American Studies has published an interview featuring Freddy, in which he shares about his childhood, hobbies, his favorites and more. You can read the full article below and our gallery’s been updated with some outtakes from the photoshoot!
28-year-old Freddy Carter is the magnetic star of Netflix’s Shadow & Bone. Your new favorite show if you’ve seen it, and your new favorite show if you haven’t. It’s a mind-f#ck of a series bottled up in sci-fi of the highest fandom order. He stars as the daring Kaz Brekker, the “bastard of the barrel”— a lovable devil with a streak of constant bravado. Following the news of a second season, the English actor, one of Netflix’s latest prized possessions answers some particular curious questions.
AMERICAN STUDIES: It’s been written that you moved around quite a lot as a child. Which place is the most memorable?
FREDDY CARTER: I have very happy memories from Virginia in the USA. We were only there for a short time but there was a Chuck E’ Cheese so I was in 6 year old heaven.
AMERICAN STUDIES: The school you attended in Taunton, Queen’s College…on paper, seems like something out of a film. Magical, grand and very British. What was that like?
CARTER: It wasn’t quite Hogwarts but the building was originally a monastery. Which mostly meant it was absolutely freezing in the winter.
AMERICAN STUDIES: Can you name a random and obscure memory that comes to mind right now?
CARTER: The pressure! I remember a birthday party of my Mum’s when I was very little; she had a cake shaped like a duck.
