Talai also told Nemiroff that, when the time came to actually be on Ghosts as a guest star, he was welcomed as if he were a long-time member of the team:
“I knew Utkarsh [Ambudkar] from the Brown Circuit, as I call it, and so I texted him, and I was like, ‘Hey, I’m going to be on the show. I’m so excited.’ And he goes, ‘Okay, well, I’m not going to be there the first two days, but here’s Román [Zaragoza]’s number. He’s gonna text you, and you guys should hang out.’ Román shows up at my hotel, and he’s like, ‘Hey, we’re going out to dinner. Let’s go.’
Before I shoot a minute on that show, I’m at dinner with the entire cast , and we’re just hanging out. It’s so funny because I watched some of your stuff with them at Comic-Con, and you’re like, ‘You guys are so sweet,’ and, like, yeah , they’re the fucking best . They’re probably the funniest and kindest cast that I’ve ever been around, and I just felt so, so lucky to be with them. So, yeah, it was a very, very unusual experience because I felt incredibly at home with those people.”
The star went on to reveal that the hospitality fully translated into the work environment, and he stated that he thinks that “the vibe on set is dictated primarily by two people: the showrunner or showrunners and the number one on the call sheet.” In Ghosts’ case, that means that showrunners Joe Port and Joe Wiseman and lead star Rose McIver (iZombie) had a pivotal role in keeping the sets a nice space. “I think that Rose is just like a perfect person to have as your star,” Talai explained. “She’s so talented and so prepared but so incredibly generous and warm. And the Joes, [Port and Wiseman], are so great, and it just trickles down from the three of them. It’s such a great vibe.”
