"I was working in very adult spaces": Former child actor Alexander Gould opens up about early stardom after Finding Nemo and Weeds

Alexander Gould, the voice actor behind Nemo from Finding Nemo, is making a comeback. Gould will be returning to acting, as well as social media, to share some of his experiences as a former child actor. In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, the 31-year-old actor might even start a podcast in the coming new year.

Alexander's acting skills come from a long line of entertainers in his family. In the exclusive with PEOPLE, he revealed:

"I was working in very adult spaces at a very young age and did a lot of different small roles until I was around six, which is when I booked Finding Nemo. And I was chosen, I was one out of, I think they told me two or 3,000 kids that they auditioned."

Alexander Gould and his family were ecstatic when they found out that he had been chosen for the role. Gould also revealed that he had to wait an entire year before he found out if he had gotten the role or not. He also shared that initially, he did not know what role he was going to play in the film.

In his words:

"That year was just kind of waiting. And then I came in and I booked the role and they brought me in to do some initial recording. I still didn't really know what role it was going to be in the film. I knew it was a big Pixar film, so that was already exciting. And we asked them, 'What role is he playing?' And they were like, 'Oh, he's Nemo, the main character.'"

Alexander Gould shares more about his experience working as a young voice actor on Finding Nemo

Alexander was only six years old when he auditioned for the film Finding Nemo. The whole thing was a new experience for him, and he shared how surprised he was with the duration of filming.

Alexander Gould said:

"I didn't know I was going to be recording for the next three years and voicing the title character of this film and spend several years after that promoting the film and having that whole kind of experience at that young age. So it was really neat."

Being on Finding Nemo was a great experience for Alexander Gould. He further elaborated:

"I think I did a good job. And then beyond that, it was just super exciting because I got to see Pixar and work with all the people there and that's a really cool place where they make all the films. I got to be part of a film that's honestly a huge classic. I got to tour around the country and talk to fans and I'm still doing that today. And so it's just such a special thing to be part of that project."

After recording Finding Nemo, Gould went on to act in the dark comedy-drama, Weeds, playing the role of Shane Botwin.

He concluded the interview by sharing a few things he is looking forward to for the new year. Alexander Gould said:

"I'm going to be starting a podcast, probably just after the new year. We'll be dripping it out and would love to see that grow and maybe get to talk to other people with similar experiences to talk about their experiences... I know child acting has become more of a topic, but I think there's a lot of conversations to be had there and it would really be awesome to be able to facilitate those."

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Alexander Gould is returning to acting and social media after many years away. He shared how playing Nemo at a young age was a special and life-changing experience for him.

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