Don Johnson is not afraid to establish the law in his home.
The “Miami Vice” star, 71, appeared on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” on Tuesday, where she talked about her daughter Dakota’s success in the film industry, because she was cut from the family’s payroll after high school. career.
“That bus left. She doesn’t need any advice from me,” observed the actor laughing. “The funny thing about it is – we have a family rule that, you know, if you stay in school, you stay on the payroll. So, you go to college, you get to stay on the payroll.”
“Towards the end of high school, I went to her and said, ‘So, do you want to visit some colleges?’ Or something like this. And she said, ‘Oh, no. I’m not going to college. ‘ “
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When Johnson pressed his 31-year-old daughter about how she would “manage” financially, Dakota responded quickly: “Don’t worry about it.”
Johnson then noted, “Three weeks later, she got that role in David Fincher’s The Social Network”, alongside Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake.
“The rest is, let’s say, film history,” added Johnson.
After the 2010 film, Dakota had a successful career in the film industry, starring roles in “Fifty Shades of Gray”, “Suspiria” and “The Peanut Butter Hawk”.
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“She really doesn’t call me for advice,” revealed Johnson. “She calls me to say, ‘Wow, I want to see you, but I have three pictures that I’m taking at the same time.'”
Don Johnson revealed that the fact that Dakota didn’t want to go to college caused her to be cut off from the family’s payroll.
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Johnson, who now stars on NBC’s “Kenan” alongside “Saturday Night Live” star and titular character Kenan Thompson, also spoke about his current role and revealed that it was “a risk” to dive into the show.
“Let’s face it, it’s not what you would immediately expect Don Johnson to be doing,” said the actor. “And it was a little risky, you know – I went in and took on that kind of play and stuff.”
Johnson also received a lot of praise for his main co-star in Thompson.
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“Frankly, Kenan is so professional that he just – he basically picks me up and says, ‘Oh no, you’re good’ – you know, support me and say ‘Keep it up’.”
“I think I really developed something here, you know?” Johnson thought happily. “It’s a great joy to go to work every day and laugh. And, somehow, I got Kenan’s funny bone.”