Jake Shane Just Made His Movie Debut, and a TV Show Is Coming. It’s Making Him Very, Very Nervous

Jake Shane started out posting viral skits on TikTok, and went on to his hit podcast, Therapuss , where he interviews superstars from Charli XCX to Selena Gomez. Now, he’s on his way to superstardom himself — after making his Broadway debut, he acted alongside Maya Hawke and Louis Pullman in the new film Wishful Thinking (which just debuted at SXSW), and is developing a semi-autobiographical comedy series at Hulu.

In a new episode of the Rolling Stone Studio , live at South by Southwest, Shane talks about making his movie debut, what he learned on the Hacks set, his fears of everything “going away,” and much more. To watch the whole interview, press play below. Some highlights from the discussion follow. Shane was nervous on his first day of shooting Wishful Thinking — and says the film’s lead actress, Maya Hawke, walked him through the basics of being on a film set.

“I was super, super, super nervous,” Shane says. “My first scene was just me and Maya alone, and I was so scared … She was so welcoming...