“I wouldn’t get away unscathed for a second at home”

The German actor Jan Josef Liefers likes to challenge his two daughters in debates.

“My daughters Lilly and Lola are now at an age where they are developing very strong opinions,” said Liefers in an interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Saturday edition).

“And I love discussing with them. Sometimes I deliberately take on a contrary role. Simply because I think it’s great how they then fight and find even better arguments to finally knock me out on the boards .” The actor cited the topic of gender as an example.

Liefers has been in the social comedy “Old White Man” since Thursday Simon Verhoeven to see. In it he plays father Heinz, who does everything he can to avoid conforming to the cliché of the old white man who is considered arrogant and insists on long-outdated views.

No “old white macho man attitude”

Liefers sees no danger for himself. “In my family, I’m surrounded by very self-confident women. At home, I wouldn’t get away with it for a second if I seriously displayed an old-white-macho-man attitude.”

Liefers is with the actress and singer Anna Loos married.