Ryan Phillippe is a straight shooter.

So in relation to working with son Deacon Phillippe—the youthful of his two youngsters with ex-wife Reese Witherspoon—on his new collection Motorheads, Ryan is pleased to share precisely what it was like.

“It’s unbelievable,” he advised E! Information’ Will Marfuggi on the Could 13 premiere of the Amazon Prime Video collection. “It was the top author’s thought for him to play this half, and I stepped out of the way in which I mentioned, ‘Go forward provide it to him, see what he thinks.’ I didn’t need to put strain on anybody.”

The 23-year-old’s function in query? Playing the brother of Ryan’s character in flashback scenes, an idea the Merciless Intentions actor admitted was bizarre “in a method.”

“It’s additionally actually cool,” Ryan—additionally dad to Ava Phillippe, 25, with Reese, and Kai Knapp, 13, with ex-girlfriend Alexis Knapp—famous. “We received to take a seat and speak to the showrunner about what our childhood was like, which is form of an odd factor for father and son to get to debate. However it all works, and he’s nice within the present.” (For extra, tune into E! Information tonight, Could 14 at 11 p.m.)