Friday nights on NBC have turn out to be a household affair within the 2022-2023 TV season because of Lopez vs. Lopez, starring the real-life father/daughter duo of comedian legend George Lopez and Mayan Lopez. The present rapidly turned sufficient of successful to earn a full season order into 2023, and the subsequent new episode is bringing in a brand new form of impediment within the type of a hen specialist. (Sure, actually!) Runaways and Fairly Good alum Gregg Sulkin involves the hit sitcom to play this specialist, and he opened up about his function mixing issues up for the Lopez household within the face of George’s “curse.”
Gregg Sulkin seems as a visitor star within the Lopez vs. Lopez episode that airs on March 24, known as “Lopez vs Dishonest.” George’s historical past of infidelity within the present has been a working joke all through the primary season up to now, nevertheless it seems that this hen specialist character will imply Mayan contemplating whether or not or not she shares the identical tendencies as her father. The actor previewed how his character performs right into a situation that appears ripe for some good old school sitcom shenanigans, saying:
Effectively, I play a hen specialist, which is the primary time in my profession I’ve ever performed a hen specialist. I play Dr. Bell and I go to Mayan’s vet clinic for the week to arrange for Fowl Con. As I take knowledgeable curiosity in Mayan, and I ask her to help me on the conference, Mayan begins to imagine that she might have father’s curse, which is that the Lopez DNA struggles to be trustworthy. There’s an awesome kind of love story that doubtlessly blossoms on the present, which then causes quite a lot of havoc and comedy all through the Lopez household. Actually, working with birds is one thing that’s quite a lot of enjoyable and much more troublesome than you could assume.
I’ve heard of San Diego Comedian-Con and I’ve heard of New York Comedian Con, however “Fowl Con” is a brand new one in my e book! Plainly sparks are going to fly between Sulkin’s Dr. Bell and Mayan, which might spell bother if she takes after George and his “curse” of infidelity. After all, Mayan is a really totally different individual than her father, and her relationship with Quentin (performed by Matt Shively) has stood robust even within the face of her father dropping quite a lot of jokes at his expense.
And actual birds had been concerned within the manufacturing of this episode! Once I famous to Gregg Sulkin that the majority actors in all probability do not need a hen specialist credit score on their resume, the actor responded:
Now I can add it! I am actually, actually pleased with the brand new ability set. I discovered lots about birds and I discovered that principally there’s an artwork to working with birds, and it requires professionals to face by you always whilst you’re principally simply following recommendation.
Whereas followers should wait till the episode on March 24 to see how the present manages to inform its tales on high of together with birds, it is already protected to say that Lopez vs. Lopez has by no means completed an episode fairly like this. In actual fact, having the animals on set meant that the present could not movie in entrance of a dwell studio viewers as per standard, in line with Gregg Sulkin. He went on to elucidate that working with George and Mayan Lopez was an “wonderful” expertise, then elaborated:
George is simply such knowledgeable. He is completed it for thus lengthy, and so once I wasn’t working, I used to be principally simply watching him. I used it as a chance to only to be taught, and George was the loveliest and so welcoming to me. Clearly all people is aware of who George Lopez is, so while you get to work, sure, he is your colleague, however you are still working with George Lopez. He could not have been friendlier. He could not have been extra welcoming.
It is not daily that an actor will get to work with a comedy legend like George Lopez, so is it any shock that the Lopez vs. Lopez visitor star needed to reap the benefits of the chance? With Lopez recognized for his standup comedy in addition to his performances as an actor, Sulkin had nothing however reward for the comic, then heaped some reward on Mayan Lopez as nicely, saying:
Mayan truly has turn out to be a buddy of mine at this level. She is extraordinarily hardworking, extraordinarily proficient. I imply, that is her first sitcom and she or he’s decided to proceed enhancing and decided to only knock it out of the park and I have been actually impressed along with her each professionally and personally. I believe there aren’t many individuals on this city with as huge of a coronary heart as Mayan. I simply [felt] fortunate to be kind of welcomed into the Lopez household.
Gregg Sulkin might have felt that he was welcomed into the Lopez household after coming to the present, however I can think about that George the character won’t be so open-armed to Dr. Bell if he makes Mayan doubt herself and imagine within the “curse” of her father. Fortuitously, the wait to see what precisely occurs is sort of over.
The “Lopez vs. Dishonest” episode of Lopez vs. Lopez will air on Friday, March 24 at 8 p.m. ET on NBC, so you’ll want to tune in to see how Gregg Sulkin’s hen specialist character will combine issues up for the daddy and daughter. You may as well revisit earlier episodes of Loepz vs. Lopez streaming with a Peacock Premium subscription.
