Robbie Amell Video On ‘Nine Lives,’ Kevin Spacey’s Ping Pong Table, Cousin Stephen Amell [VIDEO EXCLUSIVE]

Robbie Amell, lead actor in the comedy Nine Lives, spoke exclusively to uInterview about how he got his start in acting and his close relationship with his cousin, Stephen Amell.

Robbie Amell Video Exclusive

When asked how he got into acting, Amell responded, “Very luckily. I did commercials and print work when I was young, but I played hockey five to seven days a week, so there was a period of time where I stopped doing print work and commercials altogether.”

That all changed when he got a call from his agent about an audition for Cheaper By The Dozen 2. Amell got his big break playing one of Eugene Levy’s children in the film. It Amell’s first movie audition and he spent two months in Toronto shooting the film. “I didn’t have enough lines to screw everything up, but I got to watch Eugene Levy and Bonnie Hunt and Steve Martin. I just tried to learn as much as I could. I quit hockey and got into acting and I haven’t looked back,” he told uInterview.

Acting seems to run in the family and Amell also spoke about his close relationship with his cousin Stephen Amell. Both started pursuing careers in acting separately, but at the same time. “We have a great relationship. We were really close when we were young and then there’s a seven-year age gap. He’s a little older. So he liked girls and I still liked toys and video games,” he remembered. When Stephen moved to LA shortly after Amell they became close again.

Amell also opened up about working with Kevin Spacey. “Kevin is incredibly smart. He also dominates a room like nobody I’ve met.” According to Amell, the two bonded over ping pong games. “He loves ping pong. He always travels with a ping pong table. I think we played over 100 games and I won more than he did,” he joked.

In addition to working with some of the most formidable talents in the industry, Amell has also worked with some of the furriest: cats. He fondly recounted one particular moment when one of his trained cat co-stars went rogue and flew after a pen in the middle of shooting a scene for Nine Lives.

“I’d have to be turned into something hypoallergenic like a small poodle,” he joked when asked what animal he’d rather be transformed into.