Celebrity Celebrity Family Celebrity Parenting Will Arnett Will Let His 8½-Year-Old Son Watch 'Arrested Development' 'Soon': A Lot of It 'Will Go Over His Head' The Nut Job 2 voice actor Will Arnett says he looks forward to sharing his hit TV comedy Arrested Development with his son Archie when it's appropriate By Kara Warner Kara Warner Kara Warner is a former staff writer at PEOPLE. She left PEOPLE in 2023. People Editorial Guidelines Published on August 10, 2017 02:15PM EDT Photo: Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Will Arnett loves being able to share his family-friendly TV shows and movies with his kids, but he can’t wait for the day when sons Abel James, 7, and Archibald “Archie” William Emerson, 8½, can watch his more adult-themed material with him. The actor recently revealed to PEOPLE that he’s especially excited to introduce his older son to TV’s beloved dysfunctional family, The Bluths, from Arrested Development. “I only let them watch the stuff that is appropriate,” says Arnett, 47. “I started thinking about when it’s going to be okay to show my almost-9-year-old Arrested Development. What is going to be the age? It’s coming up pretty soon.” He continues of Archie, “There’s stuff that he’ll miss and will go over his head, but he won’t realize it until later and the other stuff is PG, it’s okay.” Want all the latest pregnancy and birth announcements, plus celebrity mom blogs? Click here to get those and more in the PEOPLE Babies newsletter. ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, Jason Bateman, Portia de Rossi, Jessica Walter, Jeffrey Tambor, Will Arnett, 'Forget Me Now', (Season 3, aired October 3, 2005), 2003-06. photo: Isabella Vosmikova / TM and Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved / Courtesy Everett Collection RELATED VIDEO: We Made Tony Hale Tell Us His Favorite Arrested Development Scene — and It’s Amazing Arnett, who returns to voice Surly the Squirrel in the upcoming The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature, says he always thinks of his kids (whom he shares with ex-wife Amy Poehler) when it comes to his career choices, whether they know it or not. “I feel like I can do one for them and one for me,” he says. “Meaning I work on my show Flaked on Netflix, which is definitely not appropriate, and BoJack Horseman, which is a tough one because it’s animated. They’re like, ‘Oh, can we see it?’ ‘No, no guys, you can’t.’ ” “My little guy, his joke is, ‘I watched BoJack!’ And I always have to double check, ‘You’re kidding, right?’ ‘Yeah, I’m kidding,’ ” adds the father of two. Emma McIntyre/Getty FROM PEN: Melissa McCarthy’s Sean Spicer Impression Was the Week’s Finest Performance Will Arnett Opens Up About Dealing with Fame and How He Explains His Job to His Kids Arnett says that his kids have a decent understanding of what their dad does for a living and have come to appreciate its perks, but he still tries to keep them away from the Hollywood aspects. “They understand that this is my job and there are certain things they like about it,” he says. “But if they come to the premiere, they don’t do the red carpet. I don’t want them to experience the showbiz-y part of it.” Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler Talk Gross Things You May Find When Raising Boys: “There’s Going to Be Pee Everywhere” The Nut Job 2 — also starring Maya Rudolph, Jackie Chan, Katherine Heigl, Gabriel Iglesias and Bobby Moynihan — hits theaters Friday. For much more on Will Arnett and his family, pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.