Not the dad they’re used to! Though Devon Sawa has starred in lots of well-known motion pictures over time, his children nonetheless solely see him as their father.
“It was bizarre. I placed on Casper for my son to observe and you already know, I come down the steps and I kiss Christina [Ricci] and say, ‘Can I maintain you?’ And he seemed — he was 5 on the time — and he seemed so confused,” Sawa, 42, advised Us Weekly solely whereas selling his new sequence, Chucky. “I imply, right here I’m, you already know, 12 years previous or 13 years previous, and, like, he seemed confused. I haven’t put lots of stuff on for them now. I feel they’ve acquired to grasp it a bit of bit extra.”
Sawa and spouse Dawni Sahanovitch share son Hudson, 7, and daughter Scarlett, 5. The pair have additionally already gotten a glimpse on the Now and Then star’s upcoming undertaking — they usually’re not followers!
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“I’ll say that I confirmed them the Chucky trailer they usually’re not having it,” he advised Us. “I gave it a shot! They weren’t having the Chucky present, so I don’t suppose there’ll be watching that both.”
The Wild America star performs Logan Wheeler in Don Mancini‘s adaptation of the Baby’s Play franchise. For Sawa, he couldn’t wait to be a part of such an iconic story.
“I keep in mind renting the primary Chucky on VHS,” the Canada native recalled. “When the audition got here by way of to me from my brokers, it was a no brainer. I jumped on it. They have been, like, ‘Hey, we acquired this factor. It’s Chucky. What do you suppose?’ I’m like, ‘Oh, my God, I’ve to do that. I completely must. I’m an enormous horror man.’”
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Sawa famous that he’s pleased the story is advised over the course of a sequence as a substitute of in one other film.
“They’ll discover the world extra with TV. They’re not restricted. They go into backstories, they will go into new characters. There’s extra killings,” the Idle Palms actor shared with Us. “There’s simply a lot you are able to do in eight episodes. .. There’s a lot swearing that might be stated by Chucky in eight episodes!”
Chucky debuts on USA Community and SyFy on Tuesday, October 12, at 10 p.m. ET.
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