Qanda Jean Luc Bilodeau Talks Baby Daddy Kyle Xy Miley Cyrus And More

Jean-Luc Bilodeau was born and raised in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. He and his family knew at an early age that he was destined for show business. He can remember making his family laugh at the dinner table and bringing comic relief to his classmates at school. After one serendipitous audition, Bilodeau was hooked and a serious acting career was in the making.

Bilodeau is best known for his role on the long running sci-fi soap KYLE XY, where he played Kyle's smug but charming bad boy brother, Josh Trager. Most recently, he was featured in the recurring role of Bret Martin on ABC's NO ORDINARY FAMILY playing the love interest to Kay Panabaker's character. He also starred opposite Debby Ryan in the hit original movie for the Disney Channel, "16 Wishes". Bilodeau's film credits include "Trick r Treat" produced by Bryan Singer and "LOL", playing Jeremy, the best friend to Miley Cyrus' character, Lola. His upcoming film, "Piranha 3DD", is due in theatres this summer.

He's currently starring as Ben Wheeler in ABC Family's BABY DADDY. In the recent Q I didn't think it took so much effort and attention and it's incredible. When you have a kid, you really have to pay all your attention to them and give up your whole life. Working with the kids really amped up my feelings toward having kids; I'm definitely going to wait a long time.

It's funny because I don't have to change diapers. I don't have to soothe the baby while it's crying; it's usually passed off to someone else and even when I have the baby, it's a hard job and I have to pass it off when things aren't going well. I can't imagine what it's like to be, especially with twins, like the girls on our show, what that's like to be around them 24/7. I'm not a morning person either; waking up in the morning for me is so hard, so I'm definitely going to wait a long time for kids.

WHAT'S TO COME WITH YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH RILEY AND WHAT'S IT GOING TO TAKE FOR BEN TO ACTUALLY WAKE UP TO HER INFATUATION WITH HIM?

JEAN-LUC BILODEAU: Oh I think that it's going to take him realizing why am I not pursuing this girl; she's gorgeous. She's a great mom figure for my kid. I think that it's just going to hit him eventually and he's going to play on it because why wouldn't you? All the factors are there. They just haven't met up in his head yet. He's just a little preoccupied because he's got a kid and he's young and he's still trying to date. She's throwing off the signals so he's just got to pick them up and I think eventually he will figure it out. He'd be an idiot not to, that's for sure.

YES, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE WILL SEE IN THESE FIRST TEN EPISODES OR?

JEAN-LUC BILODEAU: Definitely tune in. Things change in the whole love triangle but I don't want to give away too much. But definitely watch and follow that relationship because it does get a little bit elevated.

CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW YOU GOT STARTED ON THIS SERIES?

JEAN-LUC BILODEAU: I started out pretty normal for an actor. I just got the audition, went in for the first audition, call back, and I met the producer. I went back for another producer read. Then back for a director session and then I did two testing auditions for it in front of the network. So pretty normal; I mean, I did know that they were casting this show in October of last year and I really wanted to get in on it but I was away shooting something and it worked in my favor that they ended up recasting the role and I got to go out for it in April of this year. So, I just auditioned and I loved the script and as soon as I got that call, I was so stoked to get to work and it's been such a rewarding experience ever since. It's really great.

HAVE YOU'VE LEARNED ANYTHING ABOUT YOURSELF SINCE YOU STARTED FILMING THIS SHOW?

JEAN-LUC BILODEAU: I've learned even more that I'm not a good morning person just because we wake up at 7:30/8:00 sometimes and for me, doing that every single day-I'm a very sleepy guy. But I've learned that I can work pretty hard under pressure. I didn't know that I'd be so composed working in front of the audience because the first Friday that we did our audience day or audience taping was the first time I'd ever worked in front of an audience. So that was interesting seeing how I could actually do it. I was really nervous but once the first Friday was over, I was fine. That was definitely a new thing I discovered.

GOING BACK TO THE LOVE TRIANGLE BETWEEN RILEY, BEN AND DANNY. IN THE FEW EPISODES THAT I'VE SEEN SO FAR, I'VE GOTTEN ATTACHED TO BOTH BEN AND DANNY, SO IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH TO FIND OUT WHO RILEY EVENTUALLY ENDS UP WITH, BUT DO YOU HAVE A PERSONAL PREFERENCE AS TO WHO YOU WOULD LIKE TO END UP WITH RILEY?

