‘The Other Two’ Stars Drew Tarver and Heléne Yorke Say Goodbye to Brooke and Cary Dubek, TV’s Most Deranged Siblings

Note: This interview was conducted prior to the release of a Hollywood Reporter piece detailing HR complaints against The Other Two’s creators.

It’s a funny thing, interviewing Drew Tarver and Heléne Yorke about their show The Other Two for Vogue; the HBO series has skewered this publication on more than one occasion, including through a plotline that had us host a party unveiling “the new Hadid sister.” Yet over its three seasons, The Other Two has established itself as one of television’s sharpest and most provocative examinations of what it means to be young (-ish), confused, a tiny bit mean, and hungry for fame—while also reviling it as a concept.

Tarver and Yorke’s characters, sibling duo Cary and Brooke Dubek, may be what the kids these days call “toxic”—all the more so in the show’s third and final season, in which they find success outside of their younger brother Chase’s Justin-Bieber-style music career—but in real life, the actors share Cary and Brooke’s charming chemistry while leaving their neuroses at the door. On the occasion of The Other Two’s recent series finale, read our conversation with Tarver and Yorke below.

Vogue: This might be corny, but I would love for you two to summarize each other’s The Other Two characters in a word.

Drew Tarver: I think Brooke is bold.

Heléne Yorke: I guess “desperate”? Cary Dubek is desperate?

DT: They’re both bold and desperate at times. Brooke is more bold than Cary, she’s walking headfirst into things and then being like, “Oops, I messed up,” whereas Cary is a little more on his heels and expecting to mess up.

HY: When I read the scripts for this season, I felt that Cary’s journey was so sadly relatable—maybe because I’m an actor. I just watched Episode 8 again with my husband, and watching him reply to Instagram stories while driving…my friend posted a video of me on the show, and I was like, I’m Cary Dubek. I’m reposting things, being like, “What? So sweet!” [Laughs.] These two characters are pieces of all of us, in a way. That’s what makes them work, is that whether you like it or not, you relate to them in a way that’s probably really embarrassing.