The actor that plays Theo, Kyle Pettis, had a mention last night during the U. Of Washington vs. Stanford football game. His brother plays for the UW Huskies. His dad was also a football player and the announcers mentioned Kyle last night and that he was on Days. When my husband came to bed, the first thing he asked me was if I knew who he was?
In the current Days wasteland I love this character. Just when I thought he was very unautistic acting, the scenes during the current SL were spot on and very natural.
2years ago I had two autistic children in my kindergarten class. One of them would totally freak out if his sister didn’t get downstairs to pick him up within seconds of the bell ringing. He also had a very difficult time with fire drills, so his mom had to come to school and pretend she was helping in the class every time we had one. Theo’s reaction was spot on and reminded me so much of my former student. I think he is quite talented.
Gary Pettis is an American professional baseball center fielder and coach. He is the third base coach with the Houston Astros. Prior to coaching, he played in Major League Baseball for eleven seasons, and won the Gold Glove Award five times. (Info from Wikipedia)