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Tim Allen Returns To Santa Clause Franchise For Disney+

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Admit it, when you were a little kid, you wished that Scott Calvin--Tim Allen's character from 'The Santa Clause' movies--was your dad too. Well, for actress Elizabeth Allen-Dick, she got the best of both worlds, being the real-life daughter of Tim Allen! Now, the two team up as the ultimate father-daughter duo, both on-screen and off, in the Disney+ limited series "The Santa Clauses", which continues the now-iconic story of Holiday-favorite movies! Young Hollywood chats with Tim and Elizabeth over Zoom to find out how well Tim embodies Santa irl, plus the twosome describe the vibe on set and discuss the much-anticipated return of Bernard the Elf!

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Young Hollywood

You guys are quite the father daughter duo, so Elizabeth, how good would you say? Is your dad at being santa?

Elizabeth

Really? Uh 10, 10 times a million? Um So so yeah, with like one through 10 that I kind of just added a million, but it really doesn't, you know, he's, he's really just truly amazing at being santa and enhancing the character but also making it his own, so people, you know, say like when they think of santa claus, I think of him and I think of the character that he's made and created,

Young Hollywood

Yeah, what would you say? How's the behind the scenes vibe for you guys? Is it like you call him dad, like you call him santa, what is it like?

Elizabeth

Um I can't tell you dad, but I usually, I worried at first about kind of making sure that there was a line between my father and my co worker, which was very weird to say, but I mean movie um but we just had so much fun, you know, I wasn't, I definitely did think about that before working on, I was like okay, is this gonna, I need to give them a space, you know, blah blah blah, but with what I can see um but I just, but we just had a blast together and you know joking around and just, you know, messing around on set and then as soon as they yelled action, it was just the scene, you know, there's nothing else to worry about into, you know, so it was,

Young Hollywood

That's so cool, that's so cool, you guys get together and a lot of the comments about how everyone was so excited that Bernard was back. So you guys feel that that is happening in the movie.

Tim Allen

I all it did is like I can't unfold this page. There's a lot of characters we didn't get to because it turned out this was a little bit more intense to shoot than we thought. So there's a whole scene with the legendary characters and Spencer breslin is also not, we couldn't get to that in my judge reinhold, Wendy Crewson, there's a lot of people that were in the original story that we couldn't get to and it said Bernard was always on that list. How do you fit him in? He's been retired for a while so there's a lot of issues with that. Ask him, it was a magic moment and just like you said, it's, it's it's so weird about this, it's like you just stepped off the set for the last time and now you're back here and nothing has really changed and it's partially because of the makeup. Once we're in makeup that I mean I literally look younger as santa now that I do like staying here, it's a little creepy. It was amazing to have him on and he drilled the part

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Tim Allen

    Plays Scott Calvin/Santa, stars in 'The Santa Clauses', real-life father of Elizabeth Allen-Dick

  • Elizabeth Allen-Dick

    Stars in 'The Santa Clauses', real-life daughter of Tim Allen

  • Bernard the Elf

    Much-anticipated character returning in 'The Santa Clauses'

  • Spencer Breslin

    Original cast member who couldn't return for 'The Santa Clauses'

  • Judge Reinhold

    Original cast member who couldn't return for 'The Santa Clauses'

  • Wendy Crewson

    Original cast member who couldn't return for 'The Santa Clauses'

FAQ

Who plays Santa in 'The Santa Clauses' Disney+ series?+
Tim Allen reprises his role as Scott Calvin, who is Santa Claus, in 'The Santa Clauses' on Disney+.
Who is Elizabeth Allen-Dick in relation to Tim Allen?+
Elizabeth Allen-Dick is Tim Allen's real-life daughter, and she also stars alongside him in 'The Santa Clauses' series.
Do Tim Allen and his daughter play father and daughter in 'The Santa Clauses'?+
Yes, Tim Allen and Elizabeth Allen-Dick team up as an on-screen father-daughter duo in 'The Santa Clauses' Disney+ series.
Is Bernard the Elf returning in 'The Santa Clauses'?+
Yes, there was much excitement among fans for the return of Bernard the Elf in 'The Santa Clauses' series.
Which original cast members were not able to return for 'The Santa Clauses'?+
Spencer Breslin, Judge Reinhold, and Wendy Crewson were among the original cast members who could not return for 'The Santa Clauses' series.

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