June 30, 2025 • 25 mins
In this fun and inspiring episode, Squid Game voice actor and rising star Reagan To joins us to talk about her journey as a young actor, dancer, and dreamer. From voicing the iconic Red Light, Green Light doll to balancing school, auditions, and ballroom dancing, Reagan shares what it's like growing up in the spotlight — and staying grounded through it all. She opens up about the health scare that inspired her to start acting, how she landed her Squid Game role, what advice she has for other kids chasing big dreams, and the unexpected moment her real Squid Game doll turned... haunted. Whether you're a fan of the show or curious about the world of child actors, this episode is full of insight, humility, and heart.
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
What is that? Runner Gang? Welcome back to Post Friend High.
This week's episode is such a cute one. Today's guest
is Reagan Toe. She's thirteen years old and the voice
behind one of the most unforgettable characters in television history,
the Squid Game Red Light Green Light Doll. That's right,
if you've seen the show, you've definitely heard her. Reagan's
voice helped kick off one of the most viral TV
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moments ever, and with Squid Game three just released, we
figured there is no better time to have her on
And if you somehow missed it, Squid Game is the
hit Korean survival drama that became the number one most
watched Netflix show of all time and in the very
first episode, a giant robotic doll please a deadly game
of red Light Greenlight, and Reagan is the English voice
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behind that doll. And if you couldn't tell, I am
a massive Squid Game fan. I've always been so curious
about the girl behind that voice. And I actually ran
into Reagan and her mom at the Captain America Brave
New World premiere in Los Angeles this past per day.
We hit it off, and that kicked off the conversation
to bring Reagan onto our shows for a run and
a post run high chat. Reagan is one impressive thirteen
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year old. We talked today about how she landed her
iconic role on Squid Game, how she balances school with
recording sessions, and everything else she's interested in. If you're
new here, this podcast is all about inspiring conversations that
start with movement, because we believe movement opens people up
in ways nothing else does. And today we kicked things
off with the run through the streets of New York
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before sitting down to talk. We have so many great
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show wherever you get your podcasts. Your support helps us
to continue bringing you inspiring conversations. All right, let's get
our post run High going. Reagan Toe, Welcome to post
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run High. Hi.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
I'm so excited.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
I'm so excited for you to be here. How are
you feeling. We just ran a couple of blocks around Brooklyn.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Yeah, I mean it was fun. I'm al sweaty, but
it was a good workout for me.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
Reagan, you are an actress, You're a voiceover artist. You're
also a ballroom dancer. You're doing a lot and a
lot of people might know you from Squid Games. You're
the voice of the iconic Squid Games doll. So let's
talk about the Squid Games doll. How did you get
this part? What was the audition process?
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Like? So, I got this part when I was around
nine to ten, and I it was my first ever
voiceover job I've ever done.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Well.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
I did like a little, small, little dubbing job right
before that, but that was really what helped my voiceover,
and I actually from that, I got so many different
other things, and I got an agent for voiceover, which
helped me audition for more voiceover. The audition actually I
didn't have to say red like green Light. I just
the directors wanted to hear my voice and how I
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sounded like. So they just had me talk about a
fun little story and I was talking about I think
I was talking about food. Actually, I think it was
about I went to Vegas and I had really good steak.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Did you know when you were auditioning what the show
was that you were going to be a part of.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
I had no idea. But also even if I knew
it was a Squid Game, I feel like, I mean,
we didn't know it was going to be that big.
It was until the second season, we're going to be like, oh, yeah,
everybody's so excited for it, you know, But no, I
had no idea what the name or what even it
was about.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
So we talked about this during the run that you
haven't seen Squid Games just yet. Do you and your
parents have a set time as to when you'll be
able to watch the show.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
They don't even let my brother watch the show, and
he's he's turning eighteen soon. But it's a really really
interesting show. But I would say it's really creative in
my opinion. I think I really I really like the
idea behind it. I will probably watch it when I'm older,
because I'm honestly really scared of horror. I did watch
the second season a first few episodes because I was
at the premiere. It was amazing. I got to meet
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like the cast and everybody. I was looking forward to
that for so long. Maybe I'll watch it when I'm older. Uh,
definitely not soon.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
What is your understanding of the show.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Well, when I was recording it, I got to see
the scene right and I saw people were playing red
Light Green Light with a giant robot doll. But I
thought it was like at a park because the wall
like of the color is like kind of like a
sand type of park type of thing. So I thought,
you know, it's like a nice little quiet game of
Red Light Green Live. But that was pretty wrong about that.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Well, your line red Light Green Light has become one
of the most viral audios in streaming history, and that
is so crazy to say, thank you. What voiceover roles
had you had before Squid Games? Like, was this one
of your first?
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Right before Squid Game, I did this little dubbing job.
It's called Synthesis the myth. I was playing the main
character when she was younger, and it was a really
interesting story. It was my first time ever doing like voiceover,
and I mean the director was amazing. It's actually the
same director who had me for Squid Game, the first one,
so I was very grateful for her. I love her
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so much. But yeah, I mean it was definitely kind
of hard. It was the first time for me. I
had to listen really carefully to what I'm doing, and
you also have to like match the actor's voice because
for the Squid Game doll it's a bit different because
you know it's a robot, but for humans. When you're
dubbing human, you have to match their mouth exactly, like
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every single breath. We got to record that.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
Yeah, what did your parents think when they realized what
your part was in the show? Like, did they know
when you were recording what it was gonna be or
did they not know till they watched?
Speaker 2 (05:33):
They did not know anything. Actually, my mom was in
the recording booth with me, or she was on the
other side of it so she could see it too,
and we actually found out that that was my voice
when my parents were watching. Like my dad loves TV.
He watches it almost every single day, so he was
telling my mom like, oh, let's watch like this new
Netflix show Squid Game. It's like the most viewed show currently,
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and then they's so, my voice is in the first episod.
