Mayan Lopez on Growing Up on the ‘George Lopez Show’ Set: ‘I Really Fell in Love With the Business’

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Mayan Lopez, star of “Lopez vs. Lopez” and daughter to comedian George Lopez, has opened up about following in her father’s showbiz footsteps.

Speaking at NBC’s virtual summer press tour panel at the Television Critics Association, she said that growing up behind the scenes of “The George Lopez Show” is where she first “fell in love” with acting and creating – but she’s still had to pay her dues and put in the work.“People always think that I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth, like no….

I came up as my dad’s career was coming up,” she said. “I was about 5 years old, like 7 or 8, and I got to see onscreen and behind the scenes the hard work that comes with show business.

I really fell in love with the business side as well as the on-camera side.”The comedic actress said her first job was as an assistant director on the set of the beloved 2000s sitcom. “They called me ‘Kid AD.’ I used to have a little headset, I made 20 bucks an hour and in about four weeks I was able to buy an American Girl doll,” she remembered. “I would go and get Constance Marie, who played Angie [on ‘The George Lopez Show’], and take her to makeup.