THE ASTRONAUTS - PAIGE HOWARD, MIYA CECH and BEN DAON INTERVIEW

From Executive Producers Ron Howard and Brian Grazer ,suit up for a space adventure with the brand new live-action series on Nickelodeon… The Astronauts !

In The Astronauts, the spacecraft Odyssey II is set to launch on a mission to retrieve a foreign object that could potentially save mankind. The plan quickly goes awry when five untrained kids use their parents’ security clearances to sneak onto the empty ship. Soon after they board, the onboard AI system triggers the launch sequence. Unable to stop the ship from blasting off, the kids must assume their new role as astronauts and brave harrowing tasks, as their parents rush to find a way to take control of the situation.

The series also stars Paige Howard as Matilda, the space craft Odyssey II’s onboard AI system.

Howard is an American actress who has worked in film, television, and theater. Howard attended New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and made her professional stage debut in Mary Rose, at the Vineyard Theater in New York City. She has appeared on numerous television shows such as Medium, 90210, and Happy! She also made her feature film debut in the 2009 comedy, Adventureland.Additional film credits include The Employer, Cheesecake Casserole, Hollywood.con, and the upcoming film, Collection.

Miya Cech starred as ‘ZhenZhen’ in Netflix’s Rim of the World and as ‘Akiko’ in Nickelodeon’s reimagined ‘90s kids’ cult classic Are You Afraid of the Dark? She also played the young version of Ali Wong’s ‘Sasha’ in Netflix’s Always Be My Maybe as well as ‘Zu’ in FOX’s The Darkest Minds, an adaptation of the #1 New York Times best-selling book series of the same title, alongside Bradley Whitford, Mandy Moore and Amandla Stenberg and directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson. She can next be seen in the highly anticipated independent feature film, Marvelous and the Black Hole, where she plays teenage delinquent ‘Sammy Ko,’ opposite Rhea Pearlman.

Ben Daon was born in NYC and raised in Vancouver, he began acting at age 11, booking his first commercial for the 2018 Winter Olympics for P&G. Passionate about acting, he began pursuing larger opportunities and later landed supporting roles in feature films Thunderbird, Broken Diamonds and Child’s Play.

The first two episodes of The Astronauts premiere back-to-back on Friday, Nov. 13, at 7 p.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon.

I spoke with stars Miya Cech, Ben Doan and Paige Howard about working on this fantastic family series.