Hey folks Sam Jones here. Welcome to another edition of Off-camera, the show where I get to talk to iconic, creative, curious artists, and find out how they got that way. iconic Hulu series, The Act. She didn't anticipate watching the entire thing through her fingers.

But the role was so personally and professionally momentous that she couldn't bear to watch

yourself with clear open eyes. As she describes it, I was sitting in a room full of people that I knew, but I was

sweating the entire time. I was so nervous because I never felt so vulnerable about a performance

before. The show based on the real life story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, played

by Joey and Diddy Blanchard, played by Patricia Arquette, explores the dark and disturbing

dynamic between a teenage girl who wants to live a normal life and a needy overbearing mother who suffers from munchausen syndrome by proxy and intentionally makes her daughter ill.

Although Joy's been acting since she was four, she

recently rose to global fame after the release of the unexpected hit The

Kissing Booth, a feel-good teenage romantic comedy that became, in the words of

Netflix Head Honcho Ted Surandos, the most watched movie on Earth.

And although Joy never actually attended high school because of her busy career,

she brought a relatability to her character that clearly resonated around the world, honed on

her other coming-of-age movies such as Wish I was here and Summer 03.

But she was dying to try something more challenging, and when the the act came along she made it her mission to get the role as she says as an actor we dream of doing things that take us out of our comfort zone

Wear fake teeth shave my head sit a wheelchair, and study someone else's movements.

It feels so good to do something like that.

Joey joins off camera to talk about why getting fired from her first pilot was a blessing in disguise, where she got her gift

for tapping into emotions on command, and how she uses her social media platform and her nearly

nine million followers for the good of humanity,

and sometimes for changing chicken corsage protocol at KFC.

So pull up a chair and listen in. I'm so excited that like I'm here you were the youngest guest we've ever had

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