Working on “Law & Order: Organized Crime” has been an absolute blast.
The cast, crew, amazing.
Your character brings such an interesting dynamic to the show, which I personally loved.
You’ve had a little love story going on.
Can you tease if you might be back through all of these connections?
Then, who knows?
[In] the next couple episodes, a lot can happen.
The writers do such a good job and so I’m like, “This is great.
I don’t want to give too much away.
That’s always the hard part about these things.
Malachi is this hacker genius.
Definitely not a hacker.
and all this stuff.
It’s actually pretty frightening how easy it is.
That helps out tremendously or you’re going to get hacked very easily.
How might those roles have helped prepare you for “Law & Order?”
Well, first of all, I understand a lot better how our justice system works.
All the ins and outs, the criminal justice system …
Whenever you go to court, that process as well.
It’s some pretty intense things.
It helps build your character whenever you start performing.
Little things here and there, it’s all in the details.
So after this, where are some places you’d like to go?
What are some of avenues you’d like to go down?
What are maybe some dream roles for you?
Yeah, that’s a good question.
They would actually perform it live.
I also like the procedural stuff too.
I want to play some cop who doesn’t follow the rules.
Did Wesam Keesh have freedom with his Organized Crime character?
You mentioned earlier working with… what it’s like to work with Christopher Maloney, Dylan McDermott.
This show, you’ve got Mariska Hargitay popping in sometimes.
It’s [a] stacked cast.
What has your experience been like with them, and how have they helped you?
A lot of my scenes are with Ainsley and she’s an incredible actress to work with as well.
It’s always nice when the chemistry works right off the bat and yeah, Ainsley’s amazing.
It’s always fun to work with her.
We laugh a lot behind the camera, so it’s pretty fun.
It’s really easy to act with her.
It doesn’t feel like work.
Did you have a lot of freedom with your character on “Law & Order?”
Are there any specific moments of that really stick with you that you remember fondly?
This is the first time I got to mess with Ainsley a little bit while working.
I’m supposed to say, “Blah, blah, blah.
Like the lady said,” and this is in front of her coworkers.
Then I go, “Blah, blah, blah.
Like the gorgeous lady said.”
I can see Ainsley, as Jet, go like, “Why are you saying…?”
Anyway, it’s this wonderful little moment.
They’re like, “Okay, cool.
She’s able to play and everything like that.”
It worked out great, and watching the other people’s expressions [was] awesome too.
Everybody just very welcoming and just an amazing group of people.
Had you worked with anyone from this show before?
I guess people still like you and want to work with you.
I know the pandemic especially has hit actors and sets and everything really hard.
How has that been for you, and how has that affected your career?
I didn’t work for a while.
He used to be on there.
He’s an incredible actor.
He’s been in the business for a while and it was such a blast to work with him.
[The podcast is] called “Wesam’s World,” by the way.
Do you listen to any podcasts?
I don’t listen to much.
It’s all good.
It bettered me as a person.
It bettered me and my craft.
And it makes me smile and laugh.”
I wanted to share those feelings that I get from other podcasts with people.
I bring on amazing human beings that I’ve worked with, or I think have done amazing things.
I like sharing that with people, and we’ve gotten a lot of positive feedback.
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I love doing it.
I love having good talks with good people.
My mom was always watching “Grey’s Anatomy.”
I was exposed to all this Shondaland content.
First of all, I’m so proud of being part of the show “For the People.”
The stories we were telling were amazing, incredible, illuminating.
It was one of those shows where you didn’t want to improv.
Shondaland Productions are some of the most well-oiled machines out there.
Putting on a TV show is hard.
It’s almost impossible to do.
It holds a special place in my heart.
They’re some awesome people, and a lot of awesome actors came from “For the People.”
There’s an actress named Jasmin Savoy Brown.
She’s not that great.
you could quote me on that.
I want that in writing.
You have no idea, probably.
Me and Jasmin, we’re like best friends.
We roast each other all the time.
So if that’s in writing somewhere, I would love that.
… My press person is like, “I don’t know if we can do that!”
[If] you saw my story last week, or yesterday, we were roasting each other constantly.
She’s an amazing human being.
She’s on “Yellowjackets” and “Scream” right now.
She’s so super talented.
She has an awesome podcast as well.
There’s not one negative thing I can really say about the entire production.
With all of this, what does a typical day look like for you?
Well I just finished my yoga certification teacher program.
It was like a 200-
Congrats!
Thank you, and so that was a nice …
I felt good about that accomplishment.
I do yoga on my own and in classes as well throughout the week.
Finding time for yourself too is really important.
If I want to play video games, I don’t have to feel guilty about it.
We cover a lot of reality television content.
I’m so glad you asked this question.
Here’s a weird thing about me.
I would love to be on one of those shows, because here’s the thing.
I’m not going to call anybody a liar or anything like that.
I want to go out there and I want to experience it myself.
I want to hear the little EVPs on my own.
I want to see an apparition, and then from there, I’ll make a judgment call.
I can honestly say no one has ever said that their dream was the ghost hunting show.
I love cooking shows too.
Any punch in of cooking show with Gordon Ramsay or anything.
I like to eat while I watch it.
I feel like I’m eating the food I’m watching sometimes.
Oh, that’s a good question.
As with all of Dick Wolf shows, they bring characters back all the time.
I might be coming back, I might not.
Yeah, I got to …
He was zipped up.
After the arc, do you have anything lined up?
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