7 Facts About Generation Star Justice Smith — Including That He Drives His Mom's Old Honda

With a unique name like Justice, one might expect there to be an exciting story behind the choice. But the Detective Pikachu actor admitted in an interview with Jimmy Kimmel that his mom partially wanted to name him Justice as a joke.

"She thought it was funny," he told Jimmy. "Both my parents are singers, and she thought I was going to be a singer, too, and she wanted to name me something unique like 'Water' or 'Wood' or something like that. I'm happy that she didn't name me Wood!"

His mom clearly had some pretty big dreams for her son, since she thought the name would sound pretty legendary in a crowd. "She was like, 'Oh! I got it. I'm going to name him Justice, so that way when he becomes a singer, and the audience is waiting for him, they'll chant, 'We want Justice! We want Justice!'" he said.

Justice grew up in Anaheim, CA, which is home to the Disneyland theme park. As a teen, Justice already knew he wanted to be an actor, and hoped to work as a character actor at Disneyland over the summer. He even applied for a job there, but was rejected.

He told Jimmy Kimmel that instead of Disneyland, he worked at Knott's Berry Farm, which he jokingly called "Bootleg Disneyland." He wasn't interested in being one of the cowboy or pioneer characters at the park, and instead took visitors' tickets at the park entrance.

It's not uncommon for budding Hollywood stars to have to dress themselves sans stylist in the early years of their careers. That was the case for Justice at his first red carpet experience, the 2015 MTV Movie Awards. Without a stylist, Justice had to search through his closet for a red-carpet-worthy outfit. "I wore a suit that I found in the back of my closet and some dirty tennis shoes," he told BuzzFeed. "It's on the internet; it is disgraceful."