So they watch it and then halfway through they're like, wait,
my mom goes, is that Regan's voice because she remembers
the scene. And then they scroll to the credits and
they see my name and they're like, oh, that is
her voice, and that was It was like really late
that night, so they like ran to my room and
they're like, you're in like the most watched show in
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Netflix ever, and I was I was really sleepy, but
I mean after that, after I realized what was going on,
I was in complete shock. Honestly.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Yeah, I find it so wild that when you're when
you get the part as a voice actress, they don't
tell you like, this is first quid games, this is
when it comes out, this is what to expect, you know.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
Yeah, usually they give like a code name maybe, or
they just don't tell you. Honestly, sometimes you just gotta
make your best guess.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
For any kids out there who are curious about voice acting,
what advice would you give to them? How can you
break into the industry?
Speaker 2 (06:48):
I would definitely say, if you like really want it,
you have to go for it, like one hundred percent,
Like no matter what's stopping you, you just have to
use all your effort. And obviously you have to have
like a good sub system. And yeah, I mean I
definitely think it could be possible. Currently, the like all
the additions, it's been a bit slow because, like the
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strikes happened not too long ago. But I think we're
getting back on our feet hopefully.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
So we met first at the Captain America premiere. We
were talking about this a little bit during our run,
What is like your favorite part about being in the industry, Like,
do you love going to be events?
Speaker 2 (07:24):
I think, honestly a bit of all of it. Each
thing I do is so special and different in each way,
Like when I go to events, I get to talk
to people that I've like, I've always wanted to meet,
and also I love going like I love being able
to have the opportunity to play different roles. That's always
my favorite part. Because we as us, each of us,
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we only get to be us. But when I'm doing
voiceover or doing different roles, I get to be so
many different people and I get to experience their life
as well, which is pretty cool.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
All Right, So let's take people back and talk about
how you first became interested in acting and in getting
into this industry. Like what was it that made you
interested in it? Because you're only thirteen, you've already had
such an accomplished career, So what made you want to
get your initial start?
Speaker 2 (08:13):
What happened was when I was five years old, I
got really sick. I was in the hospital because my
lungs collapsed. And during that time I was in the
ICU and my parents were like it was a hard time, definitely,
and I was watching TV in the room, the hospital room,
and I was like, wait, I really want to be
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on TV one day and my mom. I told my mom,
and my mom promised me that if I got better
and I was doing all right, then she would put
me some classes. And that's exactly what happened. And I
started doing classes and I got an agent, and that's
pretty much how it started. And one of my first
ever rules, I believe, was like Jimmy Kimmel and Jane
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the Virgin, and that was honestly life changing. Jane Vision
because I got to talk to the main character who
plays Gina, and she is like the sweetest person ever.
She showed me a video of Dancing with the Stars
and I was obsessed. Literally. That's also I started my
dancing career. I did ballet when I was younger, but
that's how I started my borm career. For sure.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
I love it. And by the way, I watched Jane
the Virgin like throughout high school. I loved the show.
So it's so cool knowing that you had a part
in it, and I love that Gina had such an
impact on you. What was it about Dancing with the
Stars when she was showing you bits and pieces from
it that you were intrigued by.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
I definitely loved their outfits. I think that's the first
thing that stood out to me. I was also like
five years old, so I was literally obsessed with anything sparkling.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
Definitely, for sure, Dancing with the Stars is so good.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
Yeah, I literally watch every single season. I'm a big
fan of all the pros. And yeah, actually Mark Ballas
his mom, Shirley Ballas, is my main coach, and she
actually lives in London, so every time she's over we
do some lessons and we also do something through online.
She's taught me so many things about the industry, not
just dancing, but like ways to become a better person
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as well, and I'm really grateful for her. She's done
so much for me.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
I've had Julianne, Huff and Derek on the show. So
it's cool that you're a big fan of Dance with
the Stars. Who are your favorite pros on the.
Speaker 2 (10:18):
Show currently or just in general?
Speaker 1 (10:20):
Let's do in general and then also currently.
Speaker 2 (10:22):
Okay, so I think for sure Corky Ballast. I remember
when he was on the show. I was he Actually
he judges a few of our competitions and we always
see each other. And he's amazing dancer. And also of
course Mark, he's amazing. He actually choreographed one of my routines.
It was a squid Game performance. It was amazing. Literally,
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I also got like this like revealing costume dress and
then then you pulled down and then it becomes like
a long dress. Mark's choreography is amazing. I remember when
he did the when he did Dancing with the Stars
with Charlie, it was my favorite season ever, literally, And
I would definitely say the Derek and Julianne they're amazing.
Of course, No, you don't even need an explanation, like.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
They're just the best they are.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
And yeah, right now, currently, I would definitely say my
favorite pro is probably Riley because she's so sweet. She's
like a little cutie. And let's see. Also, I like Sasha.
I've taken a few classes. He's amazing. Yeah, I love Riley.
Speaker 1 (11:24):
I like Sasha, and I also love Ezra And we
had Ezra on The Running Interview Show and it was
like one of my favorite runs of all time. He's
just like such a fun person and I'm so curious
to see who he gets paired up with this is
I'm interested.
Speaker 2 (11:34):
I saw a few pros that I mean, I saw
a few stars for the new season, and I'm really
excited to watch, you.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
Know, I'm so excited to watch you. Who are some
celebrities that you would love to see on the upcoming season?
Speaker 2 (11:45):
Well, I personally would love to go on Dancing with
the Stars, And I mean.
Speaker 1 (11:50):
But you could go on as either a pro or
a star.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
I feel like I would love to be on it
in general. I hope the answer when the Stars Junior
comes back.
Speaker 1 (12:00):
Maybe because how old do you have to be to
do Dancing with the Stars. You have to be eighteen?
Speaker 2 (12:04):
Okay, yeah, but you could wait it out a little bit,
to wait a little bit, but it would.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
Be cool to see you on Juniors though.
Speaker 2 (12:09):
I would love for Juniors to come back because that
was such a cool thing they did and it was
really interesting. Yeah. One of my friends, Camery, she was
one of the pros in the Dancing with Stars Juniors
and she's one of the best dancers I know.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
Yeah, I love knowing that you would want to be
on the show. Eventually, I feel like you definitely will be.
