Tim Allen's real-life daughter stars alongside him in 'The Santa Clauses'

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Tim Allen is returning as Santa Claus as he reprises his role in "The Santa Clauses" coming to Disney+. Although it took some convincing for Allen to return as the guy in the big red suit, the filming of the new series included a special someone from the actor's real life – his daughter. "As I walked on set for the first time in the full regalia, everybody got very quiet, both adults and kids," Allen told Entertainment Weekly about filming. "When I show up dressed in the full suit and everything else, there's big smiles on people's faces.

Little kids are quiet. I had totally forgotten that. It does feel like Santa's in the room." Tim Allen is returning to Disney as Santa Claus.This time his real-life daughter Elizabeth Allen-Dick stars alongside him in "The Santa Clauses." (The Walt Disney Company via Getty Images) Allen's daughter, Elizabeth Allen-Dick, plays Scott Calvin's youngest child in the reprise.

However, the actor explained that the casting had "very little to do" with him. "It's difficult to believe, but it had very little to do with me," Allen told the outlet. "I wanted to put my youngest daughter as an elf, just so she'd see herself in a movie.

But as she was reading for that, she read so well that they said, 'We'd like to read her for more of a part.'" "I said, 'Whatever you want to do.