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Smile 2’s Ray Nicholson Reveals How His Dad, Jack Nicholson, Does and Doesn’t Influence His Acting · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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Speaker 2: If you've seen the new horror movie Smile Too, you
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Speaker 2: might have noticed the character Paul, the creepy husband of
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Speaker 2: the pop star Sky Riley, gives off serious Jack Nicholson
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Speaker 2: in the Shining Vibes, and the film's director admits it
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Speaker 2: is intentional, as he names The Shining as his favorite
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Speaker 2: film of all time. But it all goes way deeper
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Speaker 2: than that, because the actor playing Paul's actually Jack Nicholson's son,
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Speaker 2: Ray Nicholson. And while Ray confesses Jack is a huge
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Speaker 2: influence on him as an actor, it's more organic than intentional.
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Speaker 2: He tells Deadline He's my inspiration. I eat dinner with
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Speaker 2: him every night. I studied him because that's how I
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Speaker 2: learned how to be a human being. So of course
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Speaker 2: we're gonna be kind of similar. I love him. He's
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Speaker 2: also my hero. I'm the luckiest kid in the world.
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Speaker 2: That's Ray Nicholson. I'm being raised and influenced by his
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Speaker 2: legendary dead Jack raised. New movie Smile two is out now.
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