I'm but I am really curious to see do you
do star? Do you do throw? You're a voice actor,
you're an on screen actress, and you're a ballroom dancer
and you're a champion ballroom dancer, right, which takes a
lot of time training. What are you most passionate about
or do you love doing all of it? And like
how do you balance your time?
Speaker 2 (12:42):
I would definitely say currently, I love them all equally.
It's definitely hard to manage doing so much in one
day because the day is so short, but I always
have time for school, for dancing, for acting, and also
going to New York. But yeah, I mean it's definitely
not super easy to be able to control all of
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the things that I do, but I think it's definitely
worth it for sure.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
What is like the workout routine, like weekly schedule look
like for a ballroom dancer? Like are you training every day.
Speaker 2 (13:13):
Or honestly, we train almost every single day, if not
every day. We take a couple of lessons maybe and
we practice a few hours and then probably I would
go to like acting class after, but I have to
go to school in the morning first.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
Okay, So you go to in person school.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
Yes I do? Yeah, Okay, I go to regular public,
public school, and I think it's really important. I really
like that my mom put me in just regular school
instead of homeschooling me because it gives me a chance
to have friends that aren't in the industry and just
have like normal friends.
Speaker 1 (13:43):
You know, what do you love doing outside of work,
like with your friends?
Speaker 2 (13:58):
Well, I currently love shopping. I think it's a phase
I'm going through. I cannot stop buying clothes.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
Okay, that's a good thirteen year old phase. That is.
Speaker 2 (14:07):
That is It's my favorite hobby right now.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
What are your favorite stores?
Speaker 2 (14:10):
Definitely this is I'll give you a little fit check Hollister, Addicted,
and I don't this is this is also addicted.
Speaker 1 (14:19):
So yeah, so I know you haven't seen Squid Games yet,
but have a lot of your classmates seen the show?
Speaker 2 (14:25):
Definitely. Honestly, my classmates are big fans of Squid Game.
They are obsessed with all the players. I can definitely
understand because it's kind of like like a game show
where you like really want this player to win or
this player to win. But I fully support them. They
they are I mean, I love Squid Game too, so
but I think that's really cool that they also like
Squid game as much as me, which.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
I mean, yeah, and I'm sure they support you. Do
they want you to do the voice for them? Ever?
Or they ever like do the red like green lightnse?
Speaker 2 (14:52):
Sometimes occasionally sometimes they Actually at my school we had
like a pet rally and the theme was actually squid
game and they were playing red like in life, and
I wasn't supposed to be there, but I ended up
being able to go, which was really fun. But everybody
was like, Reagan, you should do the red like green Night.
You should do the red like green Light, which is
pretty funny.
Speaker 1 (15:11):
Okay, I'm curious you first recorded it when you were ten.
Do you feel like your voice has changed a little
bit since you were ten now that you're thirteen.
Speaker 2 (15:17):
I mean I try when i'm record when I was
recording for season two to like keep it the same range,
but I mean I don't think it changed that much.
Speaker 1 (15:26):
I guess that's voice acting. Yeah, like there's the range things.
Speaker 2 (15:29):
Yeah. Yeah, I was listening to my previous interviews a
while ago and I was like, wait, my voice kind
of sounds the same. But yeah, it was pretty cool.
Speaker 1 (15:37):
Do you have to re record Red Light Green Light
every time for each season?
Speaker 2 (15:40):
Uh? So for season two, I had to record it
like maybe a million times. Well maybe not for season two. Yeah,
for season two, we had to do so many.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
Why didn't they want to just reuse the season one audio?
Speaker 2 (15:53):
I think because of the clips are different for I
mean they are different. And I remember at the end
of not the end, but the end of Red Light
Green Light in season two, there's like a slow mo
effect where the four or five six like goes back
and saves another player. And for that part, if you
had to slow down my voice, it would change the
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rain like my sound. So I had to go like like, like,
it was pretty cool.
Speaker 1 (16:21):
Your game has made it into every season. Did you
ever expect it to go as become as big as
it is?
Speaker 2 (16:27):
Honestly, I think it was insane that it has reached.
I mean, I don't know how many million views squid
Game has, but I think it's incredible. I'm so happy
for like all, like the entire production team squid Game,
Like they did an amazing job and I can't wait
for more.
Speaker 1 (16:47):
Honestly, what's the wildest place the audio has taken you? Like?
Have you been asked to do the voice anywhere specific
that has been like, oh, my god, I can't believe
I'm here doing the red light green light line.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
So I mean every event I go to, if someone
asked me to say red like green night, I would
definitely say it. But I haven't gotten asked to say
red light green light in like a weird way. But
I remember one time, it's like on the Empire State Building.
What we got, Yeah, for the Empire State Building. That
was amazing. I got to go to the very top
that was where Taylor Swift was standing.
Speaker 1 (17:22):
We were with Taylor Swift.
Speaker 2 (17:23):
Well I was technically with Taylor Swift because she was
standing there like ten years ago, but like technically you know.
But I got to do a quick little TikTok. I
was saying like red light and green light to all
of New York pretty much, and I got to go
to the really top. It was very scary, but it
was like, honestly, like once in a lifetime experience for sure,
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because not a lot of people get to go all
the way to the top. But it was very windy
that day, but we got some good pictures, which was good.
Speaker 1 (17:50):
It is so cool. I got to go to the top.
When I was with Jared Letto, I was watching him
like repel off of the Empire State Building, which literally
means like rock climbing, but when you go down, and
I know what you mean. I was so freaked out
going up there and like the little staircases you have
to climb up. My first viral video ever on TikTok
was me before the twenty twenty one New York City Marathon.
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I was using the red Light green Light audio and
it was the one that was like red light green light,
run faster, faster, whatever, and it was basically the start
of the New York City Marathon and it got millions
of views. Me like running over the Arizona Bridge.
Speaker 2 (18:26):
Really, that's amazing. So actually, I remember I wasn't on
TikTok until Squid Game came out and like a few
months after that, but I did my first ever interview
and that page posted me. Actually the interviewer who interviewed me,
she posted it and it got also like a million views.
I mean I think it got like hundreds of millions, honestly,
but that like, really that blew up. And that's pretty
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much from that video, I decided to start doing TikTok,
and yeah, I've been growing my page since then.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
Do you have a ton of like the doll merch.
