This Friday, Nov. 13, The Astronauts premieres on Nickelodeon in a special hourlong event. It’s a new live-action series about a group of kids who mistakenly launch into space while they’re exploring a spacecraft. Plano, Texas native Bryce Gheisar plays Elliot Combs, a character whose father owns the spaceship the kids accidentally ride off in.
Bryce was born and raised in Plano, and decided to pursue acting at age eight. Before working on The Astronauts, he also acted in the Disney series Walk the Prank for three seasons as well as the movies A Dog’s Purpose, Wonder, and Clint Eastwood’s The 15:17 to Paris.
“[The Astronauts] has been an amazing experience. I loved working with the stunt coordinator on the anti-gravity scenes,” Bryce shared with the Plano Magazine. “I wasn’t able to work on the wires this season, so I’m hoping I can do it in a possible season two.”
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| Bryce Gheisar // courtesy the actor |
Bryce’s character Elliot has always sought to gain the approval of his billionaire father. To do this, he convinces four other kids to sneak onto a spaceship with him. Things don’t go as planned, and the kids are forced to take on the responsibilities of astronauts in order to survive.
The premiere episodes of The Astronauts were directed by Directors Guild of America award nominee Dean Israelite (Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Power Rangers movie, Project Almanac).
When Bryce isn’t filming, the 15-year-old lives at home in the Dallas area. “I love being close to friends and family. All of my grandparents live nearby,” he said. Formerly a competitive gymnast who took lessons here in Plano, he says he hopes to continue working as an actor, and would like to eventually try his hand at directing one day.
If you’d like to see Bryce in action, tune in to Nickelodeon this Friday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. (ET/PT). Click here for more info.
If you’d like to see Bryce in action, tune in to Nickelodeon this Friday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. (ET/PT). Click here for more info.
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| Bryce and his family // courtesy the actor |
Visit https://www.astronautsonnick.com for more The Astronauts and follow the series on TikTok, https://www.tiktok.com/@theastronauts.
From The Dallas Morning News:
Plano teen stars in new Nickelodeon series ‘The Astronauts’
Bryce Gheisar, 15, has been acting since age 8.
Plano native Bryce Gheisar, 15, is starring in Nickelodeon’s new show, The Astronauts, which premieres Friday.
“['The Astronauts'] has been an amazing experience,” Gheisar told Plano Magazine. “I loved working with the stunt coordinator on the anti-gravity scenes. I wasn’t able to work on the wires this season, so I’m hoping I can do it in a possible season two.”
An actor since age 8, Gheisar also appeared in the Disney series Walk the Prank, for three seasons. His other credits include the films A Dog’s Purpose, Wonder, and The 15:17 to Paris.
In the series' hour-long premiere, Gheisar’s character, Elliott, and four other young people use their parents' security clearances to sneak onto an empty spacecraft, Odyssey II, according to Nickelodeon’s website.
Unexpectedly, the spacecraft launches into orbit and the kids must decide on their own how to become astronauts and survive. Meanwhile, their parents rush to bring the kids safely back to Earth.
“The Astronauts” is Nickelodeon’s first production with Imagine Kids+Family. Imagine is known for its space adventure stories such as the Academy Award-winning film Apollo 13 the hybrid docuseries “Mars” for NatGeo, as well as the Emmy Award-winning series “From The Earth To The Moon” for HBO.
Imagine Kids+Family was formed in 2019 by Imagine Entertainment chairmen Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, according to Nickelodeon. It focuses on developing and producing kids and family entertainment.
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From Star Local:
Local teen having a blast on set of Nickelodeon show
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| Bryce Gheisar, left, plays Elliot Combs on the Nickelodeon show “Astronauts.” Also pictured is Miya Cech, who plays Samantha Sawyer-Wei. Courtesy of Michael Courtney/Nickelodeon |
Bryce Gheisar, a Plano native, is one of the stars of the new Nickelodeon series “Astronauts.”
Gheisar, 15, plays Elliot Combs, the teen who encourages the other characters to enter a spaceship that is accidentally launched into space. “Astronauts” premiers on Nickelodeon on Nov. 13.
“This is a show about five kids who go onto a spaceship that blasts off,” Gheisar said. “I convince the other kids to go on the ship. My dad in the show is a billionaire, so I wanted to prove myself. My character did not think that it would go into space. So it is a big adventure.”
Gheisar did not always want to be in television and movies. When he was younger he studied gymnastics and competed in competitions.
“I was born in Plano and did my gymnastics there. I moved to Frisco, but I was always in Plano because of my gymnastics and because my grandparents live there in Plano as well. I really love it there,” Gheisar said.
“I went to school in Allen,” Gheisar said. “I went to Lovejoy, and I lived near there. I decided to try something different, and my friend told me about an acting school. I never knew you could be an actor. I thought it was outside of what I thought it was possible. I went to an acting class and it was like a dream come true. I loved my first class so much so I kept going. It took over my gymnastics. That proved to my parents that I actually really wanted to act. I went to an acting school in Lewisville called Catherine Sullivan’s Acting for Film. It was she and all the other teachers who made me fall in love with it.”
Gheisar has always been a driven child, first in gymnastics and then in acting.
“If children really love something, continue with it,” Gheisar said. “Only pursue what you love, really think about what you love and work hard at it. These things can take over your life.”
“This show has been a dream come true,” Gheisar said. “I have never been on a science fiction set before. I have been able to use my gymnastics skills to know how to move my body and flexibility when we are filming the zero gravity scenes. Gymnastics always helps me on shows. It all finds a way of finding a way into the acting that I am doing. Being on this set and learning from the directors has been so great. I have been able to notice all sorts of things during this filming that I am learning. I really want to be a director and it is so cool to see all of that during the filming of this show.”
Gheisar has big plans for the future.
“I really want to be in an action movie and do my own stunts,” Gheisar said. “I want to be a director and do a variety of things in the industry. I have goals outside of film, but I have those goals for my career. It would be amazing to be in an action movie.”
While Gheisar loves his work in the television and movie industry, he says he misses seeing his grandparents the most.
“I miss my family and friends,” Ghiesar said. “I will come back to Plano at the end of this shoot and visit my grandparents. My grandparents are from Iran, and they make Persian food. The dishes are so good, and that is what I grew up on. I am deprived of that right now. There is something about eating it in your grandparents’ house that makes it taste even better,” Gheisar said.
Previous to the filming of this series Gheisar appeared in “The 15:17 to Paris,” where he played a younger version of the lead character, in “Wonder,” where he played the antagonist Julian, and in “A Dog’s Purpose.”
His next feature film is “James the Second.” The release date for this film is not yet announced.
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Originally published: Wednesday, November 11, 2020 as 00:11 GMT.
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