Work in Progress? <\/i>Too soon to know?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well we only have Season 1, but everyone in Chicago is wants to get to Season 2. So we don\u2019t know. It would be pretty cool for the show to have life. I\u2019ve actually only seen the first episode.<\/p>\n

What about <\/strong>The Politician?<\/strong> <\/i><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think I\u2019m allowed to say anything about The Politician. <\/i><\/p>\n

I had a feeling.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I can say filming has been amazing so far. Everyone in the cast is like oh my God<\/i>. The scripts are amazing, and everyone is really excited. It\u2019s juicy.<\/p>\n

Can\u2019t wait.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Work in Progress debuts on Showtime December 8.<\/em><\/p>\n

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