“Why not, FX?! Take a crazy chance!”

That’s the question (in the form of hit Hilary Duff lyrics) that Owen Theile posed when he and the cast of Adults visited Decider’s studio to chat all things Season 2 and hopes for Season 3, including dream guest stars.

When Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw’s hit twenty-something hangout comedy premiered back in 2025, fans were quickly charmed by the tight-knit dynamics of best friends/housemates Samir (Malik Elassal), Billie (Lucy Freyer), Issa (Amita Rao), Anton (Owen Thiele), and Paul Baker (Jack Innanen). With a 76% Tomatometer rating and exciting guest stars like Charlie Cox and Julia Fox, Season 1 was certainly a success. But Season 2, which holds a perfect 100% Tomatometer rating and features more incredible guest stars like Raven-Symoné and Zosia Mamet, is a smash hit.

As the cast looks back on their sophomore season and realizes this is what dreams are made of, they’re also ambitiously looking ahead and have some top-notch pitches for the future. “I’d love a Hilary Duff cameo. That would be amazing,” Thiele told Decider. “If Hilary Duff came, we could all have our own little cartoons with her,” Rao added. And of course, confirmed Adults fan Taylor Swift has an open invite, too. “She can genuinely play anything she wants,” Theile said.

Since Adults Season 2 premiered Thursday, August 27 at 9:00 p.m. ET, Decider broke our interview into three parts to avoid spoilers. In Part 1, the cast talks about the Paul Baker prequel episode, meeting Owen’s sister Talia (Raven-Symoné), Issa and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez simultaneously freezing their eggs, and more.

DECIDER: Before we dive into Season 2, we have to talk about the Paul Baker prequel episode. Jack, what was it like re-contextualizing the character?

JACK INNANEN: It was hard to pretend that I didn’t know them all. That was really tricky on camera. It made me sad. But it was cool to see, in doing it in reverse, how we met, and then to contextualize everything else.

MALIK ELASSAL: I was being rude to you because I didn’t know Paul Baker. I went method.

INNANEN: He was being mean. He was being a monster off-set for the whole season.

After Billie’s elaborate journey to get her problematic Facebook post removed, the premiere features some real-life footage of all of your internet pasts. What was it like selecting those and seeing how far you’ve come? 

RAO: You know, there was a short-lived attempt of only private YouTube videos where I tried to be a vlogger and just seeing how far I’ve come, and kind of what I was into at the time — tribal print, biking — like that was a journey. 

FREYER: Your raw, unedited YouTube videos — she has them. The full things. Like 35 minutes. And she’s like, “Hi guys!” And then she’ll like reset, and she’ll be like, “Hi guys.” And it’s like that for like 30 seconds.

RAO: It was like me trying to nail that classic 2010s YouTube intro. 

FREYER: Wait, what was it? “Sorry to disturb you!” She wanted that to be a catchphrase. [Laughs]

RAO: “Sorry to disturb you!” Yeah, so I cut out the dis. And it was just, “Sorry to sturb you!” [Laughs]

Speaking of personality changes, Owen it was shocking to see Anton’s more immature alter ego around his family. What was it like playing that hilarious change opposite your pal Raven-Symoné? 

OWEN THIELE: Well, she’s become my pal, but she’s a role model to me. She’s my icon, and I’m obsessed with her. So to work with her was a dream come true. I remember when Jack and I were at the diner, and we were opposite Raven-Symoné; there was a moment where I was like, “Wait, cut! I’m with Raven-Symoné here, this is crazy!” It was really fun. Also, the flip where Anton is so nice to everyone except his family is so relatable to me, not that I’m mean to my family; I love my family. But I can get a little snippy. So it’s fun to pull from.

When you host your In Your Dreams podcast, you have this incredible wall of pop culture icons behind you, including Raven-Symoné. Who from that wall are we manifesting on Adults next? 

THIELE: Raven-Symoné smack in the middle! Oh my god, any of them are welcome to come. Whoever wants to come can come. I would love a Sabrina Carpenter cameo; I’d love a Hilary Duff cameo. That would be amazing. Honestly, I think what I’m really manifesting is that we go again and that Raven comes back.

