“Out on tour, normally you try to be a different person because you’re trying to meet everyone’s expectations. But all you have to do is be yourself, and you’ll just ease right through it,” he said.
As Young Simba, Jackson said his goal is express bravery and fear. Those are two emotions he felt when he joined the cast.
“For our first table read, the hyenas jumped out of their chairs and started running to us. It was super scary,” he said. “I used to get scared. After a while, it made me even more brave.”
Jackson’s mom said she had to pull Jackson out of his elementary school in order for him to go on tour; otherwise, he’d miss too many school days.
This resulted in her home-schooling Jackson.
His mom said this is possible because she’s self-employed as an education consultant. Also, she has a strong partnership with her husband, who is looking out for Jackson’s two big brothers in Delaware.
