We’ve all instructed a little white lie to get a job, proper? Well, Disney Channel star Jason Earles is not any exception.
The actor performed 16-year-old Jackson Stewart on “Hannah Montana,” the brother of Miley Cyrus’ titular character, however he feared he was a tad previous to nab the half. Earles was 28 years previous when the present got here out, so he fudged the numbers a bit, telling producers he was solely 18.
“I was desperately afraid that I was going to be fired and recast because I had a big secret,” he mentioned on the “Best of Both Our Worlds” podcast. “When I auditioned for the show, I lied to them and told them I was 18 years old.” In truth, Earles mentioned he virtually didn’t audition in any respect, figuring nobody would consider he was a teenager.
Earles then defined that he had beforehand auditioned for the casting director, Lisa London, and had lied about his age then, too. London believed he was 19 years previous, however requested him to say he was 18 as a result of the community needed to forged somebody as shut to the character’s age as potential. Basically, Earles had a lot of lies he wanted to preserve straight, particularly since he landed the role.
Earles’ secret did come out whereas filming season one, however he was in a position to preserve his job on the Emmy-nominated collection. “I remember one of the higher-up network executives showed up on show night and he was like, ‘Hey, so you’re 28.’ And I was like, ‘I am.’ I was like, ‘Yeah, that girl that I keep making out with? That’s my wife,’” he mentioned. “[The executive] was like, ‘Any more secrets? Anything we should know?’ I was like, ‘No.’ He’s like, ‘Do you have any kids?’ And I was like, ‘No kids.’ He’s like, ‘Let’s go ahead and keep it that way for a few years.’”
I suppose Earles is proof it’s okay to lie generally (so long as it’s about your age).
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