For four months, Cyrus Arnold had a front-row seat to some of the greatest minds in comedy, and he relished every second. But when his friends learned about his role in "Zoolander 2," they were less interested in his work with Ben Stiller or Will Ferrell and more interested in the 20 minutes he spent hanging out with Justin Bieber.
"That's all they really cared about," Arnold told Headlines & Global News exclusively about his meeting the pop idol. "But if you know who Will Ferrell is, it's a really big deal to spend a month [filming] with him. It's more of a big deal than meeting Justin Bieber."
Arnold stars as Stiller's son Derek Zoolander Jr. in the comedy sequel. Unlike his male model father, Derek Jr. is an intelligent young teenager who is embarrassed by the idiotic things that come out of his father's mouth while Derek Sr. can't understand how his chubby son isn't obsessed with looking good like him.
"[Derek Sr.] has this thing with people with weight. If you're not good looking, it's not really that you're a bad person but you don't have that many intentions in life and so he doesn't treat me like a son, like a real son, and that upsets my character," the 13-year-old actor said.
The California native and his good friend Jake Brennan (Netflix's "Richie Rich") may one day succeed the likes of Stiller, Wilson and Ferrell as the funniest guys in comedy. The two child actors, who first worked together on an episode of Nickelodeon's "Sam & Cat," are working on developing a new web series satirizing the little things in life that annoy them.
In the meantime, be sure to catch Arnold in "Zoolander 2," out in theaters now.
