"Yeah, they should be saying, 'Never work with adults,' " says Janson, who goes by Uli. Stiller shoots him a very Ben Stiller look, wide-eyed. "I think you got something there, kid." Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Join our Watch ...

ComingSoon Editor-in-Chief Tyler Treese spoke to Nutcrackers stars Ben Stiller and real-life brothers Homer and Arlo Janson. The trio discussed filming at the Janson family’s actual farmhouse, what drew them to the project,

Nutcrackers is based on a true story in the sense that the kids in Nutcrackers are not actors, and were more or less being themselves on screen. They are the kids of a friend of David Gordon Green’s, and it was their real-life dynamic that inspired Green to make the movie in the first place.