How the 'Daisy Jones' cast went from beginners to bandmates

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I’ve now done like 70 shows and two tours and have a label and all these things that I didn’t have before I played Karen, so I have a lot to be really grateful to the show for.” While Waterhouse was already a recording artist, other actors relished in the opportunity to live out their rock star fantasies. Sebastian Chacon, who portrays Warren Rhodes, played drums in middle school and early high school but the kind of music he learned in band class was very different than the drumming he did on “Daisy Jones.” “Everybody wants to be a rock star, but it takes a lot of work and hustle," Chacon said. “To be able to just skip the line and pretend to be a big famous rock star, I was like, ‘Wow, amazing, fantastic.’” Josh Whitehouse, who plays Eddie Roundtree, also had music experience. He began playing with bands at 16 years old and continued performing for 10 years “until acting took over.” “It felt like a lot of my backstory was done for me and a lot of my prep because I could draw on my own experiences in a way.” Once the band began to click as a whole, a natural fatigue from rehearsing kicked in as the cast itched to begin filming.