NEW YORK, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- This is Us and Gilmore Girls actor Milo Ventimiglia says he became close friends with Tim Timmons, the real-life Christian music star he plays in I Can Only Imagine 2.
"He's giving to everybody without ever asking for anything in return and I think that's just pure goodness," Ventimiglia, 48, told UPI in a recent Zoom interview.
"That is an inspiration to be around and seeing how Tim moves through life and knowing Tim even more intimately because of where we come from, the conversations we'd had, it just all kind of came out on screen," the actor said.
"The best thing for me was just being around Tim, soaking up his entire essence. And then, just when Andy [Erwin] and Brent [McCorkle] would call, 'Action!' I'd be like, 'OK, cool,' because Movie Tim could go ahead and run wild and do the fun things," he added. "To play a role like that, as an artist, is a gift. To know him and call him a friend and I'm going to know him for the rest of my life is just beyond [that]."
Co-starring John Michael Finley, Dennis Quaid, Trace Adkins, Sophie Skelton and Arielle Kebbel, the film came in at No. 3 at the North American box office this weekend.