I feel like if I was the Squid Games to all,
I would have like this Wood Games Doyll pillow. I
was like like T shirts.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
Definitely, I have this. I have like socks of Squid
Game doll and I have like a T shirt. And
also there's like this robot doll that like actually turns
its head and says green the red light, which is
pretty cool. My mom actually got scared of it the
other day because like it starts turning on for some
random reason and we thought it was haunted, so she
like hit it in the garage and then like a
few days to later it was like back in the house.
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I don't know who bit of there, but it was
back in the house.
Speaker 1 (19:27):
Okay, that's freaky. That dolls literally you.
Speaker 2 (19:30):
Yeah it wasn't me, though, I promise it wasn't me.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
What is your favorite role that you've played so far
outside of Squid Games.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
Oh, that's that's hard. I think I would definitely say
Young Sheldon. I mean that was just amazing to even
like I'm still processing, like I'm like I want to
go back so bad, Young Sheldon. During that time was
when like my favorite show ever. I would watch it
every single week. I would watch it like so many
clips on TikTok.
Speaker 1 (20:05):
Okay, tell us what Young Sheldon is because I don't
know a lot about the show. Okay, oh, so I
got to hear, like give us the premise, like what's
it about? What was your part in the show.
Speaker 2 (20:12):
So Young Sheldon is a spinoff based on The Big
Bang Theory, and it's about well, in Big Bang Theory,
there's like older Sheldon and then we go back to
young Sheldon where it tells the life of him living
in Texas. He's like this like really smart, like intelligent
boy who's living with the family who's not so smart,
but it goes through his life and when he's like nine,
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he's like in high school already. But I think it's
really interesting. So in my episode that I got to do,
I'm actually his tutor and he's actually a lot taller
than me, so it's pretty funny, and I got to
like slap him with a pencil and a funny like
little blooper was I had to like keep We did
the slapping scene like maybe a hundred times because I
felt really bad slapping him, and they also needed like
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a big like sound. So we just like kept slapping
and his hand hurt so bad. I could just tell.
But he's like, no, it's all good. It's all good.
Speaker 1 (21:04):
Who's somebody that you've met through the industry that you've
been totally starstruck by? Is it player for five six?
Speaker 2 (21:11):
Definitely one of my top top few he I mean,
I was looking forward to meeting him for so long.
We actually saw him at there was like a small
little screening before the premiere, and I got to see
him with the director as well, and we couldn't take
a picture with him because they took our phones because
we weren't they didn't want us to record the season two.
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But I was like, I have to get a picture
with him next time, and I did. I got it
at the premiere, which I was super happy about. I'm
so grateful for everything I've been able to do in life,
and I can't wait for the future. Honestly, I think
it's really cool that I'm a child actor. I get
to talk and socialize with people that I never thought
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I would be able to do. I definitely want to
be able to book like a really big job, like
maybe like a series regular or like a in a movie.
Hope hopefully that will happen manifesting it maybe, but yeah,
that'd be one of my biggest dreams.
Speaker 1 (22:07):
What would be a dream part for you?
Speaker 2 (22:09):
I know I'm in Squid Game, but I'm like really
scared of Horror, but I like the behind the scenes
part of it, so I would love to do like Horror.
I would love to do like Disney. My favorite Disney
movies ever are like Descendants or I love Living Maddie,
And also probably like some nice like Netflix shows. Uh,
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Squid Games, Squid Game. Maybe maybe I would be in
Squad Maybe I would.
Speaker 1 (22:34):
Kind of I would love to be one of the
contestants like in the Squid Games. Yeah, what do you
hope people your age take away from you and everything
that you're up to.
Speaker 2 (22:42):
Hopefully they if they see that I have my dream
and they have a dream, they would push for for
it no matter what happens. I also like the saying
like being humble. I think that's really important because you
never know what happens in life. You never know what
anything's gonna come at you, so you just have to
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be prepared. You can't expect to be so high up.
And I like that I like being grounded because it
lets everyone know that you're on the same page as
that Maya.
Speaker 1 (23:15):
And what's next for you. I know you've got a
big premiere tonight, but what's coming up that you're excited about?
Speaker 2 (23:20):
So I'm really excited about Squid Game three comes out
June twenty seventh, and that's definitely something I'm looking forward to,
and I can't wait for whatever my dance career has
and sore for me. We're definitely competing like almost every week. Honestly,
this week I got to go to New York, so
no competition this week, but I'll have a lot of
competitions throughout the year, so that'd be fun.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
Guys, if you haven't already, you should subscribe to Reagan's
YouTube channel because you put a ton of your dance
gas yeah on YouTube and you are incredible being I'm curious,
like what goes into choreographing a dance, Like how long
does it take to take to learn one of the
dances and also how do you find a partner?
Speaker 2 (23:55):
Yeah, so first about the choreography or other styles. I
know it could be you could compete with the same
routine like maybe once or twice a competition, but we
actually keep our routines for maybe more than a year, honestly. Yeah,
So what's different about barm dancing to regular dancing is
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barm dancing we learn our routines, but we don't know
our music. Yeah, so what we do is we go
on the floor, we hear the music, and we dance
to whatever music plays. And for like regular dancing, you
know the music and you know the choreography and you
just perform. But for us, we just we gotta like
listen to with our ears because.
Speaker 1 (24:34):
Wait, that's hard.
Speaker 2 (24:35):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (24:35):
So you get to the competition and you basically go
in blind the music.
Speaker 2 (24:39):
Yeah, that's literally exactly what happens. You can the music
can be however long they want to play it. It
can range from like a minute to two minutes. We
really don't know. You just gotta be prepared for anything.
And also, like a lot of mishaps happen at competitions
because we have pins for the numbers for the guys,
and like sometimes pins will come out, like shoes will
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fall out, and then this it's just the whole thing.
But I think it's really cool because it's definitely different
than what most dancers expect. Competition for barm dancers would.
Speaker 1 (25:10):
Be I hope, in however many years, to see you
on Dancing with the Stars. I am so excited to
see what's next for you. You have such a bright future.
