Perfect Matchseason 3’s rotating cast features some incredibly fun stars, anda select few chatted with Screen Rant about their time on the show. With several cast members coming intoPerfect Matchseason 3having appeared on different reality TV shows, the cast is playing a whole new game to find love than the stars who appeared in seasons' past.
WhilePerfect Matchseason 3’s casthasn’t all hit the air within the show’s first stretch of episodes, many of the central figures of the series have already come to light. SeeingPerfect Matchshifting into a new era with cast members outside the Netflix reality TV universejoining the show, it’s clear the show is ready to step into its own light.
Several ofPerfect Matchseason 3’s stars spoke to Screen Rantahead of the premiere to discuss their experiences this season.
Screen Rant: AD, I want to start with you. So this is a really big season for you, obviously. You’ve gone through a whirlwind since the show finished. Are you looking forward to seeing it back on camera?
AD Smith: [Faux-serious] No. [Laughs] No, I’m kidding. I’m excited to see viewers POV of our love unfold. I think it’ll be fun to watch.
Screen Rant: And what can viewers expect?
AD: Oh gosh, they can expect some tears, a lot of laughter, a lot of love, and just two people doing their best.
Screen Rant: Sandy, so walking intoPerfect Match, did you see yourself pursuing strategy or did you see yourself looking for emotional authenticity?
Sandy Gallagher: My focus was purely like an emotional connection. I, that was my strategy. That was the only strategy I had. If I didn’t connect with someone, I would not have stayed there to be honest. And yeah, I, I found it like really early on. So it was kind of a surreal thing, but it was really amazing.
Screen Rant: Are you excited for people to see a different side of you?
Sandy: Yes. Because the first go around was really painful and just so like emotionally draining. And I was just not in a good situation. And this time around, I feel like I hope people can really see me for who I am and just like the woman that I am and the friend that I am. So I’m excited.
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Screen Rant: I’m excited for people to see the journey. Rachel, so afterThe Bachelorand becoming a co-Bachelorette, how did that experience really affect your sense of control? How did you bring that intoPerfect Match?
Rachel Recchia: I think in anything, you really have no control over the outcome at all, but it definitely taught me how to compartmentalize and date different people and figure out what I want. I feel like I definitely, you know, dated around and tried different things. So it helped with that for sure.
Screen Rant: Are you excited to kind of bring another iteration of Rachel into the world?
Rachel: Same Rachel, still crying [laughs]. No, I am excited. I’m excited, and I’m excited that I get to be a part of Netflix and that I met these ladies.
Screen Rant: Lucy, after being the runner-up onToo Hot To Handle, do you feel ready to win this time? Was that a priority for you going into this experience?
Lucy Syed: It wasn’t like, it’s definitely not a priority, no. I’m just like, I can’t help, like I am a lover girl and that just takes over. So I think even if I tried to go in with strategy, like it would just fly out the window straight away. I’ll catch the feels and I’m like, oh okay, maybe just like do whatever to keep me to the ends of the earth [laughs].
Screen Rant: Ollie, I want to start with you. Coming intoPerfect Match, we know ahead of time things are very, very different toward the end than they were onLove Is Blind UK. How did your former experience shape this experience? What did you bring into it?
Freddie Powell: Someone finally wanted him [laughs].
Ollie Sutherland: It’s fair. It’s fair. No, I think Love is Blind encouraged you to ask the serious questions early on because you haven’t really got anything else to go by. You haven’t got, like, the physicality in terms of the visuals or the physical touch and things like that. So you’re asking the real questions early on. I think you kind of just know what your deal breakers are early on and you’re able to kind of, like, suss that out in the earlier stages rather than sort of, like, finding it out later on down the line.
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Screen Rant: That makes sense! Louis, we’ll go to you. AfterToo Hot To HandleandBattle Camp, do you have a different version of yourself that you’re bringing intoPerfect Match,or do you feel like the evolution is just continuing?
Ollie: [Laughs] It’s getting worse, isn’t it? Different show, same tricks.
Louis Russell: I think that I…no [laughs] I think that I’ve grown. In all seriousness, I think that going into this show, I had a story that showed a bit of growth into how I deal with, you know, relationships. I think Battle Camp was beneficial for me because you saw a side of me that wasn’t dating. You saw my actual personality and how I am and I sort of brung that… Well, I haven’t seen it, but I felt like I brung it into the dating with Perfect Match.
Screen Rant: I think we’re just going up. We’re trending up.
Louis: Thank you, I appreciate it.
Screen Rant: Clayton, this is new for you. Coming into this experience, did thePerfect Matchformat feel authentic to you? Were you excited to experiment with something different?
Clayton Echard: Yeah, it was a very authentic experience and I was surprised. I mean, how there wasn’t really… I mean, I could do and be whatever I wanted to be. Walking into this show, I kind of actually was looking over my shoulder. It’s just like we all got to come in and just be ourselves and there wasn’t really any type of pull to be something different. So, yeah, it was a different experience from what I previously had dealt with.
Screen Rant: That’s good to hear. And, Freddie, I want to get to you as well. How has your version of love evolved sinceLove is Blind?And how can we see that onPerfect Match?
Freddie Powell: So, since Love is Blind, I think it opened my eyes up. It made me kind of realize more about what I want in a person and what I don’t want. And I tried to bring that into Perfect Match. You know, what I like about Perfect Match is I didn’t know the person I was connecting with. I didn’t know her from anything prior, so I hadn’t watched her show. I knew what I didn’t want in a partner, but I also knew what I wanted in a partner, so yeah.
Perfect Matchseason 3 is available to stream on Netflix, with new episodes dropping each Friday.
