![]() Throughout the course of the show, there are glimmers of hope where you’re literally on the edge of your seat thinking maybe this is where Jasper will change and redeem himself, only for him to essentially get deeper into his downward spiral. It was exciting to learn about something I’m not a part of really.” There’s a lot of small, little things, but there was not a main thing. “While we were shooting and in rehearsal and everything, she kind of just filled me in on little, small things Youtubers do from the little transitions that they do while they’re shooting to thinking about – being present in the moment to thinking towards the future, like towards the edit. Specifically, because I’m not part of the Youtube world, it was super helpful to have her as a reference,” Corey said. She has a Youtube channel for film stuff, so she’s part of that world. And to capture this authenticity, Corey really learned all about YouTube culture and what it takes to get into the mindset of someone who makes videos while portraying a character who was quickly spiraling. The series is filmed from Jasper’s vlog perspective so all eight episodes of the series feel like actual YouTube videos. Since Corey, while an avid photographer when he’s not acting, had zero YouTube experience, he said he was lucky to have a source in his director, Hazel. It was definitely a process, but that’s what was super fun about it.” We put in a lot of time just figuring out the specific energy levels and specifically because we didn’t shoot the show in order, I wanted to make sure I knew who I was in every scene. “Then, when I finally got to London, we had a couple days of rehearsal. ![]() I got a lot of references just from Youtubers I watched, specific movies, and things like that,” Corey explained. ![]() I got a lot of references from our director, Hazel Hayes. The energy levels were the first things, then I started to think about where he lived and that sort of thing. “I think probably a month before I started shooting, I started watching stuff and saturating my brain with this sort of persona that’s typical to find on social media. To get into the mind of a deranged social media star, Corey went through a long process of prep and as you can imagine, he watched tons of YouTube videos. But it was a wonderful learning experience.” So, I think I just learned that I’m kind of just ready to really challenge myself. Change is so scary and I feel like a year ago, I don’t think I would’ve been up for this. It was so fun, for me, to challenge myself. I think a lot of that is the same as the personal side, for me. I learned a lot about the professional side of myself. I think, professionally, I learned a lot about what to look for in a project and in a director and kind of what I need as an actor to do my job. “This was such a great learning process for me. So, yeah, I was super up for the challenge and ready to show people other sides of me,” Corey said exclusively to J-14 when we caught up with the actor. “I think that was the main thing that drew me to the project, just how different it was and the fact that I had not accessed that part of myself yet, like in any of my work, yet. Not something you would expect from the actor who brought the beloved Farkle Minkus on Girl Meets World to life, right? Without giving too much away from the Fullscreen series, lives are lost and Jasper becomes the most dangerous person on YouTube, turning against his family and manipulating his best friend and his fans, when at the core of it, he’s just lost and missing the bond he used to have with his sister, who is now grown up and planning to get married. In Prank Me, Corey plays Jasper Perkins, a YouTube prankster who ends up taking his pranks into his real life and as a result for his extreme lust to feed his fans’ desire for content, he ends up descending into madness, hurting those who are closest to him. Corey Fogelmanis‘ latest role might just scare you a bit.
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