BY LEAH CONNATSER – Arts and Entertainment Editor
When you think about it, the way characters are put together really affects the way a show flows. Everyone usually has a favorite character or two when they are asked to choose.
We, as viewers, learn to love all of the actors and actresses in the shows and some of us live in this “virtual world.” After a long period of time, we might forget characters who are not in the show anymore or long to know where the actors and actresses are who were in shows we once loved.
As we grow older, more television shows are made and more and more teens take part in roles that will stay with them for the rest of their lives. We should remember some of these teenagers that were on different channels living their dreams and see what they are up to now.
Disney Channel stars, Dylan and Cole Sprouse- From Zach and Cody to college graduates. The twins appeared in the Suite Life of Zach and Cody from 2006-2008 and later starred in the spinoff, Suite Life on Deck, until 2011. The two men returned to the books and transformed when they went from graduating Seven Seas High on television to graduating from the top college, NYU, on May 20th, 2015. They reportedly switched places during the ceremony. It is clear to me that they have had a pretty great childhood and their “sweet life,” is just beginning.
Zach and Cody
Disney Channel star, Jake T. Austin- From Wizards of Waverly Place to Dating a fan? Jake T. Austin played “Max Russo” in Disney’s hit show from October, 2007 to January, 2012. Austin is now reportedly dating a fan he met on twitter. Professionally he has had small roles in movies and just got finished on the ABC show, The Fosters.
MTV star, Jessica Lu- From Awkward to movies such as About Last Night and Diyu. Lu played Ming Huang in the show from July, 2011 to July, 2015. She recently joined American Horror Story: Hotel.
Former ABC family star, Shailene Woodley– From Secret Life of an American Teenager to movie star. Woodley starred in the show from July, 2008 to July, 2013, now she is in huge movies such as Divergent and The Fault in Our Stars.
Nickelodeon star, Nathan Kress-From iCarly to love. Kress starred in iCarly from September, 2007 to November, 2012. Sorry Seddie shippers, he was happily married to his soul mate, London Elise Kress, in 2015.
Many new television shows will continue to premiere and we will slowly forget about them. It is soothing to reminisce about old television and what the teenagers in the shows you once loved made you realize and learn.
Actors and actresses have real lives too, and we sometimes do not realize this. Looking up where these characters are now makes us feel like the shows are still with us.
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