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Good Luck Charlie alum Jason Dolley exclusively told E! News how helium reacted to onscreen sister Bridgit Mendler stepping distant from acting to prosecute a new vocation arsenic a tech CEO.
By Sabba Rahbar Oct 29, 2024 7:18 PMTags
Bridgit Mendler’s ‘Good Luck Charlie’ Costar Jason Dolley Reacts to Her Career arsenic a CEO (Exclusive)
Jason Dolley wasn't definite if the world was acceptable for not for Bridgit Mendler's vocation shift.
Indeed, contempt her engaged vocation connected Disney Channel and arsenic a rising popstar, the Good Luck Charlie actress stepped distant from the spotlight to prosecute a vocation successful tech. But arsenic her onscreen member revealed, the move actually made consciousness to him.
"All of the quality that broke astir her erstwhile she was going to MIT, past she was gathering satellites, it amazed me," Jason exclusively told E! News' Francesca Amiker at the Wizards Beyond Waverly Place premiere Oct. 28, "but it besides acceptable precise good with who I knew her to be."
The Minutemen alum added, "She evidently has a large vocation tone arsenic an histrion and a vocalist and songwriter, but she's ever had this truly inventive and originative mind." (For much from Jason and others connected the Wizards Beyond Waverly Place red carpet, tune into E! News tonight, Oct. 29, astatine 11 p.m.)
Earlier this year, Bridigt shared that she and her husband Griffin Cleverly had founded tech startup Northwood Space, which aims to physique crushed outer stations to assistance nonstop and person information from space, acting arsenic a "data highway" betwixt the two. She presently serves arsenic the CEO, portion Griffin—with whom she shares a 4-year-old son—acts arsenic CTO.
The 31-year-old also graduated with a instrumentality grade from Harvard successful May, and was pursuing a PhD from MIT—although she did person to put that connected a little hold.
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According to Jason, Bridgit's begetter builds engines, truthful helium thinks it was lone logical for her to "go successful that direction."
"But honestly, she tin bash immoderate she sets her caput to," the 33-year-old continued, "and I say, 'Power to you.' Get those satellites disconnected and physique a amended tomorrow."
And if Jason's manifesting works, possibly Bridgit mightiness see acting again in a Good Luck Charlie reboot.
"I deliberation there's tons of absorbing stories to beryllium told there," helium mused, sharing a fewer ideas astir his character's storyline. "I deliberation PJ's trajectory is precise interesting. You know, going into the relation of cooking and possibly helium becomes a Gordon Ramsey type."
Jason did enactment that he's not the 1 who tin marque the last telephone though, telling E!, "I'm putting it retired there, truthful we'll spot what happens."
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