Its been so many years, I dont know.
But Im going to assume I did go to the zoo, I assume I made it.
Okay, good to know.
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I feel like the viewers have been left wondering.
You were really young when you did the film.
What do you remember about the audition process?
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I remember bits of that.
I remember being in Toms trailer, reading for Tom and Cameron with my mom there.
It was a crazy experience.
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They were already filming at that point, so were you replacing an actor who had previously been cast?
Yeah, they shot like two weeks with him.
I heard the kid wasnt very happy on-set and it just wasnt working out.
It was coming across on camera.
I was kind of the opposite.
I loved and still love being on-set, so I was just happy to be there everyday.
Yeah, I had only done like two commercials and then it was that.
I was thrown right in there.
Good thing I was a little kid, so it didnt hit me as much…
Looking back, Im just really lucky for those circumstances.
What are some of your memories from working on the film?
I would talk his ear off aboutTop Gunbecause I loveTop Gun.
Cameron was super sweet.
Renee was really great.
How often do you get the films classic lines yelled at you?
More often than not they get it wrong.
And its just like, Get it right if youre going to do it.
Youve got a smartphone, Google it!
Oh my god, he hasnt heard this.
And it came out wrong, you said, 10 pounds.
I kind of just laugh, Im super grateful for everything to do with the movie.
Its cool that they like it.
What do you think Ray would be doing now?
The ending definitely teased his baseball potential.
I dont know, maybe a pitcher for the San Diego Padres or something.
Oh, so maybe he pops up onPitch.
Over the years, have you rewatched the movie?
Up until recently, I hadnt seen it since I was 15 and Im 26 now.
It was crazy how much you forget.
I dont own any of my own work, so I dont really watch it.
Thats a really valuable thing to take away at such a young age.
It felt right being on-set and that feeling has never left me.
How much do you still talk to Cameron or Tom or anybody in the cast?
Cameron, I havent really talked to for years.
But whenever I reach out, hes amazing.
Hes such a great guy.
Hes given you some good career advice, right?
And he was very valuable to talk to about that.
How was that transition?
Well, Ill let you know in five years when I make it happen (laughs).
No, Ive slowly been able to book work again and its been a process.
Its just not everything you do is going to happen to be that big or widespread.
What projects do you have coming up?
I just had a movie that was released in theaters and now its on Amazon and iTunes calledLoserville.
Im pretty happy with that one, I think its a really interesting role.
Its like a female drivenDie Hard.
Right now, I wrote a script, Im working on that.
I have another movie thats a summer comedy calledPitching Tents.
That was the biggest accident that ever happened.
It was a test shoot for a magazine, they werent supposed to go anywhere.
I woke up one day and there were like 400 on the internet.
I had the biggest panic attack of my life.
It kind of blew up.
There were so many headlines like, Look how ripped the kid fromJerry Maguiregot.
Well, its really funny because [of] the exaggerations that go into it.
Theyre like, Professional MMA fighter.
Being a brown belt is impressive enough, no need to exagerrate it.
Thats the funniest thing is that it turned into the biggest set of weird, weird circumstances.
But hey, Im thankful people dug the pictures and made memes and stuff.
So does that mean that you probably arent going back to the glasses and spiked hair look anytime soon?
Well, I got Lasik, so I dont really need the glasses.
Spiked hair, not really into it.
