‘Who’s the Boss?’ Alumnus Danny Pintauro Reveals His Christmas Movie Is The ‘Beginning’ Of His ‘Next Chapter’ (Exclusive)

Danny Pintauro he is more than ready for the next chapter of his career. He rose to fame as a child playing Jonathan Bower on the hit series. Who’s the Boss? Now, Danny is back in the spotlight with a major acting role after nearly 30 years.🇧🇷 Hollywood life spoke EXCLUSIVELY to the 46-year-old actor about his role as Eugene in Lifetime’s new Christmas movie A country Christmas harmonywhich opens on November 18.

“Because I’m going back to work for the first time in a long while, my manager and I have decided to audition for almost anything that has an interest in hiring me because I just need to build a new resume. I have to raise the credits,” Danny explained.

She continued, “The audition came early and I was like, yeah, whatever it is, I’m going to do it. And so I took the material and started reading. My favorite part is that in Christmas movies, there’s always a character who says to the main character, “You’ve got it.” Like three quarters of the movie ‘go get ’em’ kind of moment. My character had it. I started reading and he’s so smart and he cares about Chrissy, brooke elliott character, which immediately made me even more excited. I had about three hours to arrange the audition. Once I found out that this was exactly the type of role I was looking for, I went in and did my best in three hours.”

Eventually he landed the role of Eugene, the first role he auditioned for after some time away from Hollywood. Danny admitted that the role really helped with his confidence.

“You have no idea. I still say I’m a huge believer in the universe and energy and signs. For the universe to literally be like, oh, you’re ready to go back. Ok, take this, you’re on the right track, it was so beautiful and so rewarding,” Danny said.

Inside A country Christmas harmony, Danny plays a happily married gay man. Life has been dedicated to representation across all industries and Danny is “proud” of how the network showcases inclusivity in its holiday programming.

“The Christmas movie genre was by far the biggest obstacle to start representing, especially for the LGBTQ+ community. I’m very proud of the progress they’re making,” Danny said. Hollywood life🇧🇷 “That was the other thing. This is a real gay character. My character is married. The whole second kind of subplot in the movie is about my marriage and how hard it is for me to be away from my husband. I was a little amazed that this was the case. I’m so proud of them.”

Danny added that television has made “bigger leaps than I could have imagined. When I first came up with the idea of ​​a Christmas movie with a gay story… I would have laughed so much at you. Like, you must be crazy. Never gonna happen. And now here we are,” admitted the actor.

now this A country Christmas harmony arrived, Danny is “100% convinced that this is the beginning of the next chapter. I can’t help but believe in this, the way people have supported me with launching this project, the interesting things that have happened to me so far, and how good I feel about all the things that have happened to me. For many years as an actor, I was like, I’m not that guy, you know? And now it’s like all I’ve done is yeah, that’s exactly what I want to play. Yes, this is who I am and what I can play. It’s out there. I know it is.”

Danny starred in the hit comedy series Who’s the Boss? during the show’s 8 season run from 1984 to 1992. A sequel to the series is currently in the works, so will Danny reprise his role as Jonathan?

“I know it’s still under construction and I’ve spoken to it alyssa [Milano] Y tony [Danza] on purpose. The concept of him is really cool. The concept of him is to focus entirely on Tony and Samantha’s relationship and where they are now and what that relationship means for their character. I’m very excited to see it, so I hope it’s a success. I can’t wait to see how it turns out. There’s no way Jonathan wasn’t involved. I mean, at some point Jonathan will show up for sure. There is no way. At first, I thought, I should have been there from the start. But I kind of look back on it and hopefully I’ll be able to produce some really great docs, where I can show off my ability as an actor before it happens, so I don’t throw myself back like Jonathan Bower because it’s the last thing I want. I saw. I’ve spent all these years trying to get away from the Jonathan Bower stereotype, and the first thing I do is go back to it, it’s not a good career change in a way.