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From left: Tommy Flanagan, Katey Sagal, Evan Londo and Charlie Hunnam; Ryder and Evan Londo (inset)

When it comes to kiddie roles on TV, children are usually relegated to playing precious (or precocious) siblings or neighbors. But the job requirement for small children on FX\'s action-packed drama

is much more demanding – especially this season.

That\'s why it requires two steely-eyed identical brothers to play Abel, 5, the troubled son of SAMCRO president Jax Teller (Charlie Hunnam) on the motorcycle drama that\'s nearing its nail-biting series finale on Dec. 9.

marks the most challenging one yet for Evan and Ryder Londo, 6, of Orange County, California, who have traded off playing Abel for the last four seasons.

Not only did their character discover that grandma Gemma (Katey Sagal) killed their mom Tara, but he then hid himself in the school bathroom so he could mutilate himself with a fork.

, Abel has a key exchange with Gemma that\'s sure to elicit a few tears.

Remarkably, such heavy and gritty content hasn\'t changed the twins\' sunny disposition, says their dad Tom Londo.

"It\'s never really affected them whatsoever," says the self-employed dad, who typically accompanies his sons to

\'s North Hollywood set while his wife Suzanne works in human resources back home.

"No violence has leaked over. I know some would assume it might have. The weird thing for me is that in the show they play such a sad character, but in real life they are the exact opposite," Londo says.

Whenever it comes time to decide which twin does what on the FX drama, the elder twin (by two minutes!) Ryder is the go-to boy for "more of the sensitive stuff," while Evan is the favorite for the "action-based scenes," Londo explains.

For example, it was Evan who performed the pivotal scene on the Nov. 11 episode, when Abel tells Jax that Gemma killed his mom.

"That\'s a young actor\'s dream to end an episode like that," says Londo.

To help get the twins into character, Londo likes to tell Ryder and Evan to play like it\'s Halloween.

It also helps that Londo and his wife don\'t show their sons the complete

episodes, which are routinely packed with heavy violence and graphic sex. "We let them see their scenes, and that’s it."

. They got their start in the business by nabbing a bit part on

"They didn\'t used to realize it\'s a special thing to be on TV until probably last season on

when they started doing lines and realized the whole character role that each actor had to portray," Londo says. "I think it was that realization that gave them the ability to grasp the filmmaking aspect of TV and that none of the other kids they knew were doing it."

has wrapped, it\'s Tom Londo\'s hope that his sons score some film roles. (They nabbed a small part as an "upbeat kid" in a so-far untitled Warren Beatty movie that\'s due out in 2015.) Until then, the goal is to get Ryder and Evan back to doing what they do best – acting like kids, but for real.

"They bike ride and play soccer and baseball. They\'re very well-rounded," says Tom Londo. "We want to give them the opportunity to continue acting. They\'re both definitely up for it. They don’t admit they like it as much as you can see they like it, though. They\'re pretty humbled by it."

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