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2013 – Zachary Alexander Rice

 

Zachary Alexander Rice appeared on Parenthood for the school play episode in season two. He’s been seen on Raising Hope, Tosh.0, and has appeared in multiple episodes of Jimmy Kimmel Live! Recently he has worked on the upcoming film McFarland and you can keep up to date by visiting his official website, following him on Twitter, and liking his page on Facebook!

1. How did you get started in the industry?

I was always really outgoing and I loved to talk to everyone. I was only 3 years old and I was in Nashville with my family.
(We lived there for 2 yrs.) A man was watching me talk to my parents and he came up to us and said, “This is the kid I want for my new movie!” It happened just like that! I did my first movie at 31/2 and I just loved every minute of it. I KNEW then that is what God sent me down here to do!

 

2. What was your first booking?

After the film I made for Sundance; we moved back to California. A talent agent contacted my parents. Through my agent I auditioned and booked a role to play Cybil Sheppard’s son in a flashback scene in the network show…Witches of Eastwick. That was soooo much fun! I got to go to Warner Bros. Studios and they gave me my own trailer! Really awesome.

 

3. What was the experience like filming Cabella?

Cabella was super fun. I got to dress up like a gangster and pretend to be really tough! The makeup girl added a huge fake scar on my face. We filmed for 12 hours straight
! It was long…but it was worth it!

 

4. How did you enjoy working on Parenthood?

Parenthood was tons of fun. I especially loved it because I got to hang out with lots of other kids like me. We were supposed to be putting on a school play…So we got to sing and dance…and rehearse for 2 weeks straight! It was a blast!!

 

5. What was it like shooting for Raising Hope?

Raising Hope was the silliest set that I’ve ever been on! Everyone was laughing and joking the entire week. The costume department made a custom
FAT SUIT for me to wear in the scene. I felt like a Sumo wrestler! All the actors treated me really nice and I felt really welcome. Greg Garcia the writer/producer even played with me during the down time. So cool.

 

6. What is the best part about doing voice over work?

Voice work is really fun! My favorite is ADR. You sit in this really gigantic studio with equipment and computers everywhere…Then they run the animated footage on a big screen and you try to match the lines to the mouth of the characters–It is so cool to see it finished. Kinda’ surreal!! Cartoons with my voice coming out!

 

7. Do you have a favorite Jimmy Kimmel Live sketch you’ve done?

I love doing Jimmy Kimmel. I think my favorite skit was Katie Plus Eighty! I got to eat FAKE spaghetti off a dog’s back. It was soooo messy and fun! And Katie Couric was so sweet–She musta’ hugged me a thousand times. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLp07nwubDU

 

8. What was your shoot for your Volkswagen commercial like?

It was super hard but fun! They wanted me hit the pinata…all day! I broke two plastic bats!! lol The pinata was a prop made of titanium..and I was really hitting it with all my strength. Some people who saw the commercial thought it was special effects…but it wasn’t! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf11FZqyErc

 

9. Who have been some of your favorite people to work with?

I’ve enjoyed working with so many actors. Owen Wilson, Robert DeNiro, Russell Brand, and many others. But…No question about it—My favorite person to work with is Lance Henriksen. He is so professional and humble. He can play a bad guy, a funny guy…whatever. He is very cool and he is my friend. I hope to have a long career like he has. Lance rocks and I love him.

 

10. What has been your favorite project to work on?

My favorite project to work on is always the one that I’m doing right now! I’ve got something really exciting that I’m working on at the moment but I’m not allowed to talk about it quite yet! I’ll be sure to let you know what it is as soon as they let me. 🙂

 

Is there anything else you would like to add?

I would like to add that I am so appreciative to all the fans that support me and send me love. Without them, I wouldn’t be able to do the thing that I love best…acting. I want to thank all of them and let them know that they are the BEST part of this exciting adventure. I love you all.

 

We’d like to thank Zachary for participating in this year’s Holiday Q&A Event!