Thu, 24 January 2019 at 12:27 pm

Jackson Dollinger Dishes On How He Teamed Up With Ian Reed Kesler To Play Max on 'Sydney To The Max' (Exclusive)

You’re going to L-O-V-E Sydney To The Max‘s Jackson Dollinger!

The 12-year-old actor chatted with JustJaredJr.com about his new series, where he plays a young Max.

“We already look alike, so that was easy,” Jackson joked about how he and Ian Reed Kesler teamed up to play the character in two different times. “In terms of mannerisms, I basically studied Ian while he was doing his scenes.”

He adds, “At times, I have asked Ian how adult Max would deliver a line and then incorporated the delivery into my scene. Both adult and young Max definitely see themselves as cool. Ian is such a talented actor and his comedic timing is great. I am lucky to have such a great example to learn from.”

Jackson also spoke to us about how cool it would be to have a moment in the show where his young Max could meet his future daughter, Sydney.

“It would be such a blast to do an episode with Ruth and Ava,” he says. “They are so fun and talented and it would be awesome for all of us to work together in the same scenes on an episode.”

In the series, Jackson and his pal Leo, are always finding themselves in a lot of the same predicaments as Sydney does and there was one scene in particular that Jackson says was the weirdest.

“If I had to pick an awkward one, I think it would have to be the episode where Sydney wants to shave her legs and Young Max wants to shave his nonexistent beard,” he shared. “In the episode, Sydney looks to Olive to help her learn how to shave, since she feels weird asking her dad, and Max looks to Leo to help him learn how to shave because his dad is not around to help.”

“Since I don’t shave, it was definitely a little weird.”

Sydney To The Max premieres Friday, January 25th on Disney Channel.

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