ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Has the show aired in London yet?
AMARA KARAN:It is airing.
The third episode, which is where my character comes in, airs next Thursday.
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Ive actually yet to come to the United States since the show has aired there.
But I think half the audience dont realize that.
Ive had to tell my friends and family that you might watch the whole thing in one go.
Not sure if everybody wants to binge this show in one sitting.
That would be a dark night.
Id heard about it, but I hadnt see it.
And I was very excited that they were remaking it for America, in New York, especially.
You went to Oxford University around the same time as Riz Ahmed.
Did you know him then?
Yeah, wed go to parties and see each other.
We had friends of friends in common.
And absolutely, I saw Riz knocking around, this cheeky guy, you basically couldnt miss him.
And we both knew we loved acting.
Your first movie wasWes AndersonsThe Darjeeling Limited, and then after that youve done a lot of television.
And theater, too, let me squeeze that in there.
How did all that lead to this major role onThe Night Of?
I must say, it really fell out of the sky.
Its a small French play in a small venue here in London.
But when the play finished, the audition came back to me because the filming dates had been delayed.
Lucky for you, the show had a long development process.
So you were able to do both things, and everyone was happy.
It was a long time in the making, but they took the time to get it right.
And yes, it was very fortuitous.
It was one of those things that worked itself out amazingly well, I must say.
I was hired around September or October of 2014.
Wow, two years ago.
So lets talk about the finale episode and Chandra.
The latter more than the former.
Often, to the detriment of both parties.
But I was looking at the development of the story and the characters journey.
There was a lot of conversation about Chandras decisions in the finale.
Many people objected to how she ended up, andJessica Chastain tweeted that you deserved better as an actress.
For me, the partwasreally interesting.
That seems like a fair way to view her.
Well, yeah, what was so interesting when I read it was this self-destructive naivete of her.
I was fascinated by the things that unravel her.
You worked for a few years in an investment-banking firm called Hawkpoint.
It was a pretty shark-ish culture.
Mergers and acquisitions, the sharp end of things.
So yeah I could relate to that corporate culture in the big city.
I could easily draw on what I observed.
I think its very interesting that it sort of echoed where everything ended up.
Maybe once Chandra left the law firm, she enrolled in drama school and became a great actress.
[Laughs] I hope so!
I think that would be entirely appropriate.
