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Ricky Schroder's labor of love

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    Actor returns to small screen in new movie 'Wild Hearts'

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Meanwhile he started his career as a child star in TV silver -- now actor Ricky Schroeder -- -- small screen with his wife and four kids.

As they start in.

Hallmark movie channels are wild hearts the film revolves around a young girl who goes to meet her dad.

For the first time.

Exact Thomas.

My name is Roy Johnson.

-- -- Katie from Malibu.

She was here fifteen years ago -- And her fifteen year old daughter.

Actor director -- Joins -- morning I -- the concept of this movie it's a family film but it was born within your own family how it happened.

Yet what my daughter -- wanted to be an actress and -- -- chiseled.

And I didn't want to go through the same experience not -- a child actor not that they were horrible or anything.

But I wanted to have a normal childhood so you know at sixteen I felt like she was a young woman and she was capable of handling it -- that you want to pursue a career acting.

Then she might have a chance of success as an adult which part of the silver spoons experience did not want her to.

Champ -- the -- will just knocking on the part didn't I didn't want her to have.

Was losing on the social life is -- -- a normal childhood in and then doing the things that kids do it in school.

Because I think some of that -- is is is is important and I missed some of that.

Right but also staying away from some of the problems that we see some of the younger kids -- get Hollywood now I'm sure that you.

Yeah didn't want her to face that as well correct but you -- -- kids get in trouble everywhere in every walk of life.

It's it just the whole world's watching when the tabloids have a camera write notes to see you guys sit down you hammer out the story of which year in Europe and -- needed to -- this isn't your family story.

This is this is a concept how would you look at your daughter even though she's your daughter in the movie how do you look at -- As an actor in this role as opposed which he really is in your life.

Well they treated her just like any actor and actress on the set -- possible it is possible I mean I totally -- Demand excellence from people I work with and -- demand excellence myself.

What do you agree why don't we just have you don't Montgomery wouldn't you know microphone on continued to get Hillary is -- -- -- -- for Malibu and a.

If this is -- tonight if I stay clean earlier and you must do.

So is this your first acting experience than it is.

It is and so excited nervous.

I don't know about -- I don't know -- insist.

-- -- -- It's gonna be reviewed it's going to be judged and it's the first time just -- herself out there and public way.

She's been -- raw talents of people you help things in writing this yeah.

-- we all collaborated and you know I think that wild mustangs are an important part of America's history so it was important for us to incorporate that in story somehow.

Insert registered as a family effort and you know -- -- has been in the horses her whole life so.

You know and mustang comes between two of -- In the story right that's correct itself father and listen -- -- daughter daughter who's getting in or father who sophisticated adult sophisticated from Malibu you like a -- guy from the -- from the midwest yeah I can wild mustangs and break them and sell them and I guess while listening Bravo who she doesn't want -- -- break his spirit.

It's just like a kid that.

I can't tell that your father daughter by the way -- thinkers -- -- how hard is it for you to wait -- sixty did you say is that something -- -- -- -- -- or did you just say I understand that what you mean about waiting and I'm OK with that I mean I was signing an -- close -- acting job and he saw that and -- I was -- -- the item and so he is like a lot better hop on -- you know stuff.

-- -- -- A lot of the first the director -- were positive good experience and so when you were making the movie was it like OK honey that was -- but you should try it this way.

-- encouraging and mean and I had so much where we and we look like but -- Elvis -- now obviously that was over -- I didn't it she's all -- now when you -- you have the same personality you mean the personality is that we are both.

-- -- -- Computer -- -- and the candidates are driven it -- -- really -- he told me never not been.

Bill never -- -- things Shula right that's -- -- from reference because they inserted when I was eight after the China.

So -- can provide the need settled lenses to look at life through and came we will.

All right check it out review it at your house -- it airs this Saturday -- 8 PM hallmark movies are well I think.

Regular season is exactly -- you think you are.

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