LUCY FREYER: She’s established in the world now. She’s a staple. 

AMITA RAO: If Hilary Duff came, we could all have our own little cartoons with her.

INNANEN: Oh, I would like that.

THEILE: That is cute. 

Issa can do some singing with Hilary. Maybe she can be Billie’s cousin, or another one of Paul Baker’s friends who he doesn’t know is that famous.

THIELE: Yeah. Why not? Why not, FX?! Take a crazy chance!

FREYER: Why not do a crazy dance? 

You also have a hardcore fan in Taylor Swift, no big deal. Does she have an open invite, too?

RAO: No, no, not her. She has to audition.

THIELE: Yeah, she has to go through the whole process. I want callbacks. And I want chemistry reads. No, obviously Taylor Swift can do whatever she wants! I’m obsessed with her. She’s such a special human being.

ELASSAL: She could play Samir.

RAO: She can play my mom.

THIELE: She can genuinely be Anton. She can play whatever she wants.

Aside from Raven-Symoné, Season 2 has such a stacked guest star lineup. Who were your favorites to act opposite?

JACK INNANEN: The bros [Liam Cullagh, Will Sennett, and Joey Dardano] were really fun. And that was the first thing we shot. And it was weird, especially playing Paul Baker in full bro. I had to remember who he was for a second. But that was really fun. 

RAO: I really had fun improvising opposite Zosia Mamet. She’s such an incredible improviser, and because we pay so much homage to Girls, it just felt really [special].

FREYER: I was going to say Zosia, too. Ben Marshall was fun. He was really funny. He had some great improvs, too. 

ELASSAL: Gaten Matarazzo. He was just so awesome to be around. Just a little professional.

Oh my god, amazing. Adults fans, make the catchphrase happen. Between Issa and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, I feel like there’s never been a more iconic time to freeze your eggs.

RAO: Thank you. I know, isn’t that just awesome timing?

Do you think that Issa would have been inspired by AOC’s viral journey? And we finally got some quality Samir and Issa scenes. How fun was it for you two to play that incredible physical comedy? 

RAO: Well first of all, I think Issa would have known in her heart of hearts that AOC did it because of her. [Laughs] And then playing off Malik, I mean, we just had so much fun. 

ELASSAL: It was awesome. It was a lot of you screaming at me and attacking me

RAO: Which was kind of our callback audition, too. I got to insult Malik a lot.

ELASSAL: We got to do a full chase scene, which is great.

RAO: And he had to make me fall and flip me over and stuff. We had so much fun. We love physical shit.

ELASSAL: We were like stressing the stunt people out, because we were like, “No. Don’t even put the pads down. We want to feel it. We were rallying to get a no-mat fall backwards, and they were like, “No.”

INNANEN: They had a stunt guy, and they didn’t use him, right? 

ELASSAL: Yeah, there was one day where there was just a guy walking around in my outfit, and I was like, “Why do I think I know this guy?”

In the finale, Paul Baker campaigns for Homeowners Association President. Jack, I’m curious, was that just practice for another White Boy of the Month campaign? Are you running again? Is there anything you would like to say to the people, the early voters?

INANNEN: Thank you so much for asking. Of course, I think this is an opportune time to say I’m running for White Boy of the Year. Not just the month. I’m trying to go for the whole year. Because we’re close to September, I’m going to go September to September. I’m really excited for the school year, for all the kids out there who want to vote — like university kids. Not children. Cut this. [Laughs] Yeah, White Boy of the Year. Super confident.

RAO: I’m also running for White Boy of the Year. I’m gonna release a couple videos soon. September to September. I’m actually gonna do four years to go for presidency. White Boy Of The Nation. 

ELASSAL: I’m gonna throw my hat in the ring also. People are debating if I’m white on Twitter now.

Stay tuned for Part 2 and Part 3 of Decider’s Adults Season 2 interview with the cast.

This interview was edited for length and clarity.

Adults Season 2 is now streaming on Hulu.