As actors we just want to tell the truth. “It’s not ridiculous to him, it’s the truth to him. “No matter what the writers put down on paper, I just have to make sure that Trent believes what he’s saying,” Norris said. Season 4 hasn’t begun shooting, but Norris is more ready than ever to dive in and keep peeling at the Trent onion. Paxton may have graduated at the end of Season 3 - though Fisher says we haven’t seen the last of him - but “Never Have I Ever” fans can delight in knowing that Trent failed twelfth grade and has to repeat it, giving Eleanor, her friends, and the audience precious extra time with Trent. At the end of the day, he’s rooting for her to make the right decisions.” I think he’s charmed by Devi, by how she’s unapologetically herself and Trent is unapologetically himself. “He wants Paxton to be happy first and foremost, so if that’s with Devi then so be it. “In the last few seasons, he has gotten to know Devi, and if he’s friends with someone, he cares about that person,” Norris said. Trent might not be involved in the central “Never Have I Ever” love triangle between Devi (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan), Ben (Jaren Lewison), and Paxton, but that doesn’t mean Norris hasn’t given his character’s position a lot of thought. “I think Trent loves his grandmother and I wanted to keep that that little piece of information about the character alive.” “I put a little little bit of my grandmother into that line,” Norris said. It’s an Easter egg for diehard fans, who might remember Trent talking about his grandmother back in Season 1 (“She may or may not have a little dementia,” said Norris) - and also a tribute to Norris’s own grandmother, who passed away ahead of filming and loved hot dogs. Norris recalled hearing the writer, director, and producers laugh out loud on set. “And I’m like, ‘Grandma, stop trying to eat your toothbrush. He regularly improvises lines, including one in Episode 4, when Trent enters the scene telling a story about his grandmother. Developing Trent - as with any other character - was a dialogue between performer and scribe, but Norris also felt that his instincts were valued after inhabiting Trent for years. The “Never Have I Ever” writers are often on-set, which means that Norris and his costars and directors can go directly to the source for script questions. They just kept going deeper and deeper, and he’s fully a very three-dimensional - if I may say so myself - wonderful character.” He’s an onion and I feel like they’re showing every layer to him, which is very cool - and it’s not only cool to the fans and the audience, but it’s also cool to me because I’m bringing this character to life, and every new little nugget of information they give me I love to run with. “I’m so grateful to Mindy and Lang and all the writers. “It was literally a dream come true,” Norris said of his expanded Season 3 role. Norris says the pairing worked because Trent “loves to love,” and channels the same loyalty he had for Paxton into this new relationships. Season 3 finds Trent and Eleanor embarking on a serious relationship that works oddly well considering their disparate interests, personalities, and communication styles. “We got such a huge response from fans about that just one little moment that we were like, ‘All right, let’s go for it.'” Ben Norris was so funny playing him that we just started to write him into things,” co-creator Lang Fisher told IndieWire. “I’m obsessed with the character of Trent. But when he seemingly out of the blue asked Devi’s dramatic friend Eleanor to dance in the Season 2 finale, fans went wild. “I brought a little bit of that himbo stoner energy in there, and I think it just took flight after that.”Īs characters go, Trent starts out peripheral, friends with Paxton as Devi (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) pursues Paxton romantically. “When I went in for Trent, the character description was was a bit more along the lines of jock/frat boy type,” he recalled. Oscars 2023: Best Makeup and Hairstyling Predictions Guillermo del Toro's Favorite Movies: 45 Films the Director Wants You to See 'Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story' Teaser: Shonda Rhimes Peels Back a Controversial Royal Romance 'You' Season 4 Part 2 Trailer: Joe Makes a Dangerous Friend

Norris played Tony close to what was asked for in auditions and on the page, but he brought that offbeat charm in spades to “Never Have I Ever,” where Trent became a runaway fan favorite.

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