"They were looking at real Russians, eastern Europeans but no one beat Connor. No one beat Connor. There are so many things that are hard like, to get a half Asian guy with freckles is so hard. [...] It's hard to find a 6'4" authentic Russian with curls, super beautiful, Rachel wrote herself quite the hard to cast characters. He is Ilya, he is so amazing as Ilya, it's amazing to watch. I think people are gonna love him, it's insane." | FULL INTERVIEW



















