The actor plays Langston, Lily’s (Midori Francis) gay older brother, who is romantic, impulsive, and just a little immature. Having dropped out of college after experiencing his first heartbreak, he’ll happily give his sister advice on boys, but could stand to take some advice himself.
Langston is half Japanese, and playing the role has implored Troy to learn more about his own Japanese background.
Troy was most recently in the Tony-nominated Broadway production of Be More Chill, and before that, he starred in the off-Broadway production of The Boy Who Danced On Air.
JJJ highly recommends you go watch Dash & Lily on Netflix, which is streaming now, and check out 10 Fun Facts with Troy below!
1. When I was little I wanted to be a professional chef even though I hated cooking, I really just wanted a nice kitchen.
2. I could graze on seaweed all day.
3. My brother and I use to put T-shirts on our waists and heads to make skirts and hair and then dance to Mozart in the living room and my mom would film it, there are multiple tapes.
4. Through college I worked as a Jungle Cruise Skipper at Disneyland.
5. I wore 2 pairs of underwear in all of middle school because of pantsing. My mom saw the paired undies while she was doing laundry and just looked at me and said, “Smart.”
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The trailer for the upcoming Netflix holiday series Dash & Lily premiered on Friday morning (October 23)!
Chemical Hearts‘ Austin Abrams and Good Boys‘ Midori Francis star in the cute romantic comedy show, set around Christmas.
Here’s a synopsis: A whirlwind Christmas romance builds as cynical Dash (Abrams) and optimistic Lily (Francis) trade dares, dreams, and desires in the notebook they pass back and forth at locations all across New York City finding they have more in common with each other than they would have expected.
The series is based off of the New York Times bestseller “Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares” by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, and is produced by Shawn Levy‘s 21 Laps Entertainment and Nick Jonas’ Image 32.
The upcoming eight episode show is based off of the book series “Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares” from Rachel Cohn and David Levithan.
Here’s a synopsis: A whirlwind Christmas romance builds as cynical Dash and optimistic Lily trade dares, dreams, and desires in the notebook they pass back and forth at locations all across New York City finding they have more in common with each other than they would have expected.
Nick Jonas is actually one of the executive producers on the show, and it’s the first project released from his Image 32 production company!
“This holiday season, true love is only a dare away… So proud of this project! #DashandLily comes to @Netflix on November 10th and I can’t wait for you to see it!” Nick wrote on Instagram.
