Los Angeles, 'The Boys' star Jack Quaid, son of actors Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan, says he doesn't mind being called 'Nepo Baby' and considers himself an 'extremely privileged' person. Are.
Quaid began his acting career in "Hunger Games" and has since starred in "Oppenheimer" and made a splash in the Prime Video show "The Boys."
“No matter what I do, people will draw attention to it. People have called me 'Napo Baby'. I agree,” Quaid told The Daily Beast’s “The Last Laugh” podcast.
"I'm an extremely privileged person, I got representation very early and that's more than half the battle," the 32-year-old actor said.
Asked if he intentionally stayed away from romantic comedies, a genre on which his mother focused in the '90s with films like "When Harry Met Sally", "You've Got Mail", "IQ" and "Sleepless in Seattle", Like the classics ruled. ,
“It was a bit of a conscious decision not to overdo it. It has to be perfect, because, you know, my mom is the undisputed queen of rom-coms. So I can't get to that place, it has to be perfect,'" said Quaid, who starred opposite Maya Erskine in the critically acclaimed rom-com 'Plus One' in 2019.
“So I can't go to that place, it must be right. It should be something that feels quite different from what he does. “I’m not trying to replace him or anything.”
The "Napo Baby" debate in Hollywood has heated up after a New York Magazine story article that explored how family connections help celebrities' children gain an edge over others in the industry.
Quaid began his acting career in "Hunger Games" and has since starred in "Oppenheimer" and made a splash in the Prime Video show "The Boys."
“No matter what I do, people will draw attention to it. People have called me 'Napo Baby'. I agree,” Quaid told The Daily Beast’s “The Last Laugh” podcast.
"I'm an extremely privileged person, I got representation very early and that's more than half the battle," the 32-year-old actor said.
Asked if he intentionally stayed away from romantic comedies, a genre on which his mother focused in the '90s with films like "When Harry Met Sally", "You've Got Mail", "IQ" and "Sleepless in Seattle", Like the classics ruled. ,
“It was a bit of a conscious decision not to overdo it. It has to be perfect, because, you know, my mom is the undisputed queen of rom-coms. So I can't get to that place, it has to be perfect,'" said Quaid, who starred opposite Maya Erskine in the critically acclaimed rom-com 'Plus One' in 2019.
“So I can't go to that place, it must be right. It should be something that feels quite different from what he does. “I’m not trying to replace him or anything.”
The "Napo Baby" debate in Hollywood has heated up after a New York Magazine story article that explored how family connections help celebrities' children gain an edge over others in the industry.
