Listen, we like Kirk Cameron -- who didn't watch a little Growing Pains back in the day? But truthfully, we haven't seen much of him in the past ten years other than that True Love Waits video they showed us in health class in high school where he talked about abstinence. So, when he showed up on the Today Show this morning to talk about his new movie, we learned a couple of things about him.
Number 1: He's not aging. There he is in his argyle looking, for all the world, exactly the same as he did in the final seasons of Growing Pains. Perhaps, in lieu of a salary for the Left Behind films, the Catholic Church granted him some sort of sainthood that allows him to remain youthful for life.
Number 2: His wife, Chelsea Noble, worked as a stand-in in his new movie. A kissing stand-in. Apparently, Kirk refuses to kiss anyone on or off screen except his actual wife, so when it came to the scene where Kirk's character kisses his fictional wife, they shot it in sillouette so Chelsea could stand-in for the other actress.
We have two reactions to this. The first is, "Whoa. Weird." He's an actor. Is it that big a deal? But then we watch the interview, and we're like, "Well, okay. Whatever works for you." Kirk's clearly a man of high ideals (our friend used to see him at the gym sometimes reading his Bible between sets). Feel free to weigh in on this. We're still trying to decide if it's kind of lovely in a bizarre way, or just plain uptight.
Here's the full interview