Jason Ritter jokes that his first acting job was a “total nepotism hire” – The Hollywood Reporter

Jason Ritter is getting candid about being a nepotism baby.

While appearing on Thursday’s episode of SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Showhe Paternity the actor credits his first acting job as a child, voicing Little Acorn in the cartoon The true story of O Christmas Treeto her father, the late John Ritter.

“I will say, without hesitation, that this was like a total hiring of nepotism. I admit it,” she joked. “He [John] He sure got me the job. I tried to stay away from it later.”

He 8 simple rules Star, who died of an aortic dissection in 2003 at the age of 54, voiced Little Acorn’s uncle Piney in the cartoon.

Jason said that when he got older, he later found a recording of the video and rewatched it. “I said, ‘Oh, they must have sped up my voice to make it so loud.'” The tail the actor recalled, laughing. “Both my mom and dad said, ‘No, it’s [his voice] it was pretty tall.’”

He you are not you The actor, who had a successful career in the industry, explained that seeing his father on set was “always a special experience”, recalling his first visit to one of John’s sets when he was around 8 years old.

He continued, “I remember the first time I went there, I don’t even know what I was shooting, but it was a late night shoot… So the idea of ​​staying up all night was so exciting and crazy to me.”