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In 20, he served as opening act for boy band NSYNC, which featured fellow Mickey Mouse Club co-stars Justin Timberlake and JC Chasez. In 1998, he launched his website and began to sell his debut CD and its self-released follow-up, Strong Words Softly Spoken through the website and at live shows he later released two EPs and a limited series of Live & Limited CDs through his site each CD sold was numbered and signed. ![]() In 1997, Lucca self-released his first music album, So Satisfied, which he also co-produced. He had minor success in movies, appearing in an NBC movie of the week, Her Last Chance with Kellie Martin and Jonathan Brandis, as well as two independent features. During this time he filmed commercials for Levi Jeans, J.C. Russell and Lucca were cast and played leads together on the Aaron Spelling-produced Malibu Shores, a television teen drama series, which lasted for one season. He lived with fellow Mickey Mouse Club castmate Keri Russell, his girlfriend at the time. In 1995, after the cancellation of the Mickey Mouse Club, Lucca moved to Los Angeles to begin an acting career. He remained with the show for four seasons, until being let go during the seventh season when the show was canceled. Lucca moved to Orlando, Florida, with his mother and lived in an apartment complex with other castmates and traveled back to Michigan between seasons. ![]() In Los Angeles, he was selected along with 8 other kids to join the cast for the fourth season of the show. Encouraged by his sister, he auditioned for the show and was picked for callbacks in Los Angeles. When Lucca was 14, he went to Detroit to audition for the Disney movie Newsies, only to find out the audition was for The Mickey Mouse Club instead. Professional and musical career Early career When he was 12, he began playing in Detroit-area bands with his cousin, Cole Garlak. Lucca grew up in Waterford, Michigan, and began singing at age 3 and child modeling at age 9. ![]() ![]() Lucca grew up around a large and musical extended family, as his mother Sally was tenth of twelve children of the Detroit jazz piano player James "Jimmy" Stevenson. Lucca is of Italian, Welsh, French, and English descent. Lucca was born in Pontiac, Michigan, the son of Sally and Tony Lucca.
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