![]() Although Ramakrishnan is different, of course, from her breakout role as Devi, her feelings about her own growth right now, in many ways, reflect the progress her character makes by the end of Season 3. She was an unknown actor before Never Have I Ever debuted in 2020, and has had a whirlwind experience since. ![]() ![]() It's safe to say Ramakrishnan has recently leveled up in her career, too. main, nearby her Attack on Titan ink to commemorate her journey of how much she'd leveled up. After a Nintendo NY visit earlier this year, she even got a tattoo of Kirby, her favorite character and Super Smash Bros. But these days, after years of grinding, she always comes out on top. While gaming with her cousins when she was younger, Ramakrishnan was rarely among the winners circle. , Mario Kart, and Star Fox: Assault between Maitreyi and her cousins. From that moment on, just about every family gathering at the Ramakrishnan household in Mississauga, Ontario erupted in heated games of Super Smash Bros. My dad brought a GameCube home one day, and my brother and I lost our minds," Ramakrishnan says. (This time, she went for a cute Kirby backpack, Animal Crossing plushies, a water bottle, and tees for her brother.) on the Switch-and head home with a hefty merch haul. It's basically Heaven on Earth for the self-described gamer, "absolute anime nerd," and Nintendo fan, knowing she can go in and have a blast-playing nail-biting games of Super Smash Bros. Even if the LA-based actress is in town for work, as she just was for the Season 3 premiere of Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher's teen dramedy, she has to make a stop at Nintendo NY in Rockefeller Center. Whenever the 20-year-old makes a trip to New York City, she especially likes to take the opportunity to indulge in her geekier obsessions. Devi began the show wanting nothing more than to elevate her social status, and in the recent Season 3, she has only just come around to embrace the nerdier sides of herself-but Ramakrishnan wears the label like a badge of honor. Like this story? Sign up to our newsletter to get other stories like this delivered straight to your inbox.Maitreyi Ramakrishnan happily admits, with no hesitation, that she is "100% a nerd." In that respect, she couldn’t be more different than her teenaged Indian-American character Devi Vishwakumar on Netflix’s hit coming-of-age series Never Have I Ever. And the other thing I will say, when you see an actual 15-year-old boy, they're just not going to be a heartthrob. I don't think we found out what his age was until we were deep in the season and then we were like, 'Oh, OK.' I assumed he was, like, 20. You just have to assume that they're a reasonable age. She continued: "You can't ask someone how old they are when they audition. Our one outlier is Darren, who is in his late 20s. ![]() Responding to criticism levelled at the show last year regarding the age gap between the actors, co-creator Lang Fisher told News Week: "We wanted to feel like real teens. MORE: Find out what Netflix show you should be watching based on your star sign This sets such unrealistic expectations for young/teenage boys on how they should look like." Darren Barnet is a 30-year-old playing a 16-year-old in Never Have I Ever. They wrote: " Can Netflix start casting age-appropriate actors/actresses for their shows. Someone else added that they "can't watch this series like before knowing the age gap," while a third called on Netflix to overhaul their casting process. Paxton actor Darren Barnet is actually 30 years old
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