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Devery Jacobs and Paulina Alexis on improvising on set (Alexis rules).

Before she'd filmed a single frame of “Reservation Dogs,” the funny, soulful FX series about four Indigenous teenagers in rural Oklahoma, Paulina Alexis, who plays fan-favorite Willie Jack, was sure it’d be a hit. “That was just the vibe gave off,” says Alexis, who grew up on the Alexis Nakota Sioux First Nation reserve in Alberta, Canada. “It was just kids doing regular rez kid stuff. I knew it was going to blow up.

My brothers are all really talented, really funny. Growing up with them taught me improv. The best advice they gave me was, “If you’re going to say things, just say them.” When you’re acting, it’s too performative. It takes away the naturalness. Jacobs: Willie Jack’s lines were always written just as a suggestion. Then Paulina would riff. Her improv skills are unmatched. Devery, talk about joining the writers’ room in the second season.

 

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