Overview
- This week Dylan Sprouse told the Wildmen podcast that working on television as a child amounted to “child labor.”
- He said the Disney-era routine left him with ongoing “mental hurdles” and a period when his self-esteem was tied to being on set.
- Former child actor Mark Indelicato joined the conversation and agreed that growing up in the industry creates shared, lasting challenges.
- Sprouse compared childhood television work to a regular day job with fixed hours and routines, saying that the end of that routine created a void.
- The Sprouse twins began acting as infants and rose to fame on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, and Dylan—who is expecting his first child—has said he would not automatically bar his own children from acting.