{"id":2054655,"date":"2025-09-27T20:05:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T20:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2054655"},"modified":"2025-09-27T20:05:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T20:05:31","slug":"mae-martin-reveals-which-wayward-stunt-took-17-takes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/mae-martin-reveals-which-wayward-stunt-took-17-takes\/","title":{"rendered":"Mae Martin Reveals Which \u2018Wayward\u2019 Stunt Took \u201817 Takes\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Mae Martin<\/strong>\u2019s new series, Wayward, is the manifestation of years of hard work, but that doesn\u2019t mean every take was easy to film.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have to handle a gun in Wayward, and it took me 17 takes simply to get it out of the case,\u201d the actor, 38, shares exclusively in their 25 Things You Don\u2019t Know About Me feature in the latest issue of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/magazineshop.us\/collections\/us-weekly\">Us Weekly<\/a>, on newsstands now. \u201cI\u2019m not very coordinated.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Martin is the creator, executive producer and lead actor on Netflix\u2019s Wayward, which follows a small-town police officer who begins to unearth the mystery surrounding a local school for troubled teens and its suspicious founder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s so surreal for me that people are finally going to see it,\u201d Martin says about the limited series, which is available to stream now. \u201cIt\u2019s been in my brain for so long. I don\u2019t want to give too much away, so I\u2019ll just say that filming it was wild and thrilling. I was often covered in blood, water and mud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Keep scrolling for more personal stories from Martin, including their surprising habits, celebrity encounters and childhood memories.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A psychic told me that this is my \u201cexpansion\u201d year, and next year I\u2019ll settle down. We\u2019ll see.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>I used to obsessively cook lentil shepherd\u2019s pie until people told me to stop because it wasn\u2019t very good.<\/li>\n<li>I do 10 push-ups before I go on stage for my comedy routines, which is really embarrassing if there are other comedians around.<\/li>\n<li>I always feel like my brain starts waking up in the fall \u2014 Halloween, jacket weather, leaves falling.<\/li>\n<li>I watch so many true-crime documentaries that they all blend into one horrific soup in my brain.<\/li>\n<li>I remember when I was 11 on vacation in Greece. I woke up at 6:30 am, watched the sunrise, walked through the olive groves, bought a bag of sugar donuts, sat on the beach and ate them all. Pure happiness.<\/li>\n<li>I have to handle a gun in Wayward, and it took me 17 takes simply to get it out of the case. I\u2019m not very coordinated.<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019m definitely a night owl. I love to be awake when everyone else is asleep, and mornings can be scary.\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:150%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium credit-added wp-image-4114423\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/25-Things-Mae-Martin-WAYWARD_S1_GLAM_MAEMARTIN_Setup14_00069_R.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"25 Things Mae Martin WAYWARD_S1_GLAM_MAEMARTIN_Setup14_00069_R Inline\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/25-Things-Mae-Martin-WAYWARD_S1_GLAM_MAEMARTIN_Setup14_00069_R.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/25-Things-Mae-Martin-WAYWARD_S1_GLAM_MAEMARTIN_Setup14_00069_R.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/25-Things-Mae-Martin-WAYWARD_S1_GLAM_MAEMARTIN_Setup14_00069_R.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=62&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/25-Things-Mae-Martin-WAYWARD_S1_GLAM_MAEMARTIN_Setup14_00069_R.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/25-Things-Mae-Martin-WAYWARD_S1_GLAM_MAEMARTIN_Setup14_00069_R.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/25-Things-Mae-Martin-WAYWARD_S1_GLAM_MAEMARTIN_Setup14_00069_R.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/25-Things-Mae-Martin-WAYWARD_S1_GLAM_MAEMARTIN_Setup14_00069_R.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/25-Things-Mae-Martin-WAYWARD_S1_GLAM_MAEMARTIN_Setup14_00069_R.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/25-Things-Mae-Martin-WAYWARD_S1_GLAM_MAEMARTIN_Setup14_00069_R.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/25-Things-Mae-Martin-WAYWARD_S1_GLAM_MAEMARTIN_Setup14_00069_R.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/25-Things-Mae-Martin-WAYWARD_S1_GLAM_MAEMARTIN_Setup14_00069_R.