Adam Brody Reveals Why 9-12 months-Outdated Daughter Arlo Watched ‘The Ring’

Adam Brody and his daughter Arlo love watching films collectively, and the father-daughter duo not too long ago ventured into a brand new style.

On Wednesday, Oct. 9, the actor, 44, appeared on The Jennifer Hudson Present alongside his No person Needs This castmates, the place he spoke in regards to the “small function” he performed within the 2002 horror movie The Ring — and the way his 9-year-old daughter satisfied him to let her watch it.

“My daughter, who’s 9 — and this was her lead, this was not me. I might by no means push this on her,” Brody clarifies earlier than persevering with the story.

“I’ve a small half in The Ring, the horror film from, you understand, the 2000s,” Brody says, including that Arlo “wished to dabble” in viewing the movie. “And she or he did and she or he took it properly!”

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Brody says that Arlo now makes use of this reality to brag to her buddies, saying, “Now she tells everybody, ‘I do not perceive why persons are scared. I’ve seen The Ring.’ She throws it round.”

After watching Brody’s movie, the dad of two determined to point out his daughter one other horror film: The Sixth Sense. Nonetheless, Arlo didn’t reply as properly to this one.

“However then, really, we watched The Sixth Sense and that was a mistake,” he admits. “She was truthfully crying for just a few days.”

Brody shares Arlo and a 4-year-old son whose identify has not but been revealed along with his spouse Leighton Meester, 38.

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Final month, the No person Needs This star shared that he and Meester have an open and sincere relationship with their two youngsters whereas showing as a visitor on Immediately with Hoda and Jenna.

Requested if he is a brilliant strict, “helicopter” dad or the pinnacle of a “free-range” family, Brody shared, “After all, I’m going to really feel prefer it’s the right stability of all of it.” He continued, “However yeah, I don’t know. [We’re] very sincere. We have now some very truthful conversations, for higher or worse. However aside from that, I wouldn’t say overly strict.”

“There’s a helicopter, you understand, to maintain them protected,” he added. “I’m not overly strict however I see the sharp edges, actually. And their heads aren’t gonna… I wish to hold these heads maintained.”