Lucas Neff as Jimmy Chance
Jimmy Chance is the young single father who became a dad when he got a serial killer pregnant during a one-night stand. When his baby-mama Lucy is executed for killing her ex-boyfriends, Jimmy becomes the legal guardian of Princess Beyonce. Jimmy takes the baby home to live with him, his mother, father, and grandmother, and they rename the little girl Hope.
Jimmy doesn't have a life plan, but he's a talented artist. For now, he works bagging groceries at Howdy's Market.
At the store he works alongside Sabrina, the girl he has a crush on. Even though she has a boyfriend, he befriends her and is standing by so he can jump in if Sabrina and Wyatt break up.
Lucas Neff's acting career began as an accident when his application at the University of Illinois was misprocessed and the school assigned him to the performing arts department by mistake. After graduating from college, he went on to study at the School at Steppenwolf.
Neff's theater credits include "Jon," "Talk Radio," "Honest" and "Hamlet." Last year, he shot John Sayles' "Amigo" with Chris Cooper.
He currently resides in Los Angeles.
Lucas Neff
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If you wrote an episode, what would you be sure your character did?
There will be hang gliding, some jet skis, and dolphins; definitely wildlife! I love long scenes of just the family talking. It'll be 2032, I'll be turning 40, and perhaps they'll get me a new toupee. We'll go and get my teeth cleaned, as a family. Something exciting that people can also relate to. Hope would be in high school, we'll plan a Quinceanera. Maybe she’ll be getting ready for prom and I'll chaperone! I'll relive my prom, Burt and Virginia will tag along to relive theirs and Cloris will still be the same...and be topless.
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What’s on your pizza?
Deep dish! I'm from Chicago, so I love spinach deep dish.
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What song is on your personal soundtrack?
The new Arcade Fire album is pretty amazing! I love The Swell Season and a lot of musical theater, I love Steven Sondheim. Johnny Cash, Woody Guthrie...I've been reading a lot of John Steinbeck and listening to Woody Guthrie.
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What do you most like to do when you’re not working?
I would love to spend time with my girlfriend, go to Chicago to see my folks, travel overseas, and see someplace I've never seen before.
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It's 11AM on Sunday - where are you and what are you doing?
I'm usually with my lovely girlfriend, on my second cup of coffee. I don't know where, we don't have that lined up yet. I'm a home body, so probably in my kitchen cooking up an omelet with three colors of bell pepper, we'll have broccoli and pepper jack cheese melted in, sausage on the side and toast (cut in half - one half for the egg, the other half for flavored jam).
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If you could call dibs now on any prop from the show what would it be?
One of the high def cameras would be pretty great! I would love the family portrait. It was one of the first things we did together on the set. I was getting to know Cloris and Martha; I was hero crushing on them!
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How would you rate your own parents on a scale of Jimmy to June Cleaver?
They are nowhere near the Cleavers. I think more Annie Hall. My dad is an enthusiastic, neurotic penguin and my mother is a straight laced, free thinking, independent woman. Together, they Frankenstein monstered me. My brother is much more normal and well adjusted than I am.
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What do you find the most silly about modern parenting?
A woman who works on the show used to teach kids how to make sand castles. $75 an hour! What kids can't lump sand together? And what parent is so embarrassed about their child's sand castle building abilities that they have to hire an outside tutor? That blew my mind. Unless it was a family thing, like, the child of Olaf the castle maker, son of Greek the turret builder.
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Have you ever created a Life Plan?
No, my life has been a series of happy accidents. This is where Jimmy and I intersect. I had no idea I wanted to be an actor, they just misprocessed my college application and sent me to the wrong department. That led to me trying it out and falling in love with it.
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Jimmy Chance of Raising Hope
