but first, he stars alongside rita wilson in the movie "boy genius."♪ >> good, good, good. >> jimmy: this is nice, now i'm the tall one again. how are you doing? >> i'm good. how are you doing? >> jimmy: i'm good. did you get to meet kobe? >> i did. >> jimmy: you love basketball, right? >> yes, i've played since i was 2 or 3 years old. so that's my favorite sport. >> jimmy: i know that about you, are you a lakers fan? >> it's very complex. my favorite basketball player has been lebron james. ever since i was born he's been in the league. i've supported the lakers because they're from l.a., my whole family is lakers fans. >> jimmy: you decided not to be a lakers fan. >> i support them as well, they're my hometown. >> jimmy: what if they played against each other. >> that is tough. i don't know. i've always went to those games because those are like special games for me. >> jimmy: who are you rooting for at those games? >> i don't know. somebody's got to win, right? >> jimmy: this must be great when your favorite player from your favorite team went to yo

teacher who plays -- who is played by rita wilson.gin suicide and breakfast club. >> if you don't see the originals, john hughes, penelope -- george lucas. look at spider in the grass. could there be any better narrative about teenage heartbreak and the fragility of the human mind? >> so did you learn a lot from boy boy. >>. >> we filmed it throughout an entire high school. i do online school so every time we do school we would go inside one of the classes and pretend we're learning sufficietuff in classroom. >> what was it like. >> it was fun. all the castmates have graduated and everything. but it was just super fun being able to get my own locker and stuff. it was super cool on set and it was just a really fun experience. >> what's the number one thing you want people to take away from the movie? >> i mean, when people watch the movie i just want people to know that it's okay to be -- it's okay to be smart or it's okay to be a nerd. i feel like a lot of these people -- [ applause ] the objective is not -- i feel like it's okay -- h