Luke Bracey Embraces Pa’s Faults in ‘Little House on the Prairie’: “We Didn’t Want Him to Be Perfect”
[This story contains some spoilers for the first season of Netflix‘s Little House on the Prairie.] Luke Bracey didn’t know anything about Little House on...
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- [This story contains some spoilers for the first season of Netflix‘s Little House on the Prairie.] Luke Bracey didn’t know anything about Little House on the Prairie growing up — Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books and the long-running TV series of the 1970s and ’80s didn’t register with him as a kid in Australia.
- In a way, that might have been a little bit helpful — I didn’t have anything already in mind of what it was or what it should be.” Related Stories Bracey of course landed the role of Charles Ingalls in Netflix’s adaptation of Little House, based on Laura Ingalls Widler’s semi-autobiographical novels of her childhood.
- Once you were cast as Charles, did you read the books or delve into the real Ingalls family’s life while you were preparing?
- I did a few things with the books.
What happened
[This story contains some spoilers for the first season of Netflix‘s Little House on the Prairie.] Luke Bracey didn’t know anything about Little House on the Prairie growing up — Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books and the long-running TV series of the 1970s and ’80s didn’t register with him as a kid in Australia. In a way, that might have been a little bit helpful — I didn’t have anything already in mind of what it was or what it should be.” Related Stories Bracey of course landed the role of Charles Ingalls in Netflix’s adaptation of Little House, based on Laura Ingalls Widler’s semi-autobiographical novels of her childhood. Once you were cast as Charles, did you read the books or delve into the real Ingalls family’s life while you were preparing? I did a few things with the books. But his naiveté is something that he has to learn to corral a little bit. His real optimism is a great part about him and something that I think is really beautiful in a man.
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