Jaeden Martell stars in the Apple TV+ limited series “Defending Jacob” in the titular role, a teenager who is charged with murdering a classmate. Martell stars alongside Chris Evans as Jacob’s father, previously acting together in “Knives Out.”

Martell recently spoke with Gold Derby contributing editor Riley Chow about how much he knew going into “Defending Jacob,” why he didn’t want to read the book the series was based on and what it’s like to work in television vs. movies. Watch the exclusive video interview above and read the complete transcript below.

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Gold Derby: Jaeden, when you came onto the show, were you told whether Jacob was actually the murderer or was that something that you might’ve discovered as you were reading the scripts?

Jaeden Martell: After reading the scripts it was still unclear so...