Joe Jonas spills a lot of beans in his New York magazine first-person piece about growing-up Disney.
He writes of how he and his brothers were struggling to make it as teens until Disney stepped in and turned them into arena-filling superstars. Disney, he writes is great at "creating fame."
But then Jonas goes on to talk about the "pressure" he felt to live up to the Disney expectations, to "sugarcoat" just about everything. It felt, he says, "like we couldn't be creative." He adds, "Being a part of the Disney thing for so long will make you not want to be this perfect little puppet forever."
We've heard Miley Cyrus say she wanted desperately to shed her Hannah Montana image. Amanda Bynes and Lindsay Lohan were early Disney stars, too. But not every Disney kid has felt so trapped by the Mouse House.
Dylan Sprouse, who starred with twin Cole on Disney's The Suite Life shows from 2005-2011, isn't buying Jonas' beef. On his tumblr page, he has posted a response to the essay.
"First, I think it's (b.s.) that they were being robbed of choice or creativity. If they wanted to, they could have told Disney 'NO.' Cole and I did this hundreds of times and we ended up all right. The only reason they didn't is because, like many of the people on that channel, I think they fell for the allure of fame."
Sprouse also says artists today "just assume they have to do what they are told by their proprietors' but, he writes, "If you believe this, not only are you incredibly foolish, but you are a BAD ARTIST. Individuality is modernity's most interesting trait regarding artwork and so so many talented individuals realize this. You do not have to become something else to be successful. Not only is it not too late for them to redefine themselves now, it was never too late."
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