Stars Maxwell Simkins and Barrett Margolis spoke to ComingSoon about the new ABC sitcom. The duo discussed playing the children of Kat Dennings and working with Tim Allen.
Shifting Gears stars Maxwell Simkins and Barrett Margolis spoke to ComingSoon Editor-in-Chief Tyler Treese about the new ABC sitcom. The duo discussed playing the children of Kat Dennings and working with Tim Allen. The, which stars Allen and Dennings, airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and streams on Hulu the next day.
Barrett, your character – Georgia – is fiery. She clearly takes after her mom in this show. What did you like most about the character? You’ve got some great one-liners.: I love her. I feel like there’s something new with her every episode. Like in the first one, she really loves Shark Tank and all that. I love getting to do something new and help people learn more about Georgia. And I love getting to bring her to life because she’s a fun kid. She’s definitely a little bit of teenager in her.
Barrett, I can’t think of a cooler mom than Kat Dennings. So how has that experience been, working with her? She just has such a good energy and warmth to her onscreen. Is that how it is on set?: Oh yeah. She portrays her character so well, and then she’s so sweet off-camera. I love it when we get to talk in between scenes ’cause she’s so sweet, and you can tell that she’s just awesome, and she cares about everyone, and she’s amazing to work with ’cause it’s nice to have.
Barrett, you are just firing off these one-liners. How’s it been really working on your comedic timing and playing off these great actors?: It’s not easy. I was like, “I think it’s gonna be kind of easy.” But it wasn’t because you gotta adjust, and it’s different. But once I started watching everyone – I would, like, watch everyone – I was like, “Okay.” S,o I start to understand that you gotta work with the audience. You gotta be like, “Okay, they laugh right before me, I gotta stop.
Yeah. You’re learning from the best. And that’s an interesting circumstance. I didn’t really think of that. Maxwell, how is that experience of dealing with the live audience? I’m sure that brings in energy to filming, but that’s a trickiness as Barrett is describing.: A hundred percent. You know, I’ve been lucky to do a few sitcoms in my day but I’ve never done live audience. And as Barrett said, it’s a whole different ball game.
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