LOS ANGELES 鈥 Emily Osment considers co-star Montana Jordan 鈥減eaceful.鈥
鈥淢ontana鈥檚 got a really beautiful viewpoint and it shows鈥 on their series, 鈥淕eorgie & Mandy鈥檚 First Marriage,鈥 she says.
The two met when she was a guest star on 鈥淵oung Sheldon,鈥 the series that launched Jordan, and thought he looked like Patrick Swayze.
鈥淗e鈥檚 Georgie in so many ways,鈥 she adds. 鈥淢y family is from the South and he reminds me of so many people there.鈥
Montana Jordan and Emily Osment play a young couple dealing with plenty of issues in "Georgie and Mandy's First Marriage." The "Young Sheldon" spinoff debuts this month.
When the characters clicked, producers decided to put them together and, one child and a couple of career changes later, they鈥檙e the centerpiece of the first 鈥淵oung Sheldon鈥 spinoff.
So far, the series has resonated with fans of that show and its mothership, 鈥淭he Big Bang Theory.鈥 鈥淕eorgie & Mandy鈥 gave them a studio audience (something Jordan didn鈥檛 experience with 鈥淵oung Sheldon鈥) and something Osment was familiar with through a host of other series.
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Emily Osment stars in "Georgie and Mandy's First Marriage."
Making her mark as a child, Osment attracted attention in 鈥淪py Kids 2,鈥 then segued into 鈥淗annah Montana,鈥 the Miley Cyrus series that brought record audiences to a Disney Channel show. Music ventures followed; a host of Disney specials and movies were a given.
By the time she got back to series television, Osment was an industry veteran, recording songs when she wasn鈥檛 acting; touring when she wasn鈥檛 doing voiceovers.
She got her first taste of Chuck Lorre鈥檚 comedy empire as a guest star in 鈥淭wo and a Half Men鈥 and, from there, has been steadily employed by the uber-producer behind 鈥淕eorgie & Mandy's.鈥
鈥淲hat I thought was going to be my first and only week on 鈥榊oung Sheldon鈥 (turned into) a call the following week and the following week and now here I am today,鈥 she says. 鈥淢y expectations were very normal. They just got blown out of the water by Chuck, who鈥檚 kept me employed for 14 years now.鈥
Montana Jordan as Georgie and Emily Osment as Mandy do a lot of decision-making away from her parents in "Georgie and Mandy's First Marriage."
Lorre鈥檚 shows 鈥 like the ones she watched while making 鈥淗annah Montana鈥澛犫 were comforting. 鈥淚 would come home from working all day and my dad and I would have dinner and we would watch 鈥楥heers.鈥 As I got older, I鈥檇 watch 鈥楤ig Bang Theory.鈥 It was just something we did.鈥
That 鈥渃omfort television,鈥 Osment says, is what 鈥淕eorgie and Mandy鈥檚鈥 offers. 鈥淭he reason shows like 鈥榊oung Sheldon鈥 are so authentic and so relatable is because they really are about real people and a real family dynamic. In the case of Georgie鈥檚 character, he shows who he is as a person when he runs into any sort of speed bump. Because he鈥檚 been coasting, living at home, being an 18-year-old, this roadblock came into his life, and it鈥檚 caused him to step up.
鈥淭hat proves that (Mandy and Georgie) together are a very good team.鈥
The two execute a tango in the opening credits of the show and, true to form, they rehearsed until it was flawless.
While a single-camera show (like 鈥淵oung Sheldon鈥) allows a director to shoot a scene until he鈥檚 pleased with what he sees, a multi-camera one (like 鈥淕eorgie & Mandy鈥檚鈥) has an audience that becomes a consideration.
Montana Jordan and Emily Osment star in "Georgie and Mandy's First Marriage."
Jordan 鈥 a newbie to the studio audience world 鈥 took to it quickly. Osment, a veteran multi-cam actress, didn鈥檛 even consider the shift.
鈥淚鈥檓 not thinking about the audience,鈥 she says. 鈥淚鈥檓 thinking about my performance and how to bring my best self to the stage, every day.鈥
Renewed for a second season, 鈥淕eorgie and Mandy鈥檚 First Marriage鈥 should let its stars explore other areas of the relationship.
鈥淚 think when you put two kids in 1994 in east Texas trying to raise a baby together, there鈥檚 going to be issues,鈥 Osment says.
A divorce perhaps? 鈥淭here could be a second marriage between them, but I hope it鈥檚 my only marriage,鈥 she says.
