Disney Star Dishes on Working on ‘Family Show’ GOOD LUCK CHARLIE

Published: December 27, 2024

Movieguide® interviews Bradley Steven Perry. Movieguide® photo.

Disney Star Dishes on Working on ‘Family Show’ GOOD LUCK CHARLIE

By Movieguide® Contributor

Disney star Bradley Steven Perry is telling Movieguide® all about his recent interests and goals for the future.

“I started [GOOD LUCK CHARLIE] when I was 9 years old, and we finished when I was 14,” Perry told Movieguide® this week. “I’m 26. So it’s been over for quite some time. It’s really interesting.”

“I get kids like coming up, 10, 12 years old, and they’re like, ‘Oh, I love watching it on Disney+,’ and I’m like you literally were not born when the show ended. Like, that’s such an odd thing, but it’s so cool that now there’s like other generations enjoying the show.”

Now, Perry’s experience has expanded beyond acting, as he experiments with directing and producing, as well as creating a podcast, a YouTube cooking show and becoming a stand-up comedian.

“When I directed on LAB RATS for the first time…I think when you’re an actor…you trust that…the actors you’re directing are going to make the right choice you know, and…you kind of allow them to make their own choices, and you want them to have that freedom, because you want that freedom, you know?” Perry shared. “But I do think that every actor should direct at some point because then they’ll understand like who they are as an actor and like what they need to do.”

“And…when you’re an actor, you think you’re the number one man. Like you’re the person on set. Everybody should listen to you kind of thing…but then when you’re a director, you realize how much is going on and actually how…unimportant you are,” he continued. “But like when you get to set on a film, like people have been there for months, you know by the time you actually get there… It’s like everybody else is like, ‘No dog. We’ve been here for weeks.”

Knowing how much goes into making a production helped him have more respect for everyone involved and be a better actor.

“I think that it helps to know the amount of effort that goes into making a film or making a TV show because then you’ll kind of just respect and appreciate everybody else because everybody else is just doing their jobs.”

Perry still keeps in touch with the cast and crew of GOOD LUCK CHARLIE.

“I talk to writers and stuff all the time,” he said. “GOOD LUCK CHARLIE is a very specific show for a family show but also like everybody just got along like and it’s a very rare thing,” he explained. “When you put 200 people in a room, you’re bound to have people not get along, but GOOD LUCK CHARLIE, down to the crew, cast, everybody just loved each other, and I think that that made that show so much better. You know, being able to enjoy who you work with every single day.”

While his professional experience has taught him a lot, Perry also learned some important things from his three older sisters.

“My sisters taught me a lot…Like, I believe I’m probably like a good boyfriend ’cause I’ve spent a lot of time with sisters, you know, and I spent a lot of time understanding them and [learning] patience…It’s probably a better question for my other half, not me, but I think I’m a patient person, you know and I think that that came from being the youngest.”

Perry is dating Candace Cameron Bure’s daughter, Natasha Bure, who is also an actor. He would love to star in a project together with her.

“That’s like the goal…That’s what I want…That would be awesome. I think that that would be so fun. We’ve talked about it a thousand times; we have a very similar kind of films that we like,” he told Movieguide®.

On his podcast, Perry revealed that their shared sense of humor is one of his favorite things about their relationship.

“It’s very rare that I meet a person that has the same exact humor as I do,” he said. “And oftentimes, things will happen, and we just look at each other and know what the joke was like, I don’t have to say the joke, she just gets the joke already. I’ve never had to explain a joke to her, and if I do have to explain a joke to her, it’s usually ’cause it’s a bad joke.”