![]() ![]() “There are zones and stuff, and you’ve got to have masks and everything. The series is filmed in Louisiana and COVID-19 made shooting the second season more difficult than filming the first, Oliver says. We could see he had talent and put him in acting classes to learn more technique and have fun, but never expected things to take off as they did.” Oliver’s mother, Jen, admits, in an email exchange, that even after that first school play “we … never saw this coming. One of the callbacks, I was the only Griffin there, and there were six girls playing Harper. In fact, he says, “The thing with ‘Sulphur Springs’ is, I kind of thought I got the job before they told me. That made them laugh and made me comfortable.” “I didn’t want to screw up and embarrass myself. But I definitely got nervous in the ‘Sulphur Springs’ audition. “I was comfortable having everyone looking at me. Oliver says taking dance lessons from his mother, a dance teacher, helped him to be “just a little bit” nervous during those auditions. The agency signed him and began to send him off on auditions.Īt 12, he made his professional debut, landing the role of Riley Boyd on “Chicago Fire.” He followed that up with a guest-starring role on “This Is Us,” playing the future son of Justin Hartley’s character, Kevin. He signed up for after-school acting classes and, at one of those classes, a representative from Coast to Coast Talent Group saw him. “I did the play and I loved every bit of it,” says Oliver, who did a drama in sixth grade and loved that, too. I never told my parents about it.”Ĭast as a pirate, he discovered that he liked acting and loved being part of a production. So I went back to where they were doing auditions. “I never had an interest in acting,” he says, but “I figured the one thing I haven’t done is try out for a play. In fifth grade, during his final year at Calvary Chapel Christian School, he decided to audition for a role in a school production of “Peter Pan.” Oliver was born in Las Vegas and grew up here. Our show, we’ve got all of these different plot points in it … so any age can enjoy it.” A lot of (series try to be) really scary and they try to (give kids) nightmares at night. “I would say it’s good for kids to watch. ![]() Now it’s like 22,000 followers.”įor that, he credits the show itself, which delivers age-appropriate chills while remaining suitable for viewing by the entire family. My Instagram account had, like, 1,000 followers. “I definitely wasn’t expecting it to really blow up like this. “I loved watching ‘Ghost Hunters’ and stuff like that with my brother and cousin when we were kids, and I definitely like time-travel stuff,” he says.īut Oliver admits that he’s surprised by how avidly viewers have taken to the show. “Secrets of Sulphur Springs” seems to be a good fit for Oliver, who says he’s a fan of paranormal-flavored TV shows. “But I would say it definitely gets a little scarier, a little more intense throughout the season,” he adds, and this season focuses a bit more on Harper’s storyline. Oliver says he’s “super-excited” that the drama was picked up for a second season and doesn’t know all of the details of how the mystery will unspool. Griffin and a friend, Harper, try to solve the hotel’s, and the town’s, mysteries with the help of a time portal they have discovered. Oliver plays Griffin Campbell, a 12-year-old who moves from Chicago to Sulphur Springs, Louisiana, when his father buys and renovates the Tremont Hotel, which supposedly is haunted by a girl named Savannah who had disappeared 30 years earlier. “Secrets of Sulphur Springs” is a Disney Channel and Disney+ adventure series that begins its second season Jan. And while he’d certainly love for acting to become his full-time career, for now he’s enjoying the dual-track pleasures of pursuing his dreams while also living the life of a regular teenager. It’s a lifestyle that the down-to-earth native Las Vegan seems to enjoy. (Jen Oliver)įans of Preston Oliver can catch him on TV easily enough on the episodes of “This Is Us” and “Chicago Fire” on which he appeared, or even the first season, and upcoming second season, of “Secrets of Sulphur Springs,” the Disney series in which he stars.īut if they’re lucky enough to live in Las Vegas, fans also could just head over to a certain quick-service restaurant where the 15-year-old works when he’s not building a career as an up-and-coming actor. Preston Oliver in pirate makeup for a school production of "Peter Pan." Oliver was in fifth grade then, and it was the first time he ever had acted.
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