We’ve seen this smile before…sort of.

While on the red carpet for the upcoming Smile 2the sequel to the Sosie Bacon-directed horror film about a grinning harbinger of death, star Ray Nicholson was asked about his approach to the genre and how fans compared his character’s smile on the poster to that of crazy dad Jack Nicholson’s grin for the groundbreaking film by Stanley Kubrick The shining one.

“We are very different people,” the actor told Deadline at the premiere. “I was born in 1992, he was born in 1937. The things that affect me don’t necessarily affect him. Obviously I love him. He is my inspiration. I had dinner with him every night. I studied it, that’s how I learned to be human. So of course we’re going to be somewhat similar.”

But Nicholson, whose credits include Licorice pizza And Promising young womanadmitted that he’s not sure he wants to keep up with his father’s repertoire. (And who would? With three Oscar winners and a ton of iconic films One flew over the cuckoo’s nest, Chinatown, terms of endearment, a few good men, as good as it gets, The deceased And Something has to give.)

“As far as talking goes, if he ever said something to me, I probably wouldn’t investigate it myself because I’d be like, ‘Of course you’re the best, that’s true,’ and maybe it’s not so ‘work for me,'” Nicholson said. “I love him. He is also my hero. I’m the happiest kid in the world.”

Smile 2The film, which hits theaters October 18, follows global pop star Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) as she struggles with the inexplicable and escalating effects of dealing with a hauntingly smiling figure who follows her everywhere. The Paramount sequel also stars Rosemarie DeWitt, Kyle Gallner, Lukas Gage, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Peter Jacobson, Raúl Castillo and Dylan Gelula.

Watch the clip of Nicholson on the carpet below: