Life with Mikey (1993) on Netflix
Michael Chapman, a former child star, now runs a kid-talent agency with his brother Ed. A street girl, Angie Vega, picks his pocket, then acts her way out of trouble.
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Plot summary
Michael Chapman, once a boy on the sitcom Life With Mikey, cannot build on that early success as an adult. He and his brother Ed run Chapman & Chapman, an agency for young performers that is short on work. Michael, who does not take the business seriously, argues often with their biggest client, the commercial actor Barry Corman. One day a girl named Angie Vega steals his wallet on the street. He chases her, she gets away, and when someone catches her lifting a second wallet she puts on a performance to talk her way clear. Michael joins the act, then offers to represent her. She returns his wallet and accepts, and he talks his way into a callback for a Sunburst Cookies commercial so she can audition.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Life with Mikey (1993)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The Walt Disney Company briefly considered putting the film into turnaround, which would have dropped it, but changed their minds after Eddie Murphy expressed interest in the film.
- Marc Lawrence came up with the premise after reflecting on his five years working as a writer and supervising producer on Family Ties, and decided to write a screenplay about a character in a similar transitional stage in their career.
