Paul Rudd looks back at his relationship with his father as his own doppelganger son goes viral

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Paul Rudd's relationship with his late father was a good one, they didn't have many conversations about feelings and emotions.The Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania actor was born in New Jersey but grew up in Kansas City – he recently celebrated his hometown's big win at the Super Bowl with his own son, Jack.

His dad, Michael, passed away in 2008 after a battle with cancer.Speaking with People for a cover story, the star opened up about his upbringing, and the rare one heart-to-heart he did have with his father that, though rare, left a lasting impact on him.WATCH: Michael Douglas and Paul Rudd give hilarious answers to some very quirky interview questionsMORE: Kelly Ripa wows in skin-tight green wetsuit in honor of Philadelphia Eagles for Super Bowl"I had a good relationship with my dad, we always got on and talked.

But we didn't have, like, the real heart-to-hearts. We didn't really have that," he told the outlet.However, he then recalled a particularly difficult moment in his family "when life was fairly hard" that changed that.

He said: "We were having a kind of a tough time just as far as victims of the economy and everything else, and we started talking about religion and spirituality, because we were not a really religious family."MORE: Was Rihanna's son at Super Bowl 2023?