A Tale Dark & Grimm

So it was fun being able to see, especially David.

I mean, he... did a lot you know from the time he was 12 13 it was just commercial commercial and then going off into the series route but um it was not like my mom or dad was pushing us into this thing david and i we we enjoyed it we thought it was fun um we didn't look at it like a job you know i think a lot of kids growing up especially in the late 90s early 2000s a lot of kids especially the ones that we saw their families were dependent on them booking and that was something thanks be to god you know my dad was not depending on the boys to provide for the family um so there was no pressure like i was going to hockey practice after auditions you know sometimes i would i would not go on auditions because i want to go to hockey um so it was very much it was not like a pressured thing from my parents

yeah it seems like a good balance i mean you hear about The stories of Britney Spears and the whole, you know, being beholden to the family because they're bringing in, you know, the recent Jackson movie too, like how the Jacksons grew up that way too.

But you had a good balance there.

Um, so I, I was, I made that decision to like, I, I had a good group of friends and I liked school and you know, my, I played sports.

So I, I made a clear decision to like, okay, I'll, I'll do a movie or show here and there.

But when you book a series, regular role, you're there, you're on set for however long the show goes like David on the, on the Disney show.

Um, so I, there were a couple of opportunities I had that I turned down, which now I'm looking back on it with the five kids now, like maybe, maybe I should have taken that role and, um, invested a little bit.

Interesting.

[upbeat music] Grimm Grimmer Grimmaest is a Penna original production, created, written, and narrated by me, Adam Gidwitz, author of A Tale Dark & Grimm.

Co-written by Ally Horn.

Produced and edited by Alanna Milner.