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"credit\">Saty+Pratha\/NETFLIX<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li>I have a recurring nightmare that I have to go back to middle school.<\/li>\n<li>When I went to summer camp, I tried to tell people that my nickname was \u201cMaple Sugar\u201d because I thought it sounded cool. It really didn\u2019t catch on.<\/li>\n<li>I spent most of my time in parks and alleyways being sketchy as a teenager, but performing at the Second City Toronto was formative for sure.<\/li>\n<li>This sounds pretentious, but genuinely Crime and Punishment by [Fyodor] Dostoevsky is my favorite book.<\/li>\n<li>I have a small brass pig that has a really nice weight to it when you hold it in your hand.<\/li>\n<li>Chicken schnitzel, mashed potatoes, broccoli and gravy is my favorite comfort meal.<\/li>\n<li>I worked the graveyard shift at a pizza place in Toronto, serving hipsters. I ate a lot of pizza and tried to ignore the rats and mice I saw in the kitchen.\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/alyvia-alyn-lind-compares-wayward-role-to-daybreak-character-angelica\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Alyvia-Alyn-Lind-Daybreak-Wayward.jpg?crop=0px%2C111px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Alyvia Alyn Lind Daybreak Wayward\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Alyvia-Alyn-Lind-Daybreak-Wayward.jpg?quality=40&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/alyvia-alyn-lind-compares-wayward-role-to-daybreak-character-angelica\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Alyvia Alyn Lind Compares &#8216;Wayward&#8217; Role to &#8216;Daybreak&#8217; Character Angelica<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tNetflix viewers tuning into Wayward might feel themselves rooting for Alyvia Alyn Lind\u2019s character Leile \u2014 especially if they were fans of her role as Angelica in Daybreak. During an exclusive interview with Us Weekly, Lind, 18, weighed in on the similarities between her characters, saying, \u201cOh my gosh, I love that. I feel like [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tim Curry<\/strong> in The Rocky Horror Picture Show was my celebrity crush. He has this piratic smile like he would ruin your life in a fun way.<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/lisa-kudrow\/\"><strong>Lisa Kudrow<\/strong><\/a> will forever be my most famous friend, I think, and I\u2019m lucky to know her.<\/li>\n<li>I met <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/kevin-bacon\/\"><strong>Kevin Bacon<\/strong><\/a> at a party, and he was wildly charismatic and very kind. I hope I didn\u2019t say anything weird.<\/li>\n<li>My alternate profession would be a monk, or I\u2019d love to work with troubled teens.<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/paul-reubens\/\"><strong>Paul Reubens<\/strong><\/a> was my hero as a kid. I also spent a lot of time imagining that <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/bette-midler\/\"><strong>Bette Midler<\/strong><\/a> would show up at my school and recruit me to star in a movie with her.<\/li>\n<li>I memorized all the countries and capital cities of the world!<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019d like to write a kids\u2019 movie, direct something I\u2019ve written and learn how to dance like a Magic Mike dancer because that seems like it could be a fun party trick.<\/li>\n<li>I lived in London for 12 years and I miss it a lot, partly because I was so close to [other parts of] Europe!<\/li>\n<li>I can\u2019t leave the house without a notebook, black pen and peanut butter PowerBar.<\/li>\n<li>Wayward has been in my brain for so long. Filming it was wild and thrilling. I was often covered in blood, water and mud.<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mae Martin\u2019s new series, Wayward, is the manifestation of years of hard work, but that doesn\u2019t mean every take was easy to film. \u201cI have to handle a gun in Wayward, and it took me 17 takes simply to get it out of the case,\u201d the actor, 38, shares exclusively in their 25 Things You [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2054656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[382092,21741,25404,24122],"class_list":["post-2054655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-25-things-you-dont-know-about-me","tag-entertainment","tag-exclusive","tag-reality-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mae-Martin-Reveals-Which-\u2018Wayward-Stunt-Took-\u201817-Takes.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2054655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2054656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2054655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2054655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2054655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}