Thank you, Thank you guys so much for tuning in
to today's episode with Reagan. She is wise beyond her
years and just genuinely so fun to be around. It
is wild to think that a voice so many of
us will never forget comes from somebody so young. We've
got so many great episodes coming up, so as always,
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What is that? Runner Gang? Welcome back to Post Friend High.
This week's episode is such a cute one. Today's guest
is Reagan Toe. She's thirteen years old and the voice
behind one of the most unforgettable characters in television history,
the Squid Game Red Light Green Light Doll. That's right,
if you've seen the show, you've definitely heard her. Reagan's
voice helped kick off one of the most viral TV
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moments ever, and with Squid Game three just released, we
figured there is no better time to have her on
And if you somehow missed it, Squid Game is the
hit Korean survival drama that became the number one most
watched Netflix show of all time and in the very
first episode, a giant robotic doll please a deadly game
of red Light Greenlight, and Reagan is the English voice
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behind that doll. And if you couldn't tell, I am
a massive Squid Game fan. I've always been so curious
about the girl behind that voice. And I actually ran
into Reagan and her mom at the Captain America Brave
New World premiere in Los Angeles this past per day.
We hit it off, and that kicked off the conversation
to bring Reagan onto our shows for a run and
a post run high chat. Reagan is one impressive thirteen
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year old. We talked today about how she landed her
iconic role on Squid Game, how she balances school with
recording sessions, and everything else she's interested in. If you're
new here, this podcast is all about inspiring conversations that
start with movement, because we believe movement opens people up
in ways nothing else does. And today we kicked things
off with the run through the streets of New York
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before sitting down to talk. We have so many great
episodes coming up, so please make sure you follow the
show wherever you get your podcasts. Your support helps us
to continue bringing you inspiring conversations. All right, let's get
our post run High going. Reagan Toe, Welcome to post
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run High. Hi.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
I'm so excited.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
I'm so excited for you to be here. How are
you feeling. We just ran a couple of blocks around Brooklyn.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Yeah, I mean it was fun. I'm al sweaty, but
it was a good workout for me.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
Reagan, you are an actress, You're a voiceover artist. You're
also a ballroom dancer. You're doing a lot and a
lot of people might know you from Squid Games. You're
the voice of the iconic Squid Games doll. So let's
talk about the Squid Games doll. How did you get
this part? What was the audition process?
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Like? So, I got this part when I was around
nine to ten, and I it was my first ever
voiceover job I've ever done.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Well.
Speaker 2 (02:31):
I did like a little, small, little dubbing job right
before that, but that was really what helped my voiceover,
and I actually from that, I got so many different
other things, and I got an agent for voiceover, which
helped me audition for more voiceover. The audition actually I
didn't have to say red like green Light. I just
the directors wanted to hear my voice and how I
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sounded like. So they just had me talk about a
fun little story and I was talking about I think
I was talking about food. Actually, I think it was
about I went to Vegas and I had really good steak.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Did you know when you were auditioning what the show
was that you were going to be a part of.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
I had no idea. But also even if I knew
it was a Squid Game, I feel like, I mean,
we didn't know it was going to be that big.
It was until the second season, we're going to be like, oh, yeah,
everybody's so excited for it, you know, But no, I
had no idea what the name or what even it
was about.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
So we talked about this during the run that you
haven't seen Squid Games just yet. Do you and your
parents have a set time as to when you'll be
able to watch the show.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
They don't even let my brother watch the show, and
he's he's turning eighteen soon. But it's a really really
interesting show. But I would say it's really creative in
my opinion. I think I really I really like the
idea behind it. I will probably watch it when I'm older,
because I'm honestly really scared of horror. I did watch
the second season a first few episodes because I was
at the premiere. It was amazing. I got to meet
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like the cast and everybody. I was looking forward to
that for so long. Maybe I'll watch it when I'm older. Uh,
definitely not soon.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
What is your understanding of the show.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Well, when I was recording it, I got to see
the scene right and I saw people were playing red
Light Green Light with a giant robot doll. But I
thought it was like at a park because the wall
like of the color is like kind of like a
sand type of park type of thing. So I thought,
you know, it's like a nice little quiet game of
Red Light Green Live. But that was pretty wrong about that.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Well, your line red Light Green Light has become one
of the most viral audios in streaming history, and that
is so crazy to say, thank you. What voiceover roles
had you had before Squid Games? Like, was this one
of your first?
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Right before Squid Game, I did this little dubbing job.
It's called Synthesis the myth. I was playing the main
character when she was younger, and it was a really
interesting story. It was my first time ever doing like voiceover,
and I mean the director was amazing. It's actually the
same director who had me for Squid Game, the first one,
so I was very grateful for her. I love her
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so much. But yeah, I mean it was definitely kind
of hard. It was the first time for me. I
had to listen really carefully to what I'm doing, and
you also have to like match the actor's voice because
for the Squid Game doll it's a bit different because
you know it's a robot, but for humans. When you're
dubbing human, you have to match their mouth exactly, like
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every single breath. We got to record that.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
Yeah, what did your parents think when they realized what
your part was in the show? Like, did they know
when you were recording what it was gonna be or
did they not know till they watched?
Speaker 2 (05:33):
They did not know anything. Actually, my mom was in
the recording booth with me, or she was on the
other side of it so she could see it too,
and we actually found out that that was my voice
when my parents were watching. Like my dad loves TV.
He watches it almost every single day, so he was
telling my mom like, oh, let's watch like this new
Netflix show Squid Game. It's like the most viewed show currently,
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and then they's so, my voice is in the first episod.
So they watch it and then halfway through they're like, wait,
my mom goes, is that Regan's voice because she remembers
the scene. And then they scroll to the credits and
they see my name and they're like, oh, that is
her voice, and that was It was like really late
that night, so they like ran to my room and
they're like, you're in like the most watched show in
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Netflix ever, and I was I was really sleepy, but
I mean after that, after I realized what was going on,
I was in complete shock. Honestly.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Yeah, I find it so wild that when you're when
you get the part as a voice actress, they don't
tell you like, this is first quid games, this is
when it comes out, this is what to expect, you know.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
Yeah, usually they give like a code name maybe, or
they just don't tell you. Honestly, sometimes you just gotta
make your best guess.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
For any kids out there who are curious about voice acting,
what advice would you give to them? How can you
break into the industry?
