A Grade 4 New Central Public School student is a co-star of an upcoming situation comedy television show, which will air on the Family Channel.
The show, titled Really Me, will premiere on the network on Sunday, April 23.
To get the part, the nine-year-old Azer Greco followed in the footsteps of his mother, actress Lauren Holly-Greco.
About a year-and-a-half ago he had a role in a TV-movie with his mother, called Too Late to Say Goodbye.
“I was in a TV movie with my mom and the director asked me if I wanted to try out for an agent and I said ‘sure’,” the child-actor said who was born in New Jersey and grew up in Los Angeles.
His family relocated to Canada less than three years ago, to where they now live in Oakville.
He did try out and landed the agent role and then he got a lead role in another TV-movie, called The Town Christmas Forgot.
Now, he got one of the lead parts in the upcoming TV show, which was filmed in Toronto through January to March.
“I think he’s grown up on sets, though his brothers have too, but they don’t have an interest in it. But I think it’s where Azer flourishes. He very much loves being on a set,” his mother Holly-Greco said.
The young actor is the oldest of his two brothers, all of whom are one year apart in age.
The show was filmed for 13 episodes and the family is still waiting to find out if it will be picked up for another season.
Really Me centres around a 15-year-old girl, Maddy (played by Sydney Imbeau) who lives in the shadows of her two brothers. The older brother Brody (Wesley Morgan) is handsome and popular, while Greco plays the younger brother, Clarke, who is a genius, constantly outsmarting his two siblings. Furthermore, Maddy is also overshadowed by her father Ray (Neil Crone), who is a former NHL star.
Then to get some of her family’s spotlight, Maddy and her best friend become the stars of a new reality TV show. However, she quickly learns that even though she’s the star, it is still difficult to be on camera with her family around.
Greco said he enjoys playing the part of the boy-genius.
“He really likes the scenes with his brother and sister and playing pranks,” Holly-Greco said.
Though the show has not yet been aired, it’s already picking up some fanfare.
“His brothers really love watching it. It got to the point when we would read scripts they would want to hear them and they would be laughing,” Holly-Greco said.
Greco added he enjoys working on the set, as well when the show is not being taped.
“The cast is really nice and being on set with everyone is fun,” he said.
Another exciting moment from the set for Greco was when his classmates got to visit him at work as part of a class field trip.
“They really liked it. I was pretty excited,” he said. “They were really shocked because I have my own dressing room for when I’m not filming and where I put all my stuff.”
Furthermore, Greco added that his fellow castmates hung out with his class throughout the entire duration of the field trip.
Though he misses a lot of classroom time while the show is being filmed, his mother said that has not affected his schoolwork.
He works with a tutor for two hours a day on set, when he is not being filmed. On days he is not needed on the set, he’s back in his regular classroom.
“I actually think he did better because I think the one-on-one is much different than being in a classroom.”
Acting has resulted in other fun activities for the young actor. On Wednesday, April 6 he got to be part of the official opening of the new Disney Store at Square One Shopping Centre, along with other actors from television shows. Click here to see the photo gallery!
“These things start happening. There are people who think the show is good and that he’s funny,” Holly-Greco said.
The show is produced by Fresh TV. The first episode originally ran on the Family Channel as a sneak peak last month and will begin its regular rotation on Sunday, April 23 and will air every Sunday after that at 6:30 p.m.
Source: Inside Halton
The store will open to the public at noon and will feature guests stars Lauren Holly from the movie Dumb and Dumber; her son, Azer Greco, from Family Channel show Really Me; Dylan Everett and Demetrius Joyette from Wingin' It as well as Tiago Abreu and Ana Golja from What’s Up Warthogs.
