Hey guys, I'm Jace Norman.
And I'm Ariel Martin.
And we are coming to you from the set of Bixler High Private Eye.
In the heat of the battle when your adrenaline's pumping,
you tell me that's not a lazy blaster.
[laughing]
So this movie is about a kid who's trying to find his missing dad.
He's the only one who believes that his dad is still alive,
and he comes from this small town in the middle of nowhere
to try to solve the case.
To get this shot, you need a gym.
That's what it's called.
When I first read the script, I fell in love with it right away,
'cause I think each character is so distinct,
and each character has a ton of heart.
You two need a minute? You gonna kiss goodbye or...
- What? Ew, no, what are you-- - Certainly not!
I play Xander Dawit, who is a young man
who is smart, clever, cocky,
kind of thinks he's cooler than he actually is.
He's goofy, but he also has a cool side to him.
Might be just what I'm looking for.
Kenzie, who is a private investigator and she takes all of her cases
super, super seriously.
- My dog is missing. - We're on the case.
The new kid appears to be using some sort of ultraviolet app.
There's so many different things in this movie that--
Little Easter eggs, like Xander, my character, is actually my brother.
Some of you may know my brother's name is Xander.
We thought that was a great name, really cool, unique name
for the character, so we decided to put it in,
and now my brother's got a big ego.
OK, it's an illusion. It happens.
Besides acting in this movie, I also produced and created it.
I pitched it to Nickelodeon two years ago, and it's finally being made.
Being a producer is much different than being an actor
because when you're an actor, you get the script and you kind of
show up on set and everything's all set and ready.
But when you're a producer, you kind of have to create
the whole thing before that.
You're involved in casting sessions, locations, the script,
getting the right crew together, wardrobe.
Some of the days, it was 108 degrees, so I'm sweating through it,
and there's no reason to have a jacket on, but it looks cool.
It's been a crazy, hard journey, but worth it.
It's a cool 110 degrees outside right now.
This is a man-made pond. We dug it out, filled it with water.
We got to shoot a stunt where we basically ran into the pond.
- See that? - That was us.
Yeah, believe it was us.
How was it?
- Great. - Fantastic.
[laughing]
Oh, hi guys. Welcome to my trailer. Come on in.
And now it's time for a scene that I have been waiting for
the entire filming of this movie.
It is my scene where I'm a mechanic and Jace comes up to me and says,
- I'm... what does he say? - Bearded lady from the circus.
But yeah, this scene I think is gonna be really fun.
And what I love about it is this is the first scene
where Xander comes up to her and they talk about actually
working together, and she shows how serious he is and she's impressed
because he knows how to crack the case that she is so serious about,
I don't know, you'll see, but it's gonna be a fun scene.
Boom.
And of course, to finish off Kenzie's old man disguise,
we need a beard, so this is my beard.
It feels natural, it feels normal, I grew a beard overnight.
I think it's great, and I am a professional detective, I guess.
[laughing]
Uh, so this is the...
This is the Rad Rocket. It is a speedy machine, as they say.
Ready?
Ed, who plays my grandpa, is the funniest guy I've ever met.
You busy right now?
He's got a great sense of humor even though he's like 97.
He's probably not that old.
Whatever you kids are doing out there,
you're doing it wrong.
My favorite moment was probably...
- That time... - That time...
When, um...
I think probably in between takes we're always laughing,
and the director could actually get upset with us sometimes 'cause
we're literally laughing every time they say action.
Right before they say action , we're laughing, so...
We've had a lot of really fun times on set I think.
Yeah, I think we laugh at everything.
[laughing]
Action!
OK, so that's it. We got out of the freezing cold water.
- And we had a mud fight. - And, uh, I'm really cold.
And it's cold.
My detective name would be Jace the Ace.
- Good one. - Thanks.
You're welcome.
Mine would be...
Ariel... smell.
[laughing]
That was-- That was awesome.
Um, thank you.
No, what would my detective-- Ariel...
- Ariel the-- - Show and Tell.
[laughing]
Awesome.
Alright, I gotta get back to set.
Thanks for checking out this behind the scenes.
Hope you guys like the movie.
You guys are gonna love it.
Bye guys!