Step By Step’ Star Christine Lakin, 'Al': Where is She Now?, It's been 25 years back Christine Lakin aboriginal blanket our hearts as the tomboyish Alicia "Al" Lambert, on the 90's sitcom, "Step By Step."
Lakin, now 37, landed the role of "Al" if she was 12 years old--a moment that she said even in her adolescent age, she knew was a appealing big deal.
"When I begin out I was traveling to be on this appearance that was in the 'TGIF' time aperture [I said], 'That's it. I've fabricated it,'" Lakin told ABC News. "It was overwhelming...it was actual air-conditioned because I was that fan. I was the kid traveling home to watch 'Full House' and 'Perfect Stranger.' I would acquire sleepovers Friday night and my mom would say, 'What do you wish to eat?' Pizza. 'What do u wanna do?' Watch 'TGIF.'"
Lakin said she can still anamnesis the canicule arch up to her audience for the show, which started on the set of "Full House" -- addition ancestors ball that sat on ABC's accepted “TGIF" programming block.
"I went on the set and you could see it in my face I was beaming," Lakin said. "I was a huge fan of the show."
Growing up as an alone adolescent in Atlanta, Lakin said her mother got her complex in ball and commercials until she was arrive to apprehend a address that would be filmed on the set of "Full House" in L.A.
The actress’ absorbing cry-on-cue achievement had casting admiral calling just three months later, she said.
"I appear home from academy and my dad says they wish me to audience for this role, for 'Step by Step,'" Lakin recalled. "I said, 'You're crazy'."
For the next 7 years, Lakin appeared on 'Step by Step,' starring as the babe of 'Frank Lambert' (Patrick Duffy) and step-daughter of 'Carol Lambert
"I knew who Suzanne Somers was because of 'Threes Company,' but I didn't apperceive who Patrick Duffy was, but my mom and her accompany would say 'Oh my God, do you apperceive who's in the pilot?' so I affectionate of knew he was a hunky guy," Lakin said, laughing. "Patrick was actual abundant 'Frank Lambert.' "He wore a checkerboard shirt every day and a belt catch and jeans. He was not a adorned guy.[But] he was such a nice guy.
"I had this abstruse adoration for [Suzanne Somers]," she added. "I anticipation she was so alluring and so beautiful. She was so balmy and funny and cool and played this impaired blonde, but she endemic that. She was annihilation abbreviate of a connected business woman and that was something I looked up to. She consistently did something actual admirable and absurd for the crew-her and Patrick both. All I acquire are admirable memories of the two."
As with her onscreen parents, Lakin said she had solid relationships with her adolescent adolescent casting members, aka "Al's" footfall siblings: Dana Foster (Staci Keanan), Karen Foster (Angela Watson), Mark Foster (Christopher Castile) and brothers: John Thomas "J.T." Lambert (Brandon Call), Brendan Lambert (Josh Byrne) and cousin: Cody Lambert (Sasha Mitchell).
"As a kid, I didn't acquire any brothers or sisters and al of a sudden I had five," Lakin said. "The abecedary [on set] would leave and Brandon Call would exhausted me up--just like a big brother. Staci Keenan, I was in awe of her and I’d say to myself, 'Don't be nerdy.' I was bisected babe and secretly consistently capital Angela Watson and Staci Keenan to acquire me as one of the girls.
"It was big blessed family," she added. "It sounds absolutely cliche and like I'm lying but it was, really."
Today, Lakin is active in L.A., affiliated and is assured a babyish babe this month.
She charcoal active in the industry with an accessible role in the Garry Marshall film, "Mother's Day" and abiding voice-overs on "Family Guy" and the activated children's show, "Doc McStuffins."
And as for “Al,” Lakin said she is beholden that her appearance fabricated such a abiding impression.
“When you’ve done something that’s fabricated an impact, that’s a blessing,” she said. "Anyone that remembers the show, or wants to allocution about it, I'm cool blessed to do so because I was one of those aberrant admirers growing up. "I get that it was a allotment of people's adolescence [because] it was a allotment of abundance and I am flattered that humans will bethink it and bethink me."
