LG: You only had four days to train before you began filming. What was the pacing like of your work on set?
ZC: The training never stopped. Everyday was running, swimming, paddling or lugging a six foot tall man onto a surfboard! There were days it was incredibly taxing on my body and difficult to keep up. But we had an amazing team of people supporting and guiding us, including my stunt double, Rosie Jaffurs, who was my biggest cheerleader throughout filming.

LG: Prior to your work on Hi-Surf you worked on Grownish and Roswell, New Mexico. While these shows are vastly different from your current work, how have your experiences compared? Have your earlier roles influenced your current role?
ZC: Rescue was a very challenging job and having those earlier experiences gave me the knowledge and preparation to confidently walk onto this set and do my part. I haven’t worked much just yet, but I’ve learned so much about myself, how I like to approach each character and what I need to do my best work.

LG: Hi-Surf features a lot of creative cinematography, especially with the underwater scenes. What was it like filming these shots? And what was it like seeing the final product?

ZC: Our cinematographer, Anka Malatynska and camera operators, Don King, Kilani Villiaros and Ruben Carrillo are all insane at what they do and it was so easy to trust their vision. John Wells also has a similar style he uses for a lot of his shows including natural light, shaky cam and tracking shots. I personally love how all of his shows look and feel so I was confident our final product would be epic! Filming the underwater stuff was always tricky because it’s hard to see exactly what’s going on, but I’m so proud of how it all turned out and I think it’s unlike anything we’ve seen on television before.