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Oakes Fegley and Laura Marano Dish on Working with Robert De Niro for ‘The War With Grandpa’

Oakes Fegley and Laura Marano are starring alongside Robert De Niro in a hilarious, heart-warming family comedy The War With Grandpa and are opening up to Celeb Secrets about their experience on set.

Virtually sitting down with our host Juliet Schroder, Oakes and Laura give us the scoop on what’s to come from the highly-anticipated comedy while sharing some of their favorite memories from filming. The young actors also reveal what they learned from working with household names like Christopher Walken, Cheech Marin, Jane Seymour, Rob Riggle and Uma Thurman, as well as what Robert De Niro — or “Bob” as they call him — gave them when they first started working together on set.

“On our first day of filming, Mr. De Niro — or ‘Bob’ as he introduced himself — wrote us little letters and said basically, ‘I’m looking forward to working with you and its such a pleasure.’ And that was definitely something that I wasn’t expecting and it was nice. I don’t think many people would have known that otherwise and it was a nice, heartfelt moment and different than I had ever experienced before,” Oakes says.

Watch our full interview with Oakes and Laura below.

In The War With Grandpa, sixth-grader Peter (Fegley) is pretty much your average kid. He loves gaming, hanging out with his friends and his beloved pair of Air Jordans. But when his recently
widowed grandfather Ed (De Niro) moves in with Peter’s family, the boy is forced to give up his most prized possession of all, his bedroom.

Unwilling to let such an injustice stand, Peter, with the help of his closest buddies, devises a series of increasingly elaborate pranks to drive out the interloper. But Grandpa Ed won’t go without a fight. He even enlists his own pals—Jerry (Christopher Walken), Danny (Cheech Marin) and Diane (Jane Seymour)—to join the battle. Soon, it’s all-out war, with each side willing to stop at (almost) nothing to claim victory.

As tensions mount, Peter’s family—dad Arthur (Rob Riggle), mom Sally (Uma Thurman) and sisters Mia (Marano) and Jennifer (Poppy Gagnon)—remain blissfully unaware of the goings-on under their own roof. That is, until everything comes to a head during one unforgettable backyard birthday party.

Watch the trailer for The War With Grandpa below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WyRpWNFfUE

The War With Grandpa hits theaters this Friday, October 9th. Let us know what you think of the trailer and if you’ll be catching it this weekend by either leaving a reaction at the bottom of the post or by sending us a tweet at @celebsecrets.

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  • Juliet Schroder

    Juliet is the founder and executive producer/host of Celeb Secrets and Celeb Secrets Country. When not reporting on the latest news in pop culture and country music, she enjoys traveling, spending time with friends and family, watching sports and exploring the latest fashion trends. Juliet holds a B.S. in marketing from St. John's University.

Juliet is the founder and executive producer/host of Celeb Secrets and Celeb Secrets Country. When not reporting on the latest news in pop culture and country music, she enjoys traveling, spending time with friends and family, watching sports and…

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