August 12, 2022

Get to Know the Stars of Where the Crawdads Sing

Daisy Edgar-Jones and Taylor John Smith, who play Kya and Tate respectively, on their favorite scene to shoot together, and more

Get to Know the Stars of Where the Crawdads Sing

Daisy Edgar-Jones and Taylor John Smith, who play Kya and Tate respectively, on their favorite scene to shoot together, and more

What was your favorite scene to shoot together?

TAYLOR: The tree stump scene. Were we made Kya and Tate finally like have that interaction and getting to do that was it felt very special. It was the perfect way to start our shooting, I think.

DAISY: Definitely. It’s such a key scene in the book that I remember so vividly. So, to come to set and to see the actual feather stump scene for the stump and how they put like flowers.

TAYLOR: It was exactly how I envisioned it when I read it.

What’s one of your favorite things to do outside or in nature?

TAYLOR: I like trail runs—as long as I don’t roll my ankles and die.

DAISY: I got to drive the boat. That was really fun. Yeah, because you can go really fast.

Do you have a fun story on set—driving the boat?

DAISY: They let us drive the boat home. So Taylor drove us home and I was sort of just sat in the front of it and it was like the light was going and there was like If you shone your torch on the banks, you could just see the glowing orange eyes of alligators. And it was, yeah, it was all of us driving home. It was really magical.

TAYLOR: Yeah, we’re like in this big convoy of people. As soon as the lights went out, the whole marsh just explodes with life. ‘

Favorite place to read a good book?

DAISY: On holiday, by the beach on a sun lounger in the sun.

TAYLOR: I prefer AC, a couch, like a nice lay flat couch and some music on in the background.

Which would you rather do? Paint or write?

DAISY: I think paint.

TAYLOR: Definitely, write. I journal everyday.

Do you prefer a good romance or a thrilling mystery?

DAISY: Romance.

TAYLOR: Thrilling mystery for sure.

Where the Crawdads Sing is now playing exclusively in movie theaters.