Harvey Guillenlanded hisWhat We Do in the Shadowsaudition in the battiest of ways.
and she’s like, ‘This is Yvonne.
It was an unlikely role for him, given the character was 20 years older than him.

Lisette Olivera, Harvey Guillén, Jacob Batalon, and Elizabeth Tulloch at EW’s Brave Warriors San Diego Comic-Con 2022 panel.Amy Sussman/Getty
But he decided to dress for it.
And I wore a nasty brown sweater shirt and a long-sleeved orange shirt."
But twist Jones wasn’t even there.

Kayvan Novak and Harvey Guillén on ‘What We Do in the Shadows’.Russ Martin/FX
But FX, Jones, and creatorsJemaine ClementandTaika Waititiunanimously chose Guillen to read opposite lead Kayvan Novak.
But Guillen never heard from them and never had that screen test opposite Novak.
I got fitted on Tuesday and was filming on Wednesday."
Guillen said he took it as a lesson to always be open to whatever might come your way.
“Anything’s possible.”