Jake McDorman

Q: How was the process of making something as offbeat as “Mrs. Davis,” in which a nun battles an artificial intelligence?

A: The scripts were so ambitious, everybody pulled together ... not just the cast, but every single department, from the production assistants to the top brass. This was an opportunity, so we just decided to go for broke and see if we could out-weird the show. We aimed for them to tell us, “Oh, that’s too much,” and that rarely happened. Whether it was the color palette of the wardrobe or a detail in the set decoration, I think everybody gravitated toward that kind of weird factor that was present in “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” and definitely in our show. The timing that manifested around this project was otherworldly, really bizarre. It was just surreal.

Q: What was the specific appeal of “Mrs. Davis” for you?

A: It just felt like a cool show to be in. The originality of it was what I was searching for, and as much as I can control what I do as an actor, that’s the kind of project I’d always want to be a part of, if I had my druthers. I’m just grateful to be a part of something so genre-defying. Even seeing Damon’s (executive producer Lindelof) name on the audition sheet, it was like, “I’m really going to love this. And it’s really going to hurt if I don’t get it.”

Q: “Mrs. Davis” is so unusual, how tough has it been for you to talk to people about it, especially in terms of not giving away anything you shouldn’t?

A: You know, it hasn’t been. There are a few key points and reveals in our plot that we know we have to navigate around, but that’s really it. Anything you love as much as we love this is very easy to talk about, even if you have to withhold a little bit of information. Just the amount of joy that we all had shooting this, and how proud we are of everybody who worked on it, makes it really easy – though it was hard to paint an accurate picture in people’s minds of what the show was about before the first trailer came out. It was almost impossible.