His son’s role only took a couple of weeks to film, the Oscar-winner explained, and he wanted to spend that time together.

Opening up about filming with Hayes on the Today show, Kevin recalled: “But, in a sense, it was a smaller part.

“I selfishly wanted him with me for the week, two weeks, he was with me. And we would drive to the set every day and he would whisper.”

By Kevin’s own admission, Hayes didn’t have much experience in front of the camera before taking on the…