Freddie Prinze Jr. Gave Up Acting Before Joining 'Punky Brewster' Reboot TV The 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' actor says he was done with acting before Brian Austin Green begged him to sign up for the 'Punky Brewster' remake. Mar 1, 2021 Freddie Prinze Jr. had given up acting until his friend Brian Austin Green begged him to read the script for the reboot of 1980s TV hit " Soleil Moon Frye's "Punky" comeback. "I was kind of done acting," Freddie tells Kelly Clarkson. "I was a full-time father, nothing got filmed in L.A. any more, so I didn't want to leave (home) for six months a year."