Speaker 2 (06:48):
I would definitely say, if you like really want it,
you have to go for it, like one hundred percent,
Like no matter what's stopping you, you just have to
use all your effort. And obviously you have to have
like a good sub system. And yeah, I mean I
definitely think it could be possible. Currently, the like all
the additions, it's been a bit slow because, like the
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strikes happened not too long ago. But I think we're
getting back on our feet hopefully.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
So we met first at the Captain America premiere. We
were talking about this a little bit during our run,
What is like your favorite part about being in the industry, Like,
do you love going to be events?
Speaker 2 (07:24):
I think, honestly a bit of all of it. Each
thing I do is so special and different in each way,
Like when I go to events, I get to talk
to people that I've like, I've always wanted to meet,
and also I love going like I love being able
to have the opportunity to play different roles. That's always
my favorite part. Because we as us, each of us,
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we only get to be us. But when I'm doing
voiceover or doing different roles, I get to be so
many different people and I get to experience their life
as well, which is pretty cool.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
All Right, So let's take people back and talk about
how you first became interested in acting and in getting
into this industry. Like what was it that made you
interested in it? Because you're only thirteen, you've already had
such an accomplished career, So what made you want to
get your initial start?
Speaker 2 (08:13):
What happened was when I was five years old, I
got really sick. I was in the hospital because my
lungs collapsed. And during that time I was in the
ICU and my parents were like it was a hard time, definitely,
and I was watching TV in the room, the hospital room,
and I was like, wait, I really want to be
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on TV one day and my mom. I told my mom,
and my mom promised me that if I got better
and I was doing all right, then she would put
me some classes. And that's exactly what happened. And I
started doing classes and I got an agent, and that's
pretty much how it started. And one of my first
ever rules, I believe, was like Jimmy Kimmel and Jane
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the Virgin, and that was honestly life changing. Jane Vision
because I got to talk to the main character who
plays Gina, and she is like the sweetest person ever.
She showed me a video of Dancing with the Stars
and I was obsessed. Literally. That's also I started my
dancing career. I did ballet when I was younger, but
that's how I started my borm career. For sure.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
I love it. And by the way, I watched Jane
the Virgin like throughout high school. I loved the show.
So it's so cool knowing that you had a part
in it, and I love that Gina had such an
impact on you. What was it about Dancing with the
Stars when she was showing you bits and pieces from
it that you were intrigued by.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
I definitely loved their outfits. I think that's the first
thing that stood out to me. I was also like
five years old, so I was literally obsessed with anything sparkling.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
Definitely, for sure, Dancing with the Stars is so good.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
Yeah, I literally watch every single season. I'm a big
fan of all the pros. And yeah, actually Mark Ballas
his mom, Shirley Ballas, is my main coach, and she
actually lives in London, so every time she's over we
do some lessons and we also do something through online.
She's taught me so many things about the industry, not
just dancing, but like ways to become a better person
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as well, and I'm really grateful for her. She's done
so much for me.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
I've had Julianne, Huff and Derek on the show. So
it's cool that you're a big fan of Dance with
the Stars. Who are your favorite pros on the.
Speaker 2 (10:18):
Show currently or just in general?
Speaker 1 (10:20):
Let's do in general and then also currently.
Speaker 2 (10:22):
Okay, so I think for sure Corky Ballast. I remember
when he was on the show. I was he Actually
he judges a few of our competitions and we always
see each other. And he's amazing dancer. And also of
course Mark, he's amazing. He actually choreographed one of my routines.
It was a squid Game performance. It was amazing. Literally,
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I also got like this like revealing costume dress and
then then you pulled down and then it becomes like
a long dress. Mark's choreography is amazing. I remember when
he did the when he did Dancing with the Stars
with Charlie, it was my favorite season ever, literally, And
I would definitely say the Derek and Julianne they're amazing.
Of course, No, you don't even need an explanation, like.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
They're just the best they are.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
And yeah, right now, currently, I would definitely say my
favorite pro is probably Riley because she's so sweet. She's
like a little cutie. And let's see. Also, I like Sasha.
I've taken a few classes. He's amazing. Yeah, I love Riley.
Speaker 1 (11:24):
I like Sasha, and I also love Ezra And we
had Ezra on The Running Interview Show and it was
like one of my favorite runs of all time. He's
just like such a fun person and I'm so curious
to see who he gets paired up with this is
I'm interested.
Speaker 2 (11:34):
I saw a few pros that I mean, I saw
a few stars for the new season, and I'm really
excited to watch, you.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
Know, I'm so excited to watch you. Who are some
celebrities that you would love to see on the upcoming season?
Speaker 2 (11:45):
Well, I personally would love to go on Dancing with
the Stars, And I mean.
Speaker 1 (11:50):
But you could go on as either a pro or
a star.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
I feel like I would love to be on it
in general. I hope the answer when the Stars Junior
comes back.
Speaker 1 (12:00):
Maybe because how old do you have to be to
do Dancing with the Stars. You have to be eighteen?
Speaker 2 (12:04):
Okay, yeah, but you could wait it out a little bit,
to wait a little bit, but it would.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
Be cool to see you on Juniors though.
Speaker 2 (12:09):
I would love for Juniors to come back because that
was such a cool thing they did and it was
really interesting. Yeah. One of my friends, Camery, she was
one of the pros in the Dancing with Stars Juniors
and she's one of the best dancers I know.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
Yeah, I love knowing that you would want to be
on the show. Eventually, I feel like you definitely will be.
I'm but I am really curious to see do you
do star? Do you do throw? You're a voice actor,
you're an on screen actress, and you're a ballroom dancer
and you're a champion ballroom dancer, right, which takes a
lot of time training. What are you most passionate about
or do you love doing all of it? And like
how do you balance your time?
Speaker 2 (12:42):
I would definitely say currently, I love them all equally.
