AE: What part did you audition for?
DO: I was supposed to audition for Scott but when I read the script, then I asked to go in for Stiles.

AE: What made you want to do that?
DO: Because exactly what I think the fans see. I saw what the fans see every week. At that first pilot script, he just popped out at me. He was so vibrant, off the page. A lot of it is attributed to Jeff’s [Davis, Teen Wolf's head writer] writing for sure. It’s obviously a collab at this point, but he was the one to initially give me my idea of Stiles with his writing and how he portrayed him.

I think having this character and the story and the genre and this storyline, it’s just kind of like an automatic win just because it’s so good to have that relatable character, that funny guy who’s actually like a real life guy reacting like a real person would. It’s like that dude, it’s crazy and that’s what fans like about him and we have fun with him for sure.

AE: So how would you react if one of your friends came up to you and said, oh by the way I’m a werewolf?
DO: Probably pretty closely like Stiles would. Man, I don’t know, he goes through a lot to maintain his friendship and to keep him safe and what not. I don’t know if I’m as good of person as Stiles. [laughs] I might have just run the first time he tried to kill me, let alone the other four times.

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