Pop Culture Unplugged w/ Elias

Aviva Mongillo on Playing Dori in Netflix’s BET, Finding Her Voice, and Eye Patch Struggles


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Aviva Mongillo joins Elias to talk about her role as Dori in Netflix’s new live-action thriller BET, based on the popular manga Kakegurui. Aviva gets candid about how the role changed her personally, the challenges of filming in an eye patch, and how playing Dori led to her own ADHD diagnosis.

🎙️ Interview Highlights:

  • The secretive audition process (she originally auditioned as "Steph")

  • How she connected with Dori’s chaotic yet vulnerable personality

  • The unexpected physical toll of Dance Dance Revolution scenes

  • Collaborating with showrunner Simon Barry and being empowered on set

  • Her thoughts on a potential Season 2 and character arcs she'd love to explore

  • The anime and manga fandom pressure—and how she found her version of Dori

    Aviva also shares what she hopes viewers take away from the show’s themes of identity, power, and breaking out of who you're told to be.

    BET is now streaming on Netflix.

    Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://youtu.be/lQ8p6DyJibg

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