Jun 22, 2026 · 6 min · 3 segments
Host Lori Rosales interviews actor / director Milo Ventimiglia (“Gilmore Girls,” “This Is Us”), who talks about working on the limited series “I Will Find You” with Sam Worthington and his directing…
Lori RosalesHostUm, so, uh, the show is about, um, Sam Worthington's character, who is, uh, convicted of killing his son.
He's serving a federal prison sentence for it, um, of which he says he's innocent, he never did.
Um, a photograph surfaces of his boy aged five years to the present day, and that leads him on this, uh, you know, break out of prison, go find his son, find the people responsible, uh, kind of journey through the course of the series to just find his son.
Um, I play Hayden Payne, who's a wealthy philanthropist, uh, who's connected to Sam's character by way of Britt Lower.
Um, and I'm just really there to help use my, uh, wealth, my a- affluence and anything I can, my resources, to help this man find his child.

So apart from being on screen, you've also been the director for a few TV episodes of other projects you've been in-

If given the opportunity, what are your thoughts on also directing an episode in I Will Find You?
And we're only doing the eight episodes, so won't be able to direct on this one, but, um, you know, I'm sure in the future my name will pop up behind the camera on, on other shows.
Um, so, uh, the show is about, um, Sam Worthington's character, who is, uh, convicted of killing his son.
He's serving a federal prison sentence for it, um, of which he says he's innocent, he never did.
Um, a photograph surfaces of his boy aged five years to the present day, and that leads him on this, uh, you know, break out of prison, go find his son, find the people responsible, uh, kind of journey through the course of the series to just find his son.
Um, I play Hayden Payne, who's a wealthy philanthropist, uh, who's connected to Sam's character by way of Britt Lower.
Um, and I'm just really there to help use my, uh, wealth, my a- affluence and anything I can, my resources, to help this man find his child.

So apart from being on screen, you've also been the director for a few TV episodes of other projects you've been in-

If given the opportunity, what are your thoughts on also directing an episode in I Will Find You?
And we're only doing the eight episodes, so won't be able to direct on this one, but, um, you know, I'm sure in the future my name will pop up behind the camera on, on other shows.
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