Now you see her at the end of season three, and she seems very comfortable with Ben, and she decides to go for it. Since season one Devi has been trying to lose her V-card but she's always stood in her own way. You've got to have a little bit of you in that character as well. I would add it somewhere! I guess they started writing that in properly. I think what happened was, whenever we would do takes, and they were like, "OK, Maitreyi do one for you. My favourite Devi-ism would definitely be finger guns because that's what I do. ' Zaamn' is such an awkward thing to say. I don't think I've ever said ' Zaamn' to someone, though, because I remember this very clearly on set: I remember having to do that – I think it was the first day of filming, too. I think a lot of my mannerisms – my physical mannerisms – come into Devi. "Blue oves" and "Day-um," from season one when you were talking about Paxton… So many.
You have a lot of 'Devi-isms', shall we say. Janet, I swear, everyone was like, "Don't get your hopes up." Whatever." No one believed my 17-year-old self on set! Everyone would say, "Maitreyi, don't get your expectations up. This is different from anything I've seen on TV." I just came straight out of high-school, and I'm telling you: I would watch this. When I read the first season, just the scripts, when we were filming it, I was like, "This is funny TV."Įveryone would say, "Oh, yeah, everyone thinks that on their first season," and, "everyone thinks that on their first show.
Season 3 of Never Have I Ever! We bet you never imagined would be so successful. Of course we couldn't let her go without asking about that all important season three Devi and Ben cliffhanger because Zaaaaamn (if you know, you know).
NEVER HAVE I EVER MAITREYI RAMAKRISHNAN TV
In this exclusive interview with Digital Spy, Maitreyi discusses why that is so important, women's complicated relationship with sex in TV and what the show means to her as it draws to a close.
Never Have I Ever is extra special because, like Bridgerton and Ms Marvel, it adds to the growing number of shows that give South Asian culture an authentic voice in the media space. One that pushes the bounds in its portrayal of sex desire, while juggling the emotions of grief and cultural expectations. Since landing the gig she has gone on to feature the voice of Priya in Pixar's Turning Red but she remains eternally grateful to Mindy Kaling for giving her her first shot in this coming-of-age drama. Such hard feats you wouldn't have expected from a novice given that Never Have I Ever was Maitreyi's debut role but her style of comedy is part of what makes the show unique in its appeal. Maitreyi approached Devi's pain with limitless humour that was both entertaining and tender as it masked her grief. Her characterisation of the boy-crazy, grieving teen (having lost her on-screen father) was as real as they come. Not with any kind of smooth coolness but with Devi's boundless awkwardness that was just acutely, endearingly – if not painfully – relatable. Maitreyi Ramakrishnan charmed viewers instantly with her portrayal of Devi Vishwakumar on the hit comedy Never Have I Ever.
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