Netflix’s upcoming YA drama Crew Girl is rowing straight into romance, rivalry, and plenty of emotional turbulence, with a central love triangle already poised to spark debate among viewers. Stars Sam Braun and Kyle Clark, who play Josh Regis and Cam Dillinger, respectively, even have a playful suggestion for deciding which character deserves to win over fans.
Premiering on Netflix on Sept. 10, the new series follows 16-year-old rower Teagan Tao, played by Miku Martineau, as her life is upended by a family scandal. The fallout forces Teagan and her mother, portrayed by Jessica Paré, to leave California and return to Eagle’s Cove, the small Northeastern hometown her mother once left behind. Once there, Teagan faces another blow: her new school does not have a women’s crew team.
Determined to stay on the water, Teagan earns a spot on the men’s team as its coxswain, a move that quickly pulls her into complicated dynamics both on and off the boat. According to Netflix’s synopsis, her attention is split between Josh, Braun’s “arrogant team captain,” and Cam, Clark’s “quiet but intensely driven townie.” The Crew Girl trailer makes it clear that Teagan shares charged chemistry with both teammates, setting up the inevitable question of which connection will ultimately come out ahead.
Speaking with DECIDER about the fan reactions likely to follow, Braun and Clark acknowledged that the show’s romantic tension could divide audiences into Team Josh and Team Cam. And when it comes to settling the coming ship wars, the actors already have at least one lighthearted solution in mind.
“Man, I feel like it’s gonna have to get, like, settled with like an arm wrestle or something. So I gotta get to the gym,” Braun joked.
Clark quipped, ” I do too now. I didn’t know you were looking at it that way. Alright, I gotta go work out! I need to do that.”
Nonetheless, Clark also admitted that he’s “not” ready for the fandom that could emerge from the new YA drama.
“I have no idea the storm that may or may not ensue, I guess though,” he shared.
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Martineau, who was sitting between the two actors while chatting with DECIDER, recalled that the cast had arm wrestled on set, prompting Clark to tease that he thought he and Braun had “arm wrestled before.”
Braun asked, “Have we?”
Martineau chimed in, “So who won?”
After neither Braun nor Clark could remember who the alleged winner was, Martineau proposed that they’ll “livestream the next one.”
Clark added, “We’ll livestream the official one, and then the fans can decide.”
Crew Girl hits Netflix on Sept. 10.