Alyson Stoner was ‘uncomfortable’ kissing Dylan and Cole Sprouse in ‘Suite Life’ episode

Alyson Stoner revealed they were “uncomfortable” experiencing their first kiss on camera at 12 years old. The actor, known for starring in Missy Elliott’s “Work It” music video and their roles in the “Step Up” franchise and Disney’s “The Suite Life of Zack & Cody,” recalled during a recent episode of their YouTube series “Dear Hollywood” that they had to kiss both Dylan Sprouse and Cole Sprouse for an episode of “The Suite Life.” The experience left them with conflicted feelings. My first kiss, and several of the times I experienced kissing, all happened on camera.” “I remember on ‘Suite Life’ on Disney, I’d already booked the role of Max and I’d filmed an episode and the character was a tomboy and I vaguely remember, you know, being a friend to Zack and Cody at school.. Well, a few weeks later, they wrote an episode where Max had to kiss both twins, and I can’t remember if both kisses ended up in the final edit or if Disney was like, that’s a little too much kissing for one episode.” Stoner continued that they had no idea that kissing would be required for the role when they auditioned to play Max. “So in that way I justified like, OK, I can have my kiss here and then I’ll have my own separate first kiss at some point.” Also in the episode, Stoner revealed that wardrobe fittings could be a confusing experience for the child actor. But whether or not they do, it doesn’t remove the weirdness of countless adults touching my bare adolescent skin under my clothes, and then wearing headphones, so they can hear every breath, every sneeze, every word I say for the rest of that period, even when the cameras aren’t rolling.” Stoner wanted to make it clear that they aren’t “claiming that any of these steps are automatically dangerous or wrong, though they can be and they have been.” “I’m just presenting it through the lens of a young person who is receiving their earliest conditioning about their own bodily autonomy.” During a 2022 appearance on “The Conversationalist” podcast, host Sophie Beren asked Stoner if she thought child actors were inherently destined for disaster.