It's definitely hard to manage doing so much in one
day because the day is so short, but I always
have time for school, for dancing, for acting, and also
going to New York. But yeah, I mean it's definitely
not super easy to be able to control all of
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the things that I do, but I think it's definitely
worth it for sure.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
What is like the workout routine, like weekly schedule look
like for a ballroom dancer? Like are you training every day.
Speaker 2 (13:13):
Or honestly, we train almost every single day, if not
every day. We take a couple of lessons maybe and
we practice a few hours and then probably I would
go to like acting class after, but I have to
go to school in the morning first.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
Okay, So you go to in person school.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
Yes I do? Yeah, Okay, I go to regular public,
public school, and I think it's really important. I really
like that my mom put me in just regular school
instead of homeschooling me because it gives me a chance
to have friends that aren't in the industry and just
have like normal friends.
Speaker 1 (13:43):
You know, what do you love doing outside of work,
like with your friends?
Speaker 2 (13:58):
Well, I currently love shopping. I think it's a phase
I'm going through. I cannot stop buying clothes.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
Okay, that's a good thirteen year old phase. That is.
Speaker 2 (14:07):
That is It's my favorite hobby right now.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
What are your favorite stores?
Speaker 2 (14:10):
Definitely this is I'll give you a little fit check Hollister, Addicted,
and I don't this is this is also addicted.
Speaker 1 (14:19):
So yeah, so I know you haven't seen Squid Games yet,
but have a lot of your classmates seen the show?
Speaker 2 (14:25):
Definitely. Honestly, my classmates are big fans of Squid Game.
They are obsessed with all the players. I can definitely
understand because it's kind of like like a game show
where you like really want this player to win or
this player to win. But I fully support them. They
they are I mean, I love Squid Game too, so
but I think that's really cool that they also like
Squid game as much as me, which.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
I mean, yeah, and I'm sure they support you. Do
they want you to do the voice for them? Ever?
Or they ever like do the red like green lightnse?
Speaker 2 (14:52):
Sometimes occasionally sometimes they Actually at my school we had
like a pet rally and the theme was actually squid
game and they were playing red like in life, and
I wasn't supposed to be there, but I ended up
being able to go, which was really fun. But everybody
was like, Reagan, you should do the red like green Night.
You should do the red like green Light, which is
pretty funny.
Speaker 1 (15:11):
Okay, I'm curious you first recorded it when you were ten.
Do you feel like your voice has changed a little
bit since you were ten now that you're thirteen.
Speaker 2 (15:17):
I mean I try when i'm record when I was
recording for season two to like keep it the same range,
but I mean I don't think it changed that much.
Speaker 1 (15:26):
I guess that's voice acting. Yeah, like there's the range things.
Speaker 2 (15:29):
Yeah. Yeah, I was listening to my previous interviews a
while ago and I was like, wait, my voice kind
of sounds the same. But yeah, it was pretty cool.
Speaker 1 (15:37):
Do you have to re record Red Light Green Light
every time for each season?
Speaker 2 (15:40):
Uh? So for season two, I had to record it
like maybe a million times. Well maybe not for season two. Yeah,
for season two, we had to do so many.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
Why didn't they want to just reuse the season one audio?
Speaker 2 (15:53):
I think because of the clips are different for I
mean they are different. And I remember at the end
of not the end, but the end of Red Light
Green Light in season two, there's like a slow mo
effect where the four or five six like goes back
and saves another player. And for that part, if you
had to slow down my voice, it would change the
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rain like my sound. So I had to go like like, like,
it was pretty cool.
Speaker 1 (16:21):
Your game has made it into every season. Did you
ever expect it to go as become as big as
it is?
Speaker 2 (16:27):
Honestly, I think it was insane that it has reached.
I mean, I don't know how many million views squid
Game has, but I think it's incredible. I'm so happy
for like all, like the entire production team squid Game,
Like they did an amazing job and I can't wait
for more.
Speaker 1 (16:47):
Honestly, what's the wildest place the audio has taken you? Like?
Have you been asked to do the voice anywhere specific
that has been like, oh, my god, I can't believe
I'm here doing the red light green light line.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
So I mean every event I go to, if someone
asked me to say red like green night, I would
definitely say it. But I haven't gotten asked to say
red light green light in like a weird way. But
I remember one time, it's like on the Empire State Building.
What we got, Yeah, for the Empire State Building. That
was amazing. I got to go to the very top
that was where Taylor Swift was standing.
Speaker 1 (17:22):
We were with Taylor Swift.
Speaker 2 (17:23):
Well I was technically with Taylor Swift because she was
standing there like ten years ago, but like technically you know.
But I got to do a quick little TikTok. I
was saying like red light and green light to all
of New York pretty much, and I got to go
to the really top. It was very scary, but it
was like, honestly, like once in a lifetime experience for sure,
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because not a lot of people get to go all
the way to the top. But it was very windy
that day, but we got some good pictures, which was good.
Speaker 1 (17:50):
It is so cool. I got to go to the top.
When I was with Jared Letto, I was watching him
like repel off of the Empire State Building, which literally
means like rock climbing, but when you go down, and
I know what you mean. I was so freaked out
going up there and like the little staircases you have
to climb up. My first viral video ever on TikTok
was me before the twenty twenty one New York City Marathon.
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I was using the red Light green Light audio and
it was the one that was like red light green light,
run faster, faster, whatever, and it was basically the start
of the New York City Marathon and it got millions
of views. Me like running over the Arizona Bridge.
Speaker 2 (18:26):
Really, that's amazing. So actually, I remember I wasn't on
TikTok until Squid Game came out and like a few
months after that, but I did my first ever interview
and that page posted me. Actually the interviewer who interviewed me,
she posted it and it got also like a million views.
I mean I think it got like hundreds of millions, honestly,
but that like, really that blew up. And that's pretty
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much from that video, I decided to start doing TikTok,
and yeah, I've been growing my page since then.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
Do you have a ton of like the doll merch.
I feel like if I was the Squid Games to all,
I would have like this Wood Games Doyll pillow. I
was like like T shirts.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
Definitely, I have this. I have like socks of Squid
Game doll and I have like a T shirt. And
also there's like this robot doll that like actually turns
its head and says green the red light, which is
pretty cool. My mom actually got scared of it the
other day because like it starts turning on for some
random reason and we thought it was haunted, so she
like hit it in the garage and then like a
few days to later it was like back in the house.
