The “Secrets of Sulphur Springs” set may have changed more than anything. “My face changed more than anything, so I might look older. Sadly, Oliver says, he didn’t grow much during the time away.
It’s because of the six-month break the production took during the pandemic.
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If Oliver and his character look different as the series progresses, it isn’t a result of the time-travel element Disney is hoping to keep under wraps. Oliver’s dad, Brandon, remained in Las Vegas with their 17-year-old son, Jordan.
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The series films in Louisiana, so Oliver was accompanied by Jen, who left her corporate events job at Encore Productions to be with her youngest son full time. If you look her in the eye, the legend goes, you’ll never be seen again. Thirty years ago, young Savannah Dillon disappeared from town and supposedly haunts the Tremont. In “Secrets of Sulphur Springs,” Oliver portrays Griffin Campbell, a 12-year-old whose life is uprooted when his father quits his job and moves the family from Chicago to Sulphur Springs, Louisiana, to fix up the Tremont, the long-shuttered hotel that was a big part of his childhood. He’s popped up on “This Is Us” a few times in flash-forwards as Kevin’s (Justin Hartley’s) future son, but he’s still waiting to hear if they’ll need him for more episodes this season. “So I guess that was a little bit of my inspiration.” “She sat me down, and she begged me to get the role,” he recalls. It turns out it’s his Aunt Sandy’s favorite show. Oliver was visiting his mom’s family in Ohio when that “Chicago Fire” opportunity came along. And, yes, he’s well aware that sort of thing rarely happens. “I believe three auditions,” Oliver says. How much time transpired between that and his landing a guest role on two episodes of “Chicago Fire,” which aired in January 2019? Representatives from Coast to Coast Talent Group attended one of those sessions, liked what they saw and eventually began sending him on auditions. Roles in sixth and seventh grade class plays followed, and his mother, Jen, signed him up for acting classes.
If that seems like an abrupt transition, it was. Now 14, Oliver stars in the new time-travel mystery series “Secrets of Sulphur Springs” (8 p.m.
The Las Vegas native won a small role as a pirate in the Calvary Chapel Christian School production of “Peter Pan.” “In fifth grade, it was my last year at that school, so I figured, ‘Hey, why not? Might as well try out for it.’ ” Preston Oliver hadn’t given acting much thought, but he was getting older, about to move on to a new stage in his life, and he didn’t want to live with regret. Disney Channel's "Secrets of Sulphur Springs" stars Preston Oliver as Griffin Campbell.
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