Chris Pine was supported by both his parents, Robert Pine and Gwynne Gilford, at the Los Angeles premiere of his directorial debut, Poolman, at the Vista Theatre on Wednesday night.
At a screening for his comedy mystery film directed, which Chris also produced, co-wrote and starred in, the actor, 43, was seen chatting with his mom and dad at the historic single-screen movie theater, now owned by Quentin Tarantino.
Robert, best known for portraying Sgt. Joseph Getraer on the television series CHiPs, couldn’t help but sing his son’s praises at the event as he marveled at his acting skills.
‘He memorizes dialogue. I’m ADD, and it takes me a long time to do,’ the All My Children alum, 82, admitted. ‘He can go off script and get right back on it when he feels something that’s good or right, he can do that. I can’t do that.’
Chris Pine was supported by both his parents, Robert Pine and Gwynne Gilford, at the Los Angeles premiere of his directorial debut, Poolman, at the Vista Theatre on Wednesday night (seen on Wednesday)
Robert went on to reveal that Chris has a talent for ad-libbing, before noting that his voice makes a cameo in Poolman.
‘You’re going to have to watch it and see where my voice comes up,’ he teased in an interview with People.
While looking back on Chris’ childhood, Robert noted that his son ‘never mentioned’ a desire to pursue acting.
‘He graduated from high school. He did one act for his English class of Waiting for Godot. He was very good in it… Then he went to Berkeley as an English major, and he wanted to meet people. And somebody said, ‘Why don’t you come and try out for this play?’ So we did,’ the father-of-two recalled.
After going to watch him perform, alongside his spouse, 77, Robert said within five minutes they were thinking, ‘Holy, he’s really good.’
‘He did about four or five plays up there, all wonderful. And then he said afterward, ‘I think maybe I’d like to try this.’ I said, ‘Go for it,” Robert said.
In Poolman, Chris plays ‘a native Los Angeleno who spends his days looking after the pool of the Tahitian Tiki apartment block and fighting to make his hometown a better place to live,’ according to a synopsis.
Ultimately, his character ‘is tasked by a femme fatale to uncover the truth behind a shady business deal’ and ‘enlists the help of his friends to take on a corrupt politician and a greedy land developer.’
At a screening for his comedy mystery film directed, which Chris also produced, co-wrote and starred in, the actor, 43, was seen chatting with his mom and dad at the historic single-screen movie theater, now owned by Quentin Tarantino (seen on April 24, 2024)
Robert, best known for portraying Sgt. Joseph Getraer on the television series CHiPs, couldn’t help but sing his son’s praises as he marveled at his acting
‘He memorizes dialogue. I’m ADD, and it takes me a long time to do,’ the All My Children alum, 82, admitted. ‘He can go off script and get right back on it when he feels something that’s good or right, he can do that. I can’t do that’
‘His investigation reveals a hidden truth about his beloved city and himself,’ the synopsis continues.
Chris previously told People that directing ‘was so joyful’ and allowed him to be ‘the most creative’ he’s ‘ever gotten to be on set.’
‘We hope you leave the theater with a smile, feeling a little bit lighter than when you came in. Just a moment to escape the day-to-day with a story that delights,’ Chris said of his latest project.
He also explained that his character is a ‘dreamer whose search for love and connection won’t be bullied into submission by a cynical world.’
Robert went on to reveal that Chris has a talanet for ad-libbing, before noting that his voice makes a cameo in Poolman (Robert Pine (L) and Gwynne Gilford pictured together)
While looking back on Chris’ childhood, Robert noted that his son ‘never mentioned’ a desire to pursue acting (seen in 2022)
‘I like that kind of optimism and I think audiences will too,’ he predicted.
His new film also stars Annette Bening, Danny DeVito, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Stephen Tobolowsky, Clancy Brown, John Ortiz and Ray Wise.
‘Just getting to work with one of them would be fortunate. The fact that they all said yes was unbelievable,’ he said. ‘I’m forever grateful they gave their time and talents to the film.’
Chris previously told People that directing ‘was so joyful’ and allowed him to be ‘the most creative’ he’s ‘ever gotten to be on set’ (seen in 2022)
In 2022, Chris said he ‘never had a passion for acting’ as a child.
‘Acting was something that seemed to pop out of nowhere and then just took over my life,’ he told IndieWire. ‘It seemed to be fated and it made a lot of sense.’
As for directing, he confessed he ‘never had a desire to direct, really, truthfully.’
But, ‘the idea for Poolman started as this little pebble in a pond’ that took over.
‘I go where my interest is and my interest just so happens, in the past couple years, to have been these smaller-ish films,’ he explained.
