As Skeleton Crew approaches the final episode this week, let’s enjoy our young cast as much as we can until they return in future adventures and here The Hollywood Reporter catch up with KB actor Kyriana Kratter to discuss the role, how she got it, finding her voice as an actor and here how she blended with the other members of this awesome cast.
THR: Once you were cast, how much bonding time did everybody have?
KK: We had multiple months before we started filming. We all had to do a ton of fittings, and I had to do a ton of fittings for KB’s “augs” and visor. I then had to get a haircut and shave the side. I also reached out to Ravi, and so we called each other and played Roblox on FaceTime. In June [2022], we got together in L.A. and had lunch with his mom. That was the same day we went to Manhattan Beach Studios and saw the other kids. That was the first time we were all together, and we immediately clicked. We immediately became best friends, and we got to see our dressing rooms for the first time. Prior to that day, I remember production reaching out and asking, “What are your favorite things? What’s your favorite color? What do you like to watch?” And I said, “My favorite color is pink. I like watching Studio Ghibli [anime].” So once I went inside my dressing room, there was pink everywhere: pink blankets, pink balloons, pink tissue paper. The walls were also covered with these anime-style sketches of Star Wars characters. So I started crying again. I was like, “Wow, everything is going to start up. I’m going to be filming in Star Wars.” I then cried again with all the other kids.
THR: And part of that bonding time also involved watching E.T., Stranger Things and The Goonies?
KK: It might’ve been a week after, but we went up to the classroom [at the studio]. There were all these beanbags and a snack tray, and we watched E.T. and The Goonies. After that, we played Mario Party and Mario Kart.
