“My daughter actually thought I’d rented the place for just us,” the actor said.

“Because within 10 minutes, everybody was gone.”

FromBarbietoSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, filmgoers have passionate responses to movies.

EYE FOR AN EYE, Kiefer Sutherland

Kiefer Sutherland in ‘Eye for an Eye’.Everett Collection

Sometimes films provoke quiet contemplation, sometimes they inspire elaborate cosplay.

And sometimes they cause parents to flee Chuck E. Cheese.

“I’ve never seen parents leave a place so fast with their children in my life.

Kiefer Sutherland speaks at Fan Expo on August 13th, 2023

Kiefer Sutherland at Fan Expo Chicago.Chris Cosgrove for EW

My daughter actually thought I’d rented the place for just us.

Because within 10 minutes, everybody was gone.

Instead of going to jail, Dobb goes free, and McCann plots to kill him.

It’s not hard to imagine what rattled those parents at Chuck E. Cheese.

Sutherland offered the anecdote in response to an audience question about how he embodies unethical characters.

“There were a few [characters] that were really hard to do,” he said.

“But the storytelling is what matters.”

I think that’s a credit to the fact that we make movies that people really believe are real.

But people do believe they’re real.”

It was a villainous time in his career.

Additional reporting by Chris Cosgrove.