Lakin, now 37, landed the role of "Al" if she was 12 years old--a moment that she said even in her adolescent age, she knew was a appealing big deal.
"When I begin out I was traveling to be on this appearance that was in the 'TGIF' time aperture [I said], 'That's it. I've fabricated it,'" Lakin told ABC News. "It was overwhelming...it was actual air-conditioned because I was that fan. I was the kid traveling home to watch 'Full House' and 'Perfect Stranger.' I would acquire sleepovers Friday night and my mom would say, 'What do you wish to eat?' Pizza. 'What do u wanna do?' Watch 'TGIF.'"
Lakin said she can still anamnesis the canicule arch up to her audience for the show, which started on the set of "Full House" -- addition ancestors ball that sat on ABC's accepted “TGIF" programming block.
"I went on the set and you could see it in my face I was beaming," Lakin said. "I was a huge fan of the show."
Growing up as an alone adolescent in Atlanta, Lakin said her mother got her complex in ball and commercials until she was arrive to apprehend a address that would be filmed on the set of "Full House" in L.A.
The actress’ absorbing cry-on-cue achievement had casting admiral calling just three months later, she said.
"I appear home from academy and my dad says they wish me to audience for this role, for 'Step by Step,'" Lakin recalled. "I said, 'You're crazy'."
For the next 7 years, Lakin appeared on 'Step by Step,' starring as the babe of 'Frank Lambert' (Patrick Duffy) and step-daughter of 'Carol Lambert
"I knew who Suzanne Somers was because of 'Threes Company,' but I didn't apperceive who Patrick Duffy was, but my mom and her accompany would say 'Oh my God, do you apperceive who's in the pilot?' so I affectionate of knew he was a hunky guy," Lakin said, laughing. "Patrick was actual abundant 'Frank Lambert.' "He wore a checkerboard shirt every day and a belt catch and jeans. He was not a adorned guy.[But] he was such a nice guy.
"I had this abstruse adoration for [Suzanne Somers]," she added. "I anticipation she was so alluring and so beautiful. She was so balmy and funny and cool and played this impaired blonde, but she endemic that. She was annihilation abbreviate of a connected business woman and that was something I looked up to. She consistently did something actual admirable and absurd for the crew-her and Patrick both. All I acquire are admirable memories of the two."
As with her onscreen parents, Lakin said she had solid relationships with her adolescent adolescent casting members, aka "Al's" footfall siblings: Dana Foster (Staci Keanan), Karen Foster (Angela Watson), Mark Foster (Christopher Castile) and brothers: John Thomas "J.T." Lambert (Brandon Call), Brendan Lambert (Josh Byrne) and cousin: Cody Lambert (Sasha Mitchell).
"As a kid, I didn't acquire any brothers or sisters and al of a sudden I had five," Lakin said. "The abecedary [on set] would leave and Brandon Call would exhausted me up--just like a big brother. Staci Keenan, I was in awe of her and I’d say to myself, 'Don't be nerdy.' I was bisected babe and secretly consistently capital Angela Watson and Staci Keenan to acquire me as one of the girls.
"It was big blessed family," she added. "It sounds absolutely cliche and like I'm lying but it was, really."
Today, Lakin is active in L.A., affiliated and is assured a babyish babe this month.
She charcoal active in the industry with an accessible role in the Garry Marshall film, "Mother's Day" and abiding voice-overs on "Family Guy" and the activated children's show, "Doc McStuffins."
And as for “Al,” Lakin said she is beholden that her appearance fabricated such a abiding impression.
“When you’ve done something that’s fabricated an impact, that’s a blessing,” she said. "Anyone that remembers the show, or wants to allocution about it, I'm cool blessed to do so because I was one of those aberrant admirers growing up. "I get that it was a allotment of people's adolescence [because] it was a allotment of abundance and I am flattered that humans will bethink it and bethink me."
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