NBC brought George Lopez back to prime time in 2022-2023 TV season for new family sitcom Lopez versus Lopez, with his real-life daughter Mayan Lopez. The show proved that it had a recipe for success with its fall cast, landing a full season order of 22 episodes. There’s still time in season one for a lot of the extended Lopez family shenanigans, and actor Matt Shively, who plays the lovable Quinten, opened up about the comedy legend’s no-nonsense approach and how it helped him.
Quinten and George may not have the strongest relationship on the show (despite sharing a hug after George he learned what Quinten’s father really thought of him ), but Matt Shively had nothing but praise for George Lopez during a recent interview with Gossipify. He shared his experience working with Lopez and what he learned from him, saying:
I did it [acting] with mixed success for 15 years, and every time I looked for work I always said, “I’m very lucky to be here. I’m so lucky that they let me have it. When I came into this, I wanted to take a slightly different approach and say, ‘ They’re as lucky to have me as I am lucky to be there.” I wanted to be more involved in things, and George is very involved in everything, so to investigate him, to watch him do his thing, then to touch him and say ‘Okay, well , can I do the same thing? the same thing? Can I also throw out ideas and opinions about things?”
Matt Shively has recovered Lopez versus Lopez with many TV credits already, ranging from True Jackson, Vice President in front of Keke Palmer at ABC The real O’Neals a United States The purge series . However, according to the actor, he wanted to approach the new NBC sitcom differently, and George Lopez’s hands-on approach was inspiring. Shively continued:
He was so open from the start, which I think is hard to find in someone who has been so successful in this industry for over 30 years. It was a really good moment where I was like, ‘Wow, okay, so this is a team effort.’ I wasn’t 100% sure this was going to be the case, and working with him and being able to bring my ideas and stuff to the table and have my arms wide open was an amazing experience to begin with. with. Just a sigh of relief because he was like ‘Wow, I’m really into this. It was the first time I really felt like a part of something other than just getting on stage, saying your lines, walking away and being a little more a part of the creative process.
George Lopez has had a few bumps in his decades of success, including a health scare at the end of 2021 . he is laugh a lot in Lopez versus LopezHowever, and shared designer Debby Wolfe which “really comes to life when he’s in front of that live studio audience”. She has attributed her ability to thrive on the energy of the audience to her background in stand-up comedy, and Matt Shively has also praised her for the improvisational skills she brings to the show. Lopez versus Lopez. Actor Quinten shared:
He’s one of the fastest people I’ve ever met. When she works with someone who is good at improvisation and very quick on their toes, she only makes you faster. So that was a really cool learning experience. I feel like I’ve grown more in the last six months as an actor and as a creator than in the last 15 years of work. So it’s a dream come true and a real blessing that this is the project I have to do and with these people.
Lopez versus Lopez he also found ways to solve bigger problems when making sitcom shenanigans, like the opening episode that Maya turned to herself ashamed of not speaking Spanish . These more serious issues certainly don’t make the show a drama (or even a drama), but they do help make the TV family feel more real. Plus, there’s always humor to the George/Quiten dynamic, and Matt Shively even shared with Gossipify that his character is “the perfect punching bag” for George and “I love being the punching bag.”
Fortunately, the entire season order of Lopez versus Lopez meaning fans won’t be left without comedy after the original 13-episode order ends. You can catch new episodes with George Lopez, Mayan Lopez and, of course, Matt Shively on Fridays at 8 p.m. ET on NBC at TV show 2023 . You can also review the episodes that have aired so far with a Peacock Premium Membership now!
Source: Cinemablend
