Kendrick Sampson Says He Bonded With Shay Mitchell Over Food While Filming ‘Something From Tiffany’s’

09.12.2022 - 17:05 / usmagazine.com

Behind-the-scenes fun! Kendrick Sampson revealed how he and his Something From Tiffany’s costar Shay Mitchell bonded on set.

“[With] Shay, it was always about food. We are big foodies,” the Vampire Diaries alum, 34, exclusively told Us Weekly while promoting the Prime Video film last month. “Anywhere the food is, we’re looking at restaurants around, we’re like, ‘What can we order for snacks?’”

The Texas native continued: “At one point, I think Shay told me about this Jamaican restaurant around the corner. And I was like, ‘All right, well, it’s time for patties.’ So, we got patties for everybody.”

Sampson said that his dynamic with all of his scene partners — including Zoey Deutch and Leah Jeffries, who play his love interest and daughter, respectively — was playful.

“It was party time. It was fun times, it was laughing, it was a lot of gut-busting, a lot of cheeks hurting and a lot of good food eating,” he shared, adding that he had “so much fun with Zoey.”

In the romantic comedy, which premieres on Friday, December 9, Sampson’s character, Ethan, buys a Tiffany’s engagement ring for his girlfriend, Vanessa (Mitchell), but soon discovers that he left the store with the wrong box. Meanwhile, Gary (Ray Nicholson) thinks he’s giving his girlfriend Rachel (Deutch) a pair of earrings, only to accidentally give her the diamond band.

Sampson told Us that the film asks its viewers to consider “all those questions that people will start to think about during cuddle season, including “How do you find the person that you’re meant to be with?” and “Are you [really] meant to be with them?”

In terms of preparing for his role, the Insecure actor shared that he likes to think of every character he plays in terms of their zodiac sign — and he