“I’ve never been in a cast that was predominantly just boys and it sort of brought up everything that you would expect,” British actor Max Parker jokingly explains of his time filming Netflix ’s gay Marine dramedy Boots .

“Everyone’s so competitive, everyone’s pranking each other, everyone’s having the best time,” the 33-year-old actor tells The Hollywood Reporter on a Zoom from the U.K. “But also it’s hard to keep focused because it takes us right back to being in school.”

The show, set in 1990, follows Cameron, portrayed by Miles Heizer, a closeted teenager who follows his friend to the Marines. Parker stars as one of Cameron’s commanding officers, drill sergeant Sullivan. “I think when I first got this audition, it was so out of my comfort zone,” he says. “I never saw myself p

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