If you were a teenager at the start of the last decade, then The Suite Life is probably one of your nostalgic favorites, whether it’s the hotel one or the boat one. After all, Cole and Dylan Sprouse dominated Disney Channel’s lineup from 2005 to 2011 and became two of the channel’s biggest stars. So much so that they even got to make a movie and the final episode of the series lasted 40 minutes, something reserved for the most special events. And after that… well. Nothing.
The bitter adult life
It can’t be said that the brothers have had especially successful adult acting careers: in 2010 they filmed their last movie (voicing Mr. Magoo in Kung Fu Magoo, which everyone has forgotten) and they made their last TV appearance in 2012. Now, Dylan has come back alone just to say, basically, “Hey, what about mine?”.
In an interview, Sprouse said he has one detail that always surprises people: his residuals. That is, the residual payments he’s supposed to receive for every TV airing of his episodes. “The only check I’ve received was for a crossover episode with Hannah Montana, and it was for five cents. I’m not joking. At a time when residuals would’ve been great, they didn’t give me a single one for being on one of the most popular shows”. The truth is, it’s insane: if you turned on Disney Channel at any point back then, one way or another you were going to come across The Suite Life.
It’s pretty strange, just as the actor points out: “Back then there weren’t that many streaming services, and you could only watch certain channels. Disney Channel prided itself on being a channel was safe to leave on for kids, where there were no ads and they only aired age-appropriate series”. With any luck, someone at Disney will read the interview and take an interest in what happened, because even if he’s moved on in life, it still seems like a bad joke.
