Hacks, or even recognize her voice from Toy Story 4 (as the infectiously energetic Giggles McDimples), but there was a time when her career path might have gone very differently. “For a long time I really thought that I would become a journalist,” Maki tells Glamour. “And I still kind of think maybe at some point in life I will go down that route—maybe not as a career path, but just, you know, continuing to write.
I just love stories; I love psychology and understanding people.”Maki and I are discussing life paths, a theme central to her Apple TV+ series, The Big Door Prize.
In the show, which wraps up its first season this week, residents of a small town are transformed when a mysterious machine arrives, promising to predict everyone’s life potential.
As Hana, a newcomer to the town, Maki is all gumption and mystery, with sharp one-liners that mask an underlying vulnerability.
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