![]() I like Caleb’s strength-that’s something I look for in every character, and this one is one of the roles that I haven’t had to pull it out of nowhere. What about Caleb brings you to work-how’s the process of knowing and growing the character been? We have great conversations we laugh all the time. My first scene was with her, so she made it very comfortable.Īnd I already knew Matt McGorry for a couple years, and Aja, and I met Jack through Asia-so when I got into the trailer, they were like “Hi….Hey….HEY !”Įverybody’s very smart-and I get to learn from them all. Well, on that very first day for me, Viola is in the trailer and she’s saying, “You’re playing Caleb? What’s your name?” I told her and she was like, “Come, talk to me!” She was so warm and kind, and included me in everyone’s conversation, and it was great. ![]() So, I figured, I didn’t book anything-I’m gonna close all my shutters and pretend life outside my house doesn’t exist! (He laughs) But then I got a call for this role, and I had to start the next day.įor everyone who’s a HTGAWM fan, what’s that set like-that crew and cast? Working with everyone from Viola Davis on down must be powerful. But I forgot about it I had other projects brewing. They had to cast it very, very quickly.Īnd … I made it just in time. How did your journey to winning and inhabiting Caleb start, and what’s it been like coming into that crew’s second season and such a quality vibe?Īctually, I was auditioning for a few ABC shows-I was on my fourth at that point-and I was testing, in meetings with the creators, and I really thought I was gonna land at least one of them.Īnd with this particular role I didn’t think I’d be able to make it to the audition-I had 20-something minutes to get there, and Linda Lowey told my reps, “If he can get there, he can if he can’t, he can’t” -because that was the only day. Murder is such a popular and critical hit, Kendrick, with a huge debut season last year. Sharing some of his rare free time these days from the much-lauded HTGAWM, Sampson opened up about his time with Viola Davis & Co., his burgeoning career and causes, finding time for his faith and the simple things-and those rock-solid model shoots he did to get out of his comfort zone. Fans of the narrative-shifting legal thriller How to Get Away with Murder on ABC are getting to know Kendrick Sampson this season as accused murderer Caleb Hapstall, but his face may seem even more familiar.Īfter a series of guest roles, he first broke out recurring in 2013 as Jesse on Vampire Diaries-and then won notice a year later as boyfriend and murder suspect Dean Iverson on Gracepoint, the Fox miniseries version of Britain’s Broadchurch with David Tennant starring in both series.Īmid the hubbub of career building and testing creative waters, it’s an arc that seems calmly on track for a guy who’s embraced a love of the arts his mother instilled growing up in Houston-but one being forged on his own terms and goals. ![]()
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