Glamour: How has life changed for you both since the series premiered?

Natalia Dyer (Nancy): It’s changed. Living in New York, just getting stopped on the street often and having people talk about the show is crazy and wonderful. It’s great! But it’s definitely something to get used to. People do recognize me. I walk around with sunglasses and I think I’m hidden, but they do [see me]. They have wonderful and nice things to say about the show, so I have fun talking to [the fans].

Shannon Purser (Barb): I didn’t get recognized a whole lot at first, but all of a sudden it just started happening. People would look at me out of the corner of their eye, deciding whether or not they were going to come up to me! But they’re always super kind about it and have only nice things to say about the show. I’ve taken a few pictures. It’s totally surreal, and something I never expected.

Glamour: Shannon, you’ve been getting a lot of Barb love in particular. I was talking with Kristen Bell yesterday, and she was flipping out.

Natalia and Shannon in unison: What?!

Shannon: I love her!

Glamour: How are you able to put all of this into perspective?

Natalia: It’s really strange to try and process! With the way that social media is now, it can kind of blow up overnight. The success of the show has been really rapid, so it’s hard to realize just how many people are watching. Your life doesn’t quite change immediately in your day-to-day, so it’s weird to even think that Kristen is even watching it, liking it, and knowing who you are.

Glamour: On Twitter, so many fans are making memes or GIFs of Barb. Shannon, what is that like when you see it?

Shannon: [Laughs] This is actually like what happened to me when they told me I first got the part. I didn’t believe for a solid day that any of this was real, and it was all a dream. Like, "What are you talking about?!" So, yeah, definitely the response to Barb has been crazy and amazing. I’m so excited and happy that people have connected to her! Especially since this is my first acting credit. I hadn’t done a whole lot with film and television before, so to have this kind of response so early in my career has been astounding.

Glamour: I read that you still work at a movie theater!

Shannon: Yeah. [Laughs] I kind of just had my last day for the foreseeable future.

Natalia: Congrats!

Shannon: People started showing up at work, and I figured maybe I should lay low for a while. [Laughs] But it’s been a really good job!

Glamour: How familiar were you both with Winona Ryder’s career before this? What was it like working with her?

Natalia: Yeah, I was absolutely familiar with her when I was younger. I really loved The Crucible with her and Daniel Day-Lewis and Heathers. That part was a little surreal to think about working with her, but she’s great and so down-to-earth.

Shannon: I’ve been a huge Winona Ryder fan for a while. I’m one of four girls, so there are four sisters, so we used to watch Little Women seriously, maybe once a month. From a pretty young age, I really loved Winona and the kind of characters she played. I think she’s just incredible. Even just seeing her around, because I didn’t really have scenes with her, I was in major freak-out mode.