No Good Nick is different, in a good way, as the show mixes comedy and drama in a family friendly show that makes us all think. After the first episode you are already dialed in to try and figure out the mysteries of the show and who is holding on to what secrets as the audience and the characters try to discover what Nicole is up to. It immediately sparked discussion between our family after the episode and we were lucky enough to talk to some of the characters on the show, in exclusive interviews.
No Good Nick is a multi-camera dramedy about a 13 year old grifter, Nick (short for Nicole), who infiltrates a family with the intention to get revenge on them for unknowingly ruining her life. As she gets to know the family, she will find compassion for them and will struggle with whether or not she can ultimately go through with plan.
You can find the trailer for No Good Nick below before you get into the interviews.
Siena Agudong
BSCKids: Tell us a bit about your character on No Good Nick? Do you feel like you have anything in common with the character you play? How do you get in character?
Siena: Nick is a very layered character! She is so witty, clever, sarcastic, yet charming and manipulative! Nick and I both have the same style of clothes and humor. To get into character, especially emotionally challenging scenes, I usually listen to music or begin to go over a monologue in my head about the situation Nick is in.
BSCKids: What has been the hardest part about playing your character on No Good Nick and how did you get the part?
Siena: I think the hardest part about playing Nick has been having to put myself in an emotional state caused by situations I have been blessed enough to not experience. Though they have been challenging to portray naturally, I am so happy that I was able to have that opportunity to grow as an actor through them! I got the part through a series of auditions! I first auditioned in person for our amazing casting director, and then later in the process I had a meeting with the brilliant showrunners, Mr. David Steinberg and Mrs. Keetgi Kogan Steinberg! Lastly, I had the final audition in front of the network! On the way back to our hotel, I got the life changing call from my manager and agents that I booked the role of Nick on Netflix’s No Good Nick!
BSCKids: Tell us something people would be surprised to learn about you?
Siena: Something people might be surprised to know about me is that I could live off of pb and j sandwiches.
BSCKids: During filming, has anything funny happened behind the scenes?
Siena: There has been so many funny moments on set! One of these moments was when there was an incident where a loud frog was accidentally brought onto the set during rehearsal through plants! It was super loud and it was coming from a corner that Jerry Trainor (one of our amazing guest stars) was in so everyone thought he was messing with us.
BSCKids: After watching we felt that No Good Nick had a great story, what do you feel makes No Good Nick special and why everyone should be watching?
Siena: No Good Nick isn’t like many shows in the sense that it is a comedy intertwined with dramatic and real moments!! It is very unpredictable. Just when you think you know what is going to happen, new information is introduced that changes your whole perspective on things! It’s perfect for binge watching because it leaves the audience at a cliffhanger at the end of every episode!
Lauren Lindsey Donzis
BSCKids: Tell us a bit about your character on No Good Nick? Do you feel like you have anything in common with the character you play? How do you get in character?
Lauren: Molly is a social and environmental activist. She is very passionate about her causes, but she also cares about letting everyone on social media know about it. As far getting into character, the writers really make it easy for me. What Molly thinks, feels and wants are very clear to me from the script and stage directions. I am like Molly in that I care about the same things as her, but Molly is way more intense than I am about everything.
BSCKids: What has been the hardest part about playing your character on No Good Nick and how did you get the part?
Lauren: Molly has a really big emotional arc later in the series that was challenging to play but also really rewarding. I’ve learned that I really enjoy the dramatic scenes! I auditioned for Molly and was called back pretty quickly to read for Dave and Keetgi. I think it just clicked for everyone because then they brought in Siena to read with me and Kalama, and they offered us the parts of Molly and Jeremy.
BSCKids: Tell us something people would be surprised to learn about you?
Lauren: I was a competitive dancer for 6 years.
BSCKids: During filming, has anything funny happened behind the scenes?
Lauren: One of our directors, Bob Koherr, would pay anyone on the cast and crew $100 if we sneezed three times in a row (which I did once ) and would pay anyone $20 if he got their name wrong (a lot of people won that one).
BSCKids: After watching we felt that No Good Nick had a great story, what do you feel makes No Good Nick special and why everyone should be watching?
Lauren: I think the relationship between the characters will really make the viewers care about what happens to us. Our characters are flawed and relatable. I love them all and hope all the viewers will too!
Kalama Epstein
BSCKids: Tell us a bit about your character on No Good Nick? Do you feel like you have anything in common with the character you play? How do you get in character?
Kalama: Jeremy is a determined, hardworking, egotistical, over-achieving school politician. He’s the eldest child of the Thompson family, and is the most suspicious of Nick’s arrival. I feel like Jeremy and I share some traits and characteristics. We are both very loving people at heart, and we both care deeply about our families. Just through rehearsal I know who Jeremy is and how he lives and moves through the world. It usually just takes running the scene a few times to fit back into his skin.
BSCKids: What has been the hardest part about playing your character on No Good Nick and how did you get the part?
Kalama: The hardest part about playing this character is balancing drama and comedy. I got the part by old fashioned auditioning! It was about a month long audition process of working on the character, going in and out of the audition room, meeting with the executive producers/creators, and then ultimately with our Netflix executives! Then, in the blink of an eye, I was making a Netflix original sitcom with Sean Astin, Melissa Joan Hart, and two of the most talented young actors I’ve ever met, Siena Agudong and Lauren Donzis.
BSCKids: Tell us something people would be surprised to learn about you?
Kalama: I’m a huge horror movie buff! It’s my favorite film genre, and is something I can go on for
hours about.
BSCKids: During filming, has anything funny happened behind the scenes?
Kalama: A lot of funny stuff happens behind the scenes, specifically in all of our out-takes. I’d say the cast has a lot of fun when we mess up, especially in front of the live audience! I hope we can get some of the bloopers released one day.
BSCKids: After watching we felt that No Good Nick had a great story, what do you feel makes No Good Nick special and why everyone should be watching?
Kalama: I think the hybrid format mixing drama and comedy sets it apart from most sitcoms. It has some really incredible underlying themes that are beautifully portrayed within its serialized take on the family sitcom.
Special thanks to the cast of No Good Nick…now go to Netflix and watch the show…go now, it is that good.