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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Entertainment
Christi Carras

Cole Sprouse defends female Disney Channel stars who ‘were so heavily sexualized’

Nearly two decades after making his Disney Channel debut on “The Suite Life of Zack & Cody,” Cole Sprouse is opening up about how child stardom affected him and his identical twin brother, Dylan.

In a New York Times interview published this week, the actor reflected on his decision to briefly quit Hollywood and study archaeology before returning to the small screen in “Riverdale.” On the hit CW series based on the Archie comics, Sprouse plays sulky hipster Jughead Jones.

“I started acting when I was so young that I hadn’t actually attempted, as an adult, to think about if I really enjoyed performance,” Sprouse told the New York Times.

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