Hulu’s ‘Kindred’ Series Premieres All Eight Episode

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Liz also spoke with the lead actors Mallori Johnson and Micah Stock. Their characters Dana and Kevin have an interracial love story that is tested by their experiences traveling back to when the only relationship they could have had would have been one of master and enslaved.

Now, there’s a love story happening in the middle of all this craziness between you two – what do you think makes Kevin and Dana so drawn to each other?

At the risk of sounding too on the nose, I think they feel like kindred spirits. It’s that unnameable thing that I hope everyone’s lucky to feel at least once in their life where the pole is so strong and you don’t necessarily know why. Immediately it’s the meeting of minds. They make each other laugh, they feel comfortable, they feel free together and that freedom is challenged both literally and figuratively. It was honestly an easy job, because Mallori herself is so charming and easy to fall in love with, so we all did. – Micah Stock

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Kevin seems fully aware of the danger they’re in but Dana seems to constantly test her limits – how does that dynamic help or hurt them?

I think they handle the situation is such ying and yang kind of ways which is essential for their survival. Dana is constantly trying to fix everything around and she can’t help it! She is seeing the horrors of what these people are experiencing and at the same time trying to save her own self, her ancestors, her lineage. Every time she comes back and her and Kevin meet together it’s almost like they’re sharing their experiences from these two different sides of this world. It’s such a balance, he’s key for her survival in a lot of ways. – Mallori Jonhson

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