You realize Ari Shapiro’s voice from his work on NPR. Now, we’re seeing far more of him in Netflix’s second season of The Mole. Earlier this yr, Netflix confirmed that he can be internet hosting Season 7 of the competitors actuality present, and Ari simply teased how the solid introduced one thing all-new to the franchise.
Ari is aware of a factor or two about casting on The Mole. Almost 20 years in the past, he truly auditioned to be a contestant. That didn’t go anyplace, however life has a humorous method of coming full circle. He’s now following within the footsteps of Anderson Cooper, Ahmad Rashad, and Alex Wagner by serving because the host.
The Mole Season 7’s praiseworthy solid
Ari spoke to Us Weekly concerning the new season, and it’s clear that he’s tremendous enthusiastic about lastly being part of the present. Throughout the dialog, he praised Netflix for pulling collectively a “numerous” solid, the place everybody introduced one thing distinctive to the desk.
Ari defined, “I say numerous not within the simplistic which means of the phrase. I imply it in each sense of the phrase.”
“So every particular person is there for a purpose. Whether or not it’s as a result of they’re good at puzzle fixing or bodily challenges,” he continued. “However they’re all very, very totally different from each other in age, physique kind, background, occupation, politics, and race. That was actually thrilling to see how the 12 of them work collectively.”
One factor that the entire contestants did have in widespread was their enthusiasm for the sport. As every particular person bought eradicated, Ari stated all of them expressed disappointment about lacking out on extra of the expertise. They filmed the season in Malaysia, so Ari teased locales of “tropical islands, caves, and skyscrapers.” Nobody wished to overlook out on any of that.
“The contestants who bought eradicated would inform me as I used to be strolling them to the automotive, ‘I’m actually bummed that I’m not going to get an opportunity to see what comes subsequent,’” Ari recalled. “As a result of every episode of the present is in a distinct location as a result of the missions have been excessive extraordinary, everyone actually wished to see what comes subsequent.”
Ari defined that he’s grateful to be on the internet hosting facet as a result of now, he doesn’t have to fret about getting eradicated. He had a front-row seat to all ten episodes. Seems like gig for a superfan!
Season 7 of The Mole is streaming on Netflix with new episodes dropping each Friday.
TELL US – WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE CAST OF SEASON 7 OF THE MOLE? DO YOU THINK ARI MAKES A GOOD HOST FOR THE SHOW?