CELEB INSIDER: Berfield Gaining Power at 19

He may only be 19, but 'Malcolm in the Middle's' Justin Berfield is making quite a name for himself as a first-time producer in Hollywood. Not only did he get attached to the star-studded 'Romance & Cigarettes' movie, but he and his business partner Jason Felts have created the production company, J2. In their first year alone, they teamed up with Jessica Simpson's dad, Joe, to create the E! reality TV series 'Filthy Rich: Cattle Drive,' which currently airs on Sundays.

Selling the project so soon certainly came as a big surprise to Justin. 'I was excited because it was only the first year we'd ever be out with television ideas so to sell something in the first year is incredible,' he explains. So how did it all come about? 'We all came up with the idea because we obviously know a lot of kids that happened to be celebrities and other kids from very wealthy families. We wanted to come up with fish out of water situations and 'City Slickers' is our favorite movie of all time, so we thought that was the perfect place to put them, on a cattle drive.'

When it came time to film, Justin couldn't help but enjoy seeing the rich and famous get down and dirty. 'The funniest experience was watching Shanna Ferrigno (daughter of the Incredible Hulk, Lou Ferrigno) trying to extract semen from a horse,' he says with a laugh. In the end, the participants ended up doing a lot better than they had anticipated. 'The very first day, Courtenay Semel (daughter of Yahoo's CEO ,Terry Semel) could not get up on a horse and was having a very difficult time, and we thought she would drop out eventually. If she was having that hard of a time the very first day, we didn't think she could handle 18 days of it, but she pulled through. By the end of it, she looked like she had been riding a horse for years.'

Though Justin enjoyed the experience and plans to create more projects in the near future, he admits the job is not always easy. 'It's very difficult because you have so many ideas that you think are the greatest ideas ever, but it's so hard finding what the networks likes and getting them to buy it after you pitch it.' So does this mean the end of his acting career? 'I think I'll always want to do both because I've been doing acting for 15 years so I'll always want to keep my toes in it.'