Jade PettyJohn Tells Jay How He Destroyed The Lives of Child Actors

About this episode

Blurb: Actor Jade PettyJohn who was 14 years old when she first worked for Jay on School of Rock talks about her journey becoming an actor at 7 and being an actor at 23. They talk about what was good and bad about working as a child actor and how to make the lives of child actors better. They also talk about dreams, candles, the weirdness of growing up, dreams of a music career, and joys of cooking with friends, Jay throwing spaghetti on Jade’s head, Jay spraying nacho cheese on Jade’s head, how headbands hurt Jade’s head, and they mystery of why Jade’s head hurt alot during productions. 


Bio: Jade Pettyjohn is a well known professional actress who has been working in the industry for well over a decade. She starred in Nickelodeon’s twice Emmy Nominated School of Rock. She moved on to work with the top artists of the industry starring alongside Laura Dern in Trial by Fire, Nicole Kidman in Golden Globe nominated “Destroyer” and Reese Witherspoon in Emmy nominated “Little Fires Everywhere.” More recently, Pettyjohn stars in Marcus Dunstan’s new film All My Friends Are Dead produced by John Baldecchi premiering at the TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL.Jade is currently working on Ryan Murphy’s Monsters, the Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story portraying the role of Jamie Pisarcik.

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