17 Behind-The-Scenes Secrets About "Shadowhunters" And "Arrow" Straight From Katherine McNamara

Kat said, "So it was several auditions over several months, including a few edit chemistry tests with Dom [Sherwood] and a chemistry test with Alberto [Rosende] and we were all sort of in that process together and by the time we got through it, we were already bonded in a way."She said, "The sides we're not even for anything like Mia Smoak. There's no question in my mind." Kat also said her bond with Alberto was really strong even before filming began because they went through the audition process together.Reflecting on her stunt training, Kat said she owes a lot to the incredible trainers behind the scenes of Shadowhunters. She said, "I would train with these guys three to five times a week and martial arts and boxing and different you know, high intensity interval training and weight training and things like this. He knows so much, is so smart, so funny, and so quick on his feet, that it's like watching a master's class working with them."She said that she played with the flechettes a lot on set because they wanted her to be able to "twirl it and play with it."Kat shared, "One of our camera operators, who did my very first shot on Shadowhunters ever and was there until the very end, took that on the last day we shot in Clary's room and had the whole camera crew sign it, and then gave it to me as a surprise.