The actor discusses his return to the big red suit for the new Disney+ series.
But whoever said being Santa Claus was supposed to last forever?
But it paid off when he walked on set for the first time in full costume.
Santa Claus (Tim Allen) speaks to the North Pole on Disney+’s ‘The Santa Clauses.'.James Clark/Disney +
Little kids are quiet.
I had totally forgotten that.
It does feel like Santa’s in the room."
Betty (Matilda Lawler), Sandra (Elizabeth Allen-Dick), Buddy (Austin Kane), Santa (Tim Allen), and Mrs. Claus (Elizabeth Mitchell) on ‘The Santa Clauses.'.James Clark/Disney +
The Santa Clausesis a family story.
After all, this is a family story.
I said, ‘Whatever you want to do.
I want nothing to do with it.
I don’t want to pitch my daughter for a part in the movie.’
But she ended up moving to the high ranks.
They ended up casting her as Santa’s daughter.
It was a surprise but it became the most amazing experience."
That familial connection with his actual daughter helped him dive into the emotions of this story.
“So I tell her, ‘Being afraid is okay as long as we can be afraid together.’
Even saying the line, I get a little choked up.
I looked right at her.
One of my photographer buddies was shooting and said it was tear-jerking to watch.
I said, ‘Well, I’m looking at my kid.’
She did it to me there, and I reacted to it, and it was an amazing moment.
I’ll never forget it.”
“My daughter is playing my daughter in the movie.
The line kept coming back to me, ‘Has she ever done this before?’
And I said, ‘No.’
But she’s read scripts with me all the time,” Allen says.
“We got to play all the time as a comedian.
I’m that way around the house.
And it was an amazing experience.”
The first two episodes ofThe Santa Clausespremiere Nov. 16 on Disney+.
