As the only female cast member in HBO's new hit comedy Silicon Valley, Amanda Crew has quickly learned how to hold her own -- whether it's pulling red carpet pranks with her comedian co-stars or sharing screen time with the late, great Christopher Evan Welch.

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Crew stopped by #pretapodcasts to tell us how she landed such a prize role, as well as what it's like working with Amanda Bynes ("the Lucille Ball of our generation"), the process of transforming into her uptight character Monica ("I just became a woman every time") and why viewers should be sure to tune in to the Silicon finale. (Hint: "the biggest dick joke you'll ever see.")