JEAN-LUC BILODEAU: Outside looking in, I want Danny to be with her just because I know Derek and I know he's a great guy. I'm not watching the character, I'm pretty much watching Derek. He's just a lovable giant. He's this big good-looking dude. You'd think he'd be off doing his own thing, just fooling around, but he's so in love with this one girl, which is rare, and I think that the audience really appreciates that. From my perspective, I appreciate it more too. But I think once Ben realizes Riley likes him, he's going to start warming up to that and I think he's going to reciprocate that and maybe my opinion will change. I don't know. He's going to try really hard for it because Riley would be a great mom for Emma and I think he'll understand that and definitely play on it.

IN FUTURE STORY LINES, IS THERE ANY CLASH BETWEEN BEN AND DANNY THAT YOU CAN TALK ABOUT BECAUSE OF THIS?

JEAN-LUC BILODEAU: I don't want to say yet, but Ben, for a little while, is still really clueless that this is all going on, even with Danny's relationship with her. He doesn't really put the pieces together and I think that it's just because he's preoccupied with work and dating girls and with his baby. So once they both put all the pieces together, I think there's going to be a clash between all of them; it'll be interesting to see him actually get excited for it. But I'd definitely tune in to follow that story.

WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT YOU WORKING WITH DEBBY RYAN AND SHE HAS HER OWN SHOW ON DISNEY CHANNEL CALLED JESSIE WHERE SHE PORTRAYS A NANNY. DO YOU SEE ANY TYPE OF CROSSOVERS BETWEEN YOUR SHOW AND THAT SHOW? OR MAYBE EVEN MELISSA & JOEY IN THE FUTURE?

JEAN-LUC BILODEAU: She's taking care of kids and I'm taking care of a kid in my show. They're all very similar. We're both very young to be taking care of kids and having the responsibility of keeping them safe and happy. It's just in a different vein, because Disney and ABC Family are a little bit different, and Baby Daddy is a lot more immature of a show than Debby's show.

WHAT KIND OF CROSSOVERS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE BETWEEN MAYBE MELISSA HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT YOU'RE GOING FOR DANNY BUT SHE'S BEEN IN LOVE WITH BEN FOR SO LONG?

JEAN-LUC BILODEAU: I think she definitely deserves the pay off with Ben and I think it's going to come eventually. That's my opinion. I think she's eventually going to be with Ben. They'll both figure it out. It's perfect for Ben and she's wanted it for so long. But, in the meantime, while Ben is so clueless, I think she's going to start falling for Danny. I don't know, I've only actually seen ten episodes of the show. So I'm not sure where else it's going to go but I think that it's going to go back and forth for a little bit until she decides what's best for her and what's best for Emma; but I'm excited to see what happens.

WE MENTIONED EARLIER THAT YOU WORKED WITH MILEY CYRUS IN THE MOVIE "LOL". WERE YOU DISAPPOINTED THAT THE MOVIE DID NOT GET THE SUPPORT OF THE DISTRIBUTOR?

JEAN-LUC BILODEAU: Yes. They put it together really well. It was a sweet movie and there were a lot of big names attached to that movie and they all did a really good job and Miley did a good job and it was fun working on that set. It's sad that the hard work was put down a little bit. They clearly just lost interest in it and didn't promote it as well as they could. But it's becoming little cult movie, I guess. A lot of people seem to respond to it but yes, it's disappointing. I was actually looking forward to seeing that have a premiere and getting the attention it deserved.

HOW MUCH ARE YOU LIKE YOUR CHARACTER BEN ON BABY DADDY?

JEAN-LUC BILODEAU: I'm a lot like Ben. I'm a pretty genuine dude. I try to see the best in all situations and I, like Ben, think I would take care of my kid, too, if I were in the same situation. I wouldn't just send her off to adoption. I wouldn't let her go. I'd definitely take care of her and it's great because I have parents just like Melissa, who would help me. I mean every joke, every genuine moment he has, I ground it in my own: what would I do and how would I say it. So I'm not really stretching too far to play Ben.

IF YOU COULD BE ON ANY OTHER ABC FAMILY SHOW, WHICH WOULD YOU PICK?

JEAN-LUC BILODEAU: I want to be on that Pretty Little Liars show because that show gets millions of twitter followers. I want to jump on that show and be someone on there. They're all very good-looking girls; Pretty Little Liars would be my go to show on the network.