• Catherine Zeta-Jones’ kids Dylan, 22, and Carys, 19, are fans of National Treasure.
• They were thrilled when she was cast as antiquities trader Billie in “National Treasure: Edge of History”.
• The show is a continuation of the original National Treasure series on Disney+.

Catherine Zeta-Jones’ biggest fans are her kids, especially after she joined the National Treasure universe.

The Chicago alum stated in an exclusive interview with E! News that her children Dylan, 22, and Carys, 19, who she shares with husband Michael Douglas, were thrilled when she was cast as black market antiquities trader Billie in National Treasure: Edge of History.

“They were like, ‘Wow, cool,'” she recalled to E!. “So I became super cool overnight.”

Dylan was Catherine’s guest at the National Treasure: Edge of History red carpet premiere on December 5 at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles, California, so it makes sense. He also appeared with Catherine on the Netflix debut red carpet on Wednesday, November 16, in Los Angeles.

Catherine, who termed the second series “a lot of fun,” is obviously a fan of the franchise in and of itself.

“When Jerry Bruckheimer called, I was thinking, ‘What am I gonna play in it?” she said about joining the franchise as its newest villain. “And then they told me that I will be playing this badass antiques dealer, black market trader who is looking for this treasure and is in a cat and mouse game with the leading lady. I was like, ‘Yo, stop, this sounds like fun.'”

For those who haven’t watched National Treasure: Edge of History, it is a continuation of the National Treasure series on Disney+.

According to the streamer, the show follows budding cryptologist Jess Valenzuela (Lisette Olivera) after “an enigmatic stranger gives her a clue to a centuries-old treasure that might be connected to her long-dead father.”

“Jess has a knack for solving puzzles, and her skills are put to the test as she and her friends follow a series of clues hidden in American artifacts and landmarks,” the streamer’s description further teased. “But can Jess outsmart a black-market antiquities dealer in a race to find history’s greatest lost treasure and unbury the truth about her family’s past?”

Considering that former National Treasure actors Justin Bartha and Harvey Keitel are returning their respective roles of Riley Poole and Peter Sadusky, fans of the original movies—which starred Nicolas Cage as treasure hunter Benjamin Gates—should keep an eye out for lots of Easter eggs.

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