12/14/2023 0 Comments Maya ishii peters![]() ![]() Erskine initially studied musical theater but shifted to the school's Experimental Theater Wing. She then attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Įrskine attended Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences and graduated from Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. Her mother also plays the role of her character's mother on PEN15. Her mother is ethnic Japanese, from Tokyo, and her father is Caucasian American, from New Jersey. Early life and education Įrskine was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of Mutsuko Nigatawa and jazz drummer Peter Erskine. From 2019 to 2021, she starred in Hulu's original TV comedy series PEN15 alongside Anna Konkle the duo, who co-created and co-executive produced the series, played fictional versions of their 13-year-old selves. She is known for her roles as Maggie in Man Seeking Woman and Mikki in Betas. In addition to the sincerity of this scene, Anna’s ongoing battle with her parents – ie, whose side she’s supposed to be on – makes Pen15’s handling of the situation anomalous.Maya Erskine (born May 7, 1987) is an American actress and writer. The buildup to this moment – which sees Anna continually upset by her parents’ screaming matches – as well as the performances in the scene, successfully capture the real-life devastation of divorce. ![]() Soft piano music plays as teary eyed Kathy ( Melora Walters) and Curtis Cone ( Taylor Nichols) struggle with finding the right words to say to Anna. The scene at the end of Season 1, Episode 9, when Anna’s parents break the news about their divorce, is one of the most gut-wrenching of the series. Instead of lightly touching upon the subjects once an episode or sporadically like a Disney or Nickelodeon show would, the girls’ emotional conflicts with their respective situations is thoroughly dissected in many of the episodes. Two major themes that we see dealt with throughout the show are Anna’s parents’ rocky divorce and Maya’s struggle with her identity as a Japanese-American. Self-image isn’t the only tough issue faced by the Pen15 girls. ![]() This is unexpected from a live-action comedy about kids, though animations like Big Mouth don’t shy away, but a sincere representation of the sexual fears and ineptitude of pubescents. Erskine’s performance makes the scene visceral and disturbing, as first sexual encounters often are. She then has to run to the bathroom to spit out the – well, you-know-what, because she is so disgusted. The camera stays right up close to Erskine as she makes strange, guttural noises and is visibly uncomfortable. Where other TV shows might show an awkward peck between two tweens, Pen15 delivers the slobbery truth.īut bad kisses aren’t the worst of it: there’s a scene in the finale of Season 2 when Maya, thinking she’s about to get her first kiss, ends up giving her first blowjob instead. With skilled trick shots that allow the audience to see kiss scenes up close and personal – because, of course, the adults can’t make out with underage cast members – the audience is allowed into the intimate, if off-putting, tongue twirls. They’re also inexperienced when it comes to romantic encounters with boys, and Erskine and Konkle aren’t afraid to show just how awkward things can get. Maya and Anna’s adolescent behavior doesn’t stop at playing pretend. ![]()
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