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I don't know who bit of there, but it was
back in the house.
Speaker 1 (19:27):
Okay, that's freaky. That dolls literally you.
Speaker 2 (19:30):
Yeah it wasn't me, though, I promise it wasn't me.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
What is your favorite role that you've played so far
outside of Squid Games.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
Oh, that's that's hard. I think I would definitely say
Young Sheldon. I mean that was just amazing to even
like I'm still processing, like I'm like I want to
go back so bad, Young Sheldon. During that time was
when like my favorite show ever. I would watch it
every single week. I would watch it like so many
clips on TikTok.
Speaker 1 (20:05):
Okay, tell us what Young Sheldon is because I don't
know a lot about the show. Okay, oh, so I
got to hear, like give us the premise, like what's
it about? What was your part in the show.
Speaker 2 (20:12):
So Young Sheldon is a spinoff based on The Big
Bang Theory, and it's about well, in Big Bang Theory,
there's like older Sheldon and then we go back to
young Sheldon where it tells the life of him living
in Texas. He's like this like really smart, like intelligent
boy who's living with the family who's not so smart,
but it goes through his life and when he's like nine,
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he's like in high school already. But I think it's
really interesting. So in my episode that I got to do,
I'm actually his tutor and he's actually a lot taller
than me, so it's pretty funny, and I got to
like slap him with a pencil and a funny like
little blooper was I had to like keep We did
the slapping scene like maybe a hundred times because I
felt really bad slapping him, and they also needed like
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a big like sound. So we just like kept slapping
and his hand hurt so bad. I could just tell.
But he's like, no, it's all good. It's all good.
Speaker 1 (21:04):
Who's somebody that you've met through the industry that you've
been totally starstruck by? Is it player for five six?
Speaker 2 (21:11):
Definitely one of my top top few he I mean,
I was looking forward to meeting him for so long.
We actually saw him at there was like a small
little screening before the premiere, and I got to see
him with the director as well, and we couldn't take
a picture with him because they took our phones because
we weren't they didn't want us to record the season two.
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But I was like, I have to get a picture
with him next time, and I did. I got it
at the premiere, which I was super happy about. I'm
so grateful for everything I've been able to do in life,
and I can't wait for the future. Honestly, I think
it's really cool that I'm a child actor. I get
to talk and socialize with people that I never thought
(21:53):
I would be able to do. I definitely want to
be able to book like a really big job, like
maybe like a series regular or like a in a movie.
Hope hopefully that will happen manifesting it maybe, but yeah,
that'd be one of my biggest dreams.
Speaker 1 (22:07):
What would be a dream part for you?
Speaker 2 (22:09):
I know I'm in Squid Game, but I'm like really
scared of Horror, but I like the behind the scenes
part of it, so I would love to do like Horror.
I would love to do like Disney. My favorite Disney
movies ever are like Descendants or I love Living Maddie,
And also probably like some nice like Netflix shows. Uh,
(22:29):
Squid Games, Squid Game. Maybe maybe I would be in
Squad Maybe I would.
Speaker 1 (22:34):
Kind of I would love to be one of the
contestants like in the Squid Games. Yeah, what do you
hope people your age take away from you and everything
that you're up to.
Speaker 2 (22:42):
Hopefully they if they see that I have my dream
and they have a dream, they would push for for
it no matter what happens. I also like the saying
like being humble. I think that's really important because you
never know what happens in life. You never know what
anything's gonna come at you, so you just have to
(23:04):
be prepared. You can't expect to be so high up.
And I like that I like being grounded because it
lets everyone know that you're on the same page as
that Maya.
Speaker 1 (23:15):
And what's next for you. I know you've got a
big premiere tonight, but what's coming up that you're excited about?
Speaker 2 (23:20):
So I'm really excited about Squid Game three comes out
June twenty seventh, and that's definitely something I'm looking forward to,
and I can't wait for whatever my dance career has
and sore for me. We're definitely competing like almost every week. Honestly,
this week I got to go to New York, so
no competition this week, but I'll have a lot of
competitions throughout the year, so that'd be fun.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
Guys, if you haven't already, you should subscribe to Reagan's
YouTube channel because you put a ton of your dance
gas yeah on YouTube and you are incredible being I'm curious,
like what goes into choreographing a dance, Like how long
does it take to take to learn one of the
dances and also how do you find a partner?
Speaker 2 (23:55):
Yeah, so first about the choreography or other styles. I
know it could be you could compete with the same
routine like maybe once or twice a competition, but we
actually keep our routines for maybe more than a year, honestly. Yeah,
So what's different about barm dancing to regular dancing is
(24:15):
barm dancing we learn our routines, but we don't know
our music. Yeah, so what we do is we go
on the floor, we hear the music, and we dance
to whatever music plays. And for like regular dancing, you
know the music and you know the choreography and you
just perform. But for us, we just we gotta like
listen to with our ears because.
Speaker 1 (24:34):
Wait, that's hard.
Speaker 2 (24:35):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (24:35):
So you get to the competition and you basically go
in blind the music.
Speaker 2 (24:39):
Yeah, that's literally exactly what happens. You can the music
can be however long they want to play it. It
can range from like a minute to two minutes. We
really don't know. You just gotta be prepared for anything.
And also, like a lot of mishaps happen at competitions
because we have pins for the numbers for the guys,
and like sometimes pins will come out, like shoes will
(25:00):
fall out, and then this it's just the whole thing.
But I think it's really cool because it's definitely different
than what most dancers expect. Competition for barm dancers would.
Speaker 1 (25:10):
Be I hope, in however many years, to see you
on Dancing with the Stars. I am so excited to
see what's next for you. You have such a bright future.
Thank you, Thank you guys so much for tuning in
to today's episode with Reagan. She is wise beyond her
years and just genuinely so fun to be around. It
is wild to think that a voice so many of
us will never forget comes from somebody so young. We've
got so many great episodes coming up, so as always,
(25:32):
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