A Time To Dance was well-received this past year. How were you able to connect so genuinely with your character and make it so believable?  Any special preparation that you had to do to take on a role like that as opposed to the lighter Hallmark roles? Any plans for a sequel to A Time to Dance?

A Time to Dance was a little “darker” than some of the Hallmark movies I’ve been fortunate to be a part of, but I think that was its strength.  I felt like the story and the writing touched that universal concept of struggle in relationships balanced with the hope for happiness.  I could connect to that character because it was grounded in the desire for love, for connection – something I think everyone can understand on some level!  And working with {Jenny Garth} made it that much easier to go where each scene needed to go.  She was always so present and generous with her work.  Just loved being able to engage with her in every scene – the deep ones and the lighter ones too!  There wasn’t any special preparation.  Just wanted to make sure I was prepared, present, and had done my homework!  I don’t know of any plans for a sequel, but I would jump on board in a second!

My favorite part of working on All Yours had to be the kids!  We got to goof around, laugh and throw colored water balloons at each other all day – and call it work!

It is a unique job to be an actor when it comes to scheduling.  For me, it’s sort of all on or all off.  By that I mean, when I am working (all on), I don’t get much time at all with my family.  There are twelve-to-fifteen-hour days, sometimes night shoots, random call times at all hours. But that is the sacrifice to do each film and my wife (and kids) are extremely supportive.  And when I’m not working (all off), I have all the time in the world with my family and we make the most of it – skiing, holidays, adventures and whatever we can think of!  So far the balance has been there.  I hope to keep getting busier and finding family time through it all!

Welcome to Nowhere happened, for me, because of my relationship with the awesome Robin Dunne.  We have a shared professionalism, passion for this business, drive, and sense of humor.  We had just finished filming Devil in the Dark together playing estranged brothers and I became a huge “fan” of Robin’s through that experience.  Robin then asked me if I’d join him for a very fun role on his Welcome to Nowhere project.  It took me 0.2 seconds to say YES 🙂

I have heard a lot of the buzz about Descendants 2. What can you tell us about what to expect from the film and your role in that? How have the fans been treating you?

I get to reprise my role as Beast in Descendants 2 and more …intriguingly I got to get my groove on and dance!  This next installment is going to be huge!!!  The production value is through the roof!  The dance numbers are mind-boggling!  The music is mesmerizing!  There were jaw-dropping sets for us to escape into and the costumes were once again fantastically vibrant.  The tweeting has been pretty crazy and I’ve seen the kids from the show going crazy with it.  I’m just happy I got to be a part of it all and represent the “oldies”!

I am truly excited for people to see the thriller, Devil in the Dark which has recently released.  I am very, very proud of it.  It was a very collaborative group of great people, including Robin Dunne, Daniel Cudmore, Briana Buckmaster and more.  Carey Dickson did a great job writing us all characters we could “live” in through a pretty intense story.

Residue and Everything, Everything were smaller roles, but each had some intense and exciting elements to them physically.  Hope people will keep an eye for all of them! 🙂

My typical workout schedule is atypical!  I have two young boys and I’m happy to be dad first…which can get busy taking them to school (when I’m not working) and chauffeuring them to various sports, birthdays, and events, coaching, refereeing and so on!  So I try to fight the good fight and get the gym whenever there’s a window.