The cast My life with the Walter Boys really plays the love triangle in season 2!
Recently, the stars of the Netflix series, Nikki Rodriguez, Ashby Gentry and Noah LaLonde, took a short break from filming the anticipated second season to attend a Halloween party, and their group costume went viral.
While their characters are in the middle of a dramatic love triangle, they decided to pay tribute to one of the most legendary love triangles of 2024: Challengers.
In a TikTok shared by Rodriguez, the trio showed off their looks, with the actress playing tennis star-turned-coach Tashi (Zendaya), Gentry as Patrick (Josh O’Connor) and LaLonde as Art (Mike Faist). While Rodriguez donned a white tennis dress, Gentry and LaLonde could be seen in the background recreating the film’s infamous churro scene.
Speaking exclusively to PEOPLE about her partnership with Invisalign, Gentry, 25, says the now-viral costume was a great last-minute decision.
“There was a cast member who was throwing a Halloween party, and we were all spitting out ideas of what we were going to be. We went to Spirit Halloween and we were like, ‘Oh, maybe we’ll get basic costumes or whatever,'” Gentry recalls of his conversation with his colleagues. “And then I looked at them and I said, ‘Dude, we should be Challengers love triangle.’”
He admits that Rodriguez and LaLonde were a little apprehensive at first, though he eventually talked them into it. “At first, they were a little afraid,” he explains. “They were like, ‘Are you sure that’s a good idea? Are people going to think it’s too much or whatever?’ And I said, ‘No, that’s exactly what we should do.’ Then we went to Goodwill and put the costumes together in about 10 minutes.”
He adds that he was surprised by who dressed up in whom for the group costume. “I was surprised that I was Patrick because Alex is definitely more Art than Patrick,” he says, comparing his character to My life with the Walter Boys characters in Challengers. “I think it’s just because of the hair, they said, ‘It works better if you’re Patrick.’ So it was nice to step into it, first for a change in another guy’s shoes and not be the good guy for once.”
Nikki Rodriguez as Jackie and Ashby Gentry in My Life with the Walter Boys.
Courtesy of Netflix
While the cast has another Halloween costume planned for the actual holiday, since they’re all filming together on October 31st, he teases that he’d love to do another love triangle costume if the show is renewed for a third season.
“If people watch season two and we go back and do season three and it happens during Halloween, I don’t see how we can’t do a group costume. I kind of like the idea of doing other love triangles,” he says, noting that they could potentially pay homage to another hit teen drama, The Vampire Diaries.
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My life with the Walter Boys season 1 is currently streaming on Netflix.
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