Kyle XY follows a mysterious boy who looks like a teenager, but otherwise appears to be a newborn. The Trager family takes him in as one of their own. The series is produced by Touchstone and executive producers J. Mackye Gruber, Eric Bress, and David Himelfarb.



We had the honor of interviewing Chris Olivero who plays Declan McDonough on the series, and here's what he had to say.

How did you come into the part of Declan? Did you audition for it? Is there a reason why you accepted the role?

Yes. I actually did a couple of other ABC family pilots the year before. I guess this is the third one that I did. So I kind of had a relationship with the network already and with Touchstone and the director who I did another pilot with was the director of this. So I had a relationship already established.

But I had to go through the same process. I originally went in for Declan. Then they were going to cast Declan out of Vancouver. Then I went in for Kyle. Then I went to the producers for Kyle. Then they switched me back to Declan and then I went to the studio as Declan and then networked as Declan, then got the part.

I really enjoyed the script. Some pilots you're like, 'Yes, you know, it's all right.' But I really enjoyed the script and wanted to be a part of it and was kind of nervous about trying to get it. Then the whole, 'Kyle is this,' and then, 'Okay, why don't you come back in for Declan?' And they're back and forth, but it was very rewarding when I learned that I got the part. It's a great network to work with and I've really enjoyed working with them. I had no reservations about working with them or not wanting to do it. I've done quite a few Disney things and I've always enjoyed it. Basically, the script and the relationship with the network is the main reason why I took it.

Do you have a favorite episode? If so, which one has it been?

I play basketball; I love sports. So I enjoyed the basketball episode in the first season where Kyle is on the team because we got to film pretty much half the episode at a college and all day we got to just play basketball and run plays and stuff like that and, in down time, just play basketball. That fun because you have a lot of down time on sets and if you're sitting in your trailer or watching a movie or reading a book, you're sitting around. There's a lot of hurry-up-and-wait kind of a thing. So that was the most fun and the episode, I thought, turned out great.

Then this season we have some episodes later on that I think are quite good, especially the last episode. I haven't seen the final cut of it yet, but just the script and it was an enjoyable experience.