While most remember her as the heiress obsessed with London Tipton fashion from “The Suite Life of Zack & Cody”, the actress recently revealed that her transition from Child Star to a serious actor was not as fluid as it seems.
According to Brenda Song, Disney tried to prevent him from playing more mature roles in films like “Gran Torino” and “The Social Network”.
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Brenda Song says that Disney has tried to block it from “Gran Torino” and “the social network”
She said that she was first considered for a role in “Gran Torino”, but that Disney has nestled it due to a sexual assault scene provided in the script. “And I was very upset but I said to myself:” Okay, I guess it didn’t work, “she recalls.
A similar situation appeared when Song wanted to audition for “The Social Network” by David Fincher. At the time, she was still on “life following” and concerns about mature content again threatened to derail the opportunity. This time, however, she took matters into her own hands.
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“I went directly to Gary Marsh, president and COO of Disney brand television at the time,” she explained. “I said,” I am an actor. When you hired me, I was not an heir to the hotel. If I have already done something in my personal life to have ever drew bad attention to your business, I understand. But this is the last season of the series, and this is the opportunity for a life. “”
His plea worked. Disney allowed him to make the film, what a song said: “Has really changed my life”.
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Miley Cyrus says Disney forbade her to sing songs of “Hannah Montana”
It is a story that reflects the recent revelations of his Disney Alum colleague Miley CyrusWho said about Spotify “The Ringer” Podcast That it “was not authorized” to interpret songs from “Hannah Montana” after leaving the network in 2011.
“It was always sad to know that these songs have my voice, my face, and I was not allowed to sing them,” said Cyrus.
She was not allowed to make them again after being appointed Disney Legend to the D23 in 2024.
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Song says that fans always quote its emblematic “prndl” line of “suite life”
Like Cyrus, Song found its moment of escape on Disney. But she worked hard to evolve beyond her first roles. Its representation of London Tipton not only helped define Disney Channel in the 2000s, but left a lasting impact.
A particular moment, when his character pronounces hilariously the abbreviation of car equipment equipment like “The Prindle”, continues to follow it.
“It’s always the PRNDL and it’s shocking,” laughs while laughing during the panel. “People will always be like,” you taught me the PrnDl “or” I always use the Prndl “.”
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The emblematic portrait of the “continuation of the suite”
The actress also admitted to having kept memories of her time on “Suite Life”, including the pink outfit of the program of the show and a giant portrait of London and her dog Ivana which was once hung on her television. He now lives in home song with a longtime partner Macaulay Culkin and their children.
“I am afraid of letting someone know where it is, because knowing a certain someone, they hang up in our house and I would be mortified,” she joked.
Brenda Song said that “being an American-Asian actress in Hollywood” was “delicate”
The song attributes a large part of its early inspiration to pioneers like Ming-Na Wen,, Michelle YeohAnd Lucy Liuwho was one of the few American-Asian actors that she saw on the growing screen.
“It was the delicate thing growing up, being an Asian-American actress in Hollywood,” said Song. “As if you were not Jackie Chan Or jet li, I am not an Asian man, it was really difficult.
Song shared that Wen, in particular, had a significant impact on her. They worked together when Song was only eight years old, and she remembers that Wen was “so encouraging, so kind and so favorable”.
She also remembered work with the actor of “Night Court” Richard Moll on the Nickelodeon series “100 deeds for Eddie McDowd”, describing him as sweet and welcoming during his first long -term project.
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Although she recently worked alongside Pamela Anderson And Kate Hudson And even made by Fincing himself, Song continues to be humiliated by his Disney roots. But it is its persistence, not its past, which continues to define it.
“I’m so lucky,” she said. “But none of this is easy. You have to fight for the roles you know you can play.”
