Popternative is thrilled to welcome Chloe Van Landschoot to our June 2026 digital cover. Chloe has been playing Kristi in MGM+’s hit sci-fi horror series From since its first season debuted in 2022. Following the explosive Season 4 finale, which premiered yesterday, fans are already looking ahead after it was announced that the series will return for a fifth and final season. Since the show’s debut, Kristi has been one of the town’s most essential figures: a medical student and paramedic whose knowledge and compassion have made her the lifeline as the trapped community fight to survive the horrors of the mysterious town.
As From prepares for its final chapter, Chloe reflects on Kristi’s emotional journey throughout Season 4, how her perspective on the character has evolved over the seasons, and why this latest chapter pushed every character to their limits.
She also opens up about how her real-life experience as a registered nurse has shaped her performance, what it’s been like growing alongside Kristi over the years, what she hopes to explore when production begins on the final season, and her thoughts on fan theories.
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You’ve been playing Kristi for four seasons now on From. How has your understanding of her evolved, and do you feel you’ve grown with her over the seasons?
Chloe: Yeah, totally. It’s been such a trip playing someone for over five years when only about forty days have actually passed in the world of the show. I can look back at each season and so clearly see parts of my own journey of self during that time period reflected in Kristi. It’s definitely created some online discourse over the years, but for me it’s also what gives her so much humanity. She’s not just the caretaker of the town. There’s this whole complex inner life she’s constantly trying to manage while staying in service of everyone else’s survival.
Chloe: Every season, another layer of her (and her hair, HA) gets peeled back. As much as that might frustrate or delight different people watching, I think that’s what makes her feel like a real person. John [Griffin] has given her the space to be contradictory, to make mistakes, to change, and to keep figuring herself out inside of a nightmare. Playing her has definitely forced me to confront parts of myself too. My own emotional detachment. My own fragility. My own need to have answers. I think over the years I’ve inevitably injected both my knowing and my unknowing into her.
Chloe: I admire her a lot. I don’t think I could be that selfless all the time. And one of the things I loved most about Season 4 was finally seeing her stand her ground more. She’s still deeply compassionate, but she’s starting to realize that caring for other people doesn’t have to mean abandoning herself or her point of view.
How would you describe Season 4 of From compared to the previous seasons?
Chloe: I’d say Season 4 feels real personal to each and every character. Like, it really be going for the juglar in ways that are tortuous, grotesque and just plain rude.
So much happened in Season 4. Of all the scenes, which one(s) was your favorite to film?
Chloe: Stickin’ it to Boyd in Episode 1 was pretty fun… and also kinda hard! Kristi has spent so long carrying everyone else’s burdens that it was really satisfying to see her finally say, “Naw, you don’t get a free pass just ’cause you’re Boyd.” It was fun to play in that sandbox with her because it’s not a side of Kristi we get to see very often. And Harold [Perrineau] is such a generous, receptive scene partner that it was honestly kind of tragic watching him take the hit like that.
One of the things that makes From so unique is its blend of genres—sci-fi, horror, mystery, drama. Which aspect of the series do you enjoy being a part of the most?
Chloe: I’d say it’s how the show explores what happens when people are pushed to their limits… and then discover that actually, it wasn’t their limit at all. Every time these characters think, “I can’t possibly survive one more thing,” the town asks them to. Again and again, and again. It definitely reminded me that we’re all far more resilient than we think we are. And also reminds us that resilience isn’t meant to be a solo sport. The people who survive are the ones who communicate, lean on each other, and stay in connection.
Many viewers may not know that you’re also a registered nurse. Can you tell us about that part of your life and how your medical training helped prepare you for your role on From?
Chloe: I mean, having the medical knowledge and the jargon under my belt was obviously really helpful when it came to playing Kristi. But I’d say the biggest thing nursing gave me was an understanding of what it’s actually like to emotionally process crisis as a healthcare provider.
Chloe: People often mistake that calmness for being emotionless, but it’s actually a very specific detachment of self in order to do the job. The feelings are still there, they just get neatly packed away, sometimes for years…until you end up playing a doctor on TV and realize how much you for sure need therapy. I also never nursed in a town full of monsters, so there was a learning curve there. I definitely leaned on healthcare pals who know way more than I do for some of the technical scenes. (Shout out to Mary-Kate Terepka for patiently answering all of my wildly specific and bizarre medical questions over the years!)
With From set to wrap up with Season 5, how did you feel when you found out the show would be ending? And what would you most like to explore or see happen with Kristi in the final season? (aside from getting to go home!)
Chloe: I’d say it’s bittersweet. You spend 5 seasons with cast and crew and they become a little family of yours – you watch folks get married, have kids, buy homes, and it’s hard to imagine that it’ll become significantly harder to stay in touch when it’s all over. But on the other hand, I think there’s something really beautiful about getting to tell a complete story. Not every show gets that opportunity, and I feel incredibly grateful that we do. As for Kristi in Season 5… I think we would all kinda love to see homegirl finally crash out.
Are you someone who follows fan theories about From online? Have any of them caught your attention or made you see the storylines differently?
Chloe: I mostly stay off the Reddit threads because it’s too feral over there! BUT there’s a theory a buddy sent to me that I loved. It talked about how the town is actually run on kid logic and that the town is trying to get adults to wake up to themselves and use their imagination and curiosity to solve world problems. And also probably because I am a large child, I related. So what if the wires don’t connect to anything? Also, the floor is lava, and you can’t sit beside me because you’ll squish Cassie… my imaginary friend. Oh, and you can’t go out at night because there are monsters, and oh by the way, I found this rock. It will protect you. I double pinkie promise. Duh.
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All episodes of Season 4 of From are streaming on MGM+.
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