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Disney’s Sprouse twins happy at sea with ‘Life on Deck’

Dylan and Cole Sprouse sent Disney’s ratings soaring when their new spinoff, “The Suite Life on Deck,” debuted in September. This new life on the high seas sits with the brothers just fine.

“Life on Deck” is an offshoot of the twins’ former show, “The Suite Life of Zack and Cody,” in which the boys ran amok at the fictional Tipton Hotel. Now older and maybe wiser, Zack and Cody are attending school at sea on the S.S. Tipton and still getting into mischief, though perhaps not as much as on dry land.

“I think Disney wanted us to be more responsible on the show,” said Cole, “and they felt that putting us on a boat would be the best way to do that.”

“With growing older comes responsibility, [which] if you don’t acquire sooner or later, you’re gonna be in trouble,” said Dylan. “So the new show definitely teaches responsibility. We get jobs, and essentially every single show has a moral.”

The brothers, identical 16-year-old twins, got their start in acting at the age of 6 months, appearing in a toilet paper commercial, then on ABC’s “Grace Under Fire” as the same character, Patrick Kelly. They appeared in movies such as “Big Daddy” and eventually landed the Disney show.

The first season of “Life on Deck,” airing Fridays at 8 p.m., will explore all the follies of living at sea, including fighting off a Loch Ness-type monster and an eerie encounter in the Bermuda Triangle. There are also plans for a “Life on Deck,” “Wizards of Waverly Place” and “Hannah Montana” crossover episode.

Unlike most of their Disney counterparts, the Sprouse brothers swear they have no singing aspirations. They’d rather just concentrate on their acting before heading off to college when they’re old enough - Dylan to art school and Cole maybe to USC to study film.

In the meantime, the boys are grateful for their show and work hard at staying levelheaded in the Hollywood environment.

“Some people do shows because they want to be famous and I’m honestly telling you right now, if that’s the reason, they’re going to get swept up,” said Dylan. “Cole and I just came into acting because we like to act and we like to work.”

And just in case you’re curious, there are no plans for the boys to shave their famously coiffed heads anytime soon.

“I don’t think they would be too happy about that,” said Dylan. “On the Disney Channel, the skinhead look doesn’t do too well, let me tell you.”

By CRISTINA KINON
NY DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

UNIVERSAL CITY, CA - OCTOBER 26 - 2008: Actors Cole Sprouse and Dylan Sprouse at the 16th Annual Family Halloween Carnival at the Universal Studios on October 26, 2008 in Universal City, California.

The 16th annual Halloween Carnival was from 6 to 8 p.m. at the corner of Deborah Lane and the 3400 block of Jonette Drive. Fire and police personnel were there to meet children, along with games and treats. Dylan and Cole were there to entertain the children.

On 17 October the twins were guests on The View with those 4 hosts, Woopi Goldberg, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and the other two

They rocked the house so hard that those ladies were almost on their knees licking their feet.
They are pro’s they knew how to handle those women and they were sweet as pie.

Sprouse Brothers Embark On A New Journey By Ship In “The Suite Life On Deck”

The Sprouse brothers are no strangers to showbiz — they have been in it since they were 8 months old.

Today, the twins’ Dylan and Cole Sprouse continue to thrive on screens big and small.

The twins’ hit Disney Channel sitcom “The Suite Life of Zack & Cody” and their new show “The Suite Life on Deck” have made them a huge phenomenon in any language — more than 180 translations have been made.

Originally, “The Suite Life of Zack & Cody” was about two mischievous twin brothers who live in a fancy Boston hotel where their mother is the headliner in a nightclub.

About 100 episodes were filmed in three seasons, according to the hardworking Sprouse brothers.

Their new adventure, “The Suite Life on Deck,” isn’t all that different from the old show.

According to Cole, it’s still Zack and Cody, but they are on a ship. This time around however, neither Ashley Tisdale of “High School Musical” fame nor Kim Rhodes will be part of the cast.

The twin superstars, who are home-schooled on set, sometimes wish they could be ordinary high school kids.

“Sometimes. We went to public schools from kindergarten through seventh grade and it was fun. But we also have three hours a day at school so how can we complain?” Dylan told Early Show co-anchor Harry Smith.

“We have to be thankful for what we have. A lot of kids would love to be in our situation and we realize that,” Cole said.

Although it’s exciting to be famous, Smith inquired if it was really “as cool as it looks.”

“It is definitely — it’s a win/lose situation. You gain a lot perks and like Disneyland and stuff like that, those kind of perks, but you also loose a lot of the normal kid stuff, just walking around going to the movies kind of stuff,” said Cole.

Unlike their past, their future isn’t scripted.

“I’m not sure now. At this point in time, we just want to go to college. We just want to check out what our options are really,” Dylan said.

“We haven’t really set our mind to anything specific just yet,” Cole said.
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Dylan and Cole today on Good Morning America.
Cool interview with the boys on Good Morning America, “old pro’s”.

They do the “newscast entrance” so funny.
They also don’t give each other credit