Laid back Alex Saxon makes acting natural look completely natural. As Wyatt, one of Callie’s “less complicated” love interests on The Fosters, the actor brings a tender but earnest energy, someone who’s “got other peoples interests at heart,” as he himself observes. Parallel to this, on the new Finding Carter, Alex plays Max, a holdover of sorts from Carter’s life before it was turned upside down (the show details a teenage girl’s experience after discovering her mother is actually her abductor, and that she has a whole other family). “Max is a little more lackadaisical about his direction in life,” Alex had to say. “He’s laid back to a point that’s actually enviable at times!” he adds.
Another peek into just how intelligent this actor is comes up when asked what other profession he may have liked to take part in other than performing. “It would be in medicine,” Alex responds immediately. “I maintain a fascination with human beings: how they work, why they do the things they do. It goes down to a biological level.” Drawing an interesting bridge between the worlds of medicine and performance, he says “It’s always about learning about the world around me. It informs the way I understand the universe. It’s all about how people work.”
Of course, inquiring minds truly want to know where Wyatt stands with Callie (and if he has even a distant shot against Brandon). “Wyatt loves Callie more than anything else,” Alex states. If she were to end up with him, “that would seem to be a less complicated option!” But not everyone seems to agree: “a dog ran through frame during an intimate scene with Callie,” he recalls. “There’s always this balance of staying with the work and having funny things going on. You have no idea what’s going to happen!”