“I acquired to do some actually extraordinary experiences which can be actually uncommon,” the Disney alum tells TooFab. “And I would not commerce that for the world.”
Lizzie McGuire star Jake Thomas began appearing as a toddler, earlier than he acquired his large break as a younger teen within the Disney collection, with followers watching the star develop up earlier than their eyes.
And whereas many former youngster stars have recalled unfavourable and even traumatic experiences from their time on set from a younger age, Thomas’ expertise could not have been any extra totally different — in reality, he described rising up on display as “implausible.”
Thomas starred as Matt McGuire on the collection, which ran on Disney Channel from 2001 till 2004, together with the 2003 movie. A couple of years after Lizzie McGuire ended, Thomas returned to the Disney Channel and starred within the That is So Raven spinoff, Cory within the Home.
In an interview with TooFab, the actor mirrored on his time as a toddler star, expressing his gratitude that he had a “nice expertise.”
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“I positively acknowledge that there have been youngster actors who’ve had tough conditions, whether or not that is by means of simply, you recognize, the value of fame in a means, or household dynamics,” Thomas defined. “I am very lucky in that, you recognize, all of my expertise rising up, you recognize, appearing and being on the Disney Channel and the whole lot, all my experiences had been implausible. I do not assume I ever needed to undergo any of the type of powerful conditions or rising pains or something like that. So I really feel very lucky in that.”
“I’ve plenty of mates that, you recognize, have additionally had actually nice experiences with it,” he continued. “And I feel it is unlucky that plenty of the tales which can be unlucky get probably the most consideration typically.”
The Disney alum famous that he believes there’s a “public preconceived notion that that’s what youngster appearing is.”
“I had a distinct expertise with it. I by no means did not get pleasure from it, I might say,” he informed TooFab. “It was at all times only a nice expertise for me.”
And whereas he acknowledges that he “positively missed out” on “typical” milestones, comparable to going to promenade, he was in a position to have “uncommon” experiences that common youngsters didn’t.
“I do acknowledge that, you recognize, I acquired to do some actually extraordinary experiences which can be actually uncommon,” Thomas stated. “And I would not commerce that for the world. So I am actually appreciative of the whole lot that I acquired to expertise as a toddler actor.”
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A couple of years in the past, Thomas briefly reunited with a number of of his Lizzie McGuire co-stars — together with Hilary Duff, Hallie Todd, and Robert Carradine — after they had been set to reprise their roles within the Disney+ revival collection, with Thomas even filming two episodes, earlier than the reboot was in the end axed. (See what he needed to say in regards to the canceled revival right here.)
And though the revival collection did not work out, Thomas stated he is nonetheless in contact with a number of members of his Disney Channel household.
When requested if he stays involved with any of his former co-stars, he informed TooFab, “Sometimes, you recognize, the Disney Channel household … we by no means crumble, I really feel like.”
“Hilary, each occasionally, I am going to see her on the Farmer’s Market,” he stated of his on-screen sister. “Bobby Carradine and Hallie Todd, who performed my dad and mom, I imply, they’ve at all times mainly simply been like an aunt and uncle to me. In order that they’ll examine in with me on occasion, which is nice.”
“Jason Dolley, we had been on Cory within the Home collectively. He is been only a tremendous shut pal of mine ever since that point, too,” he continued. “He lives down the road, so we’ll see one another on occasion. I imply, we see one another each occasionally, the entire Disney household, and that is at all times a really good factor.”
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In the meantime, Thomas has just lately stepped right into a realm of leisure: video video games, particularly efficiency seize. (Sure, identical to within the Avatar movie franchise.) Thomas has been voicing the character Marco Silva within the action-adventure online game, MindsEye, a mission he has secretly been engaged on for years. The sport was launched earlier this month.
“I imply the entire mission was truthfully actually fulfilling to do,” Thomas informed TooFab, “as a result of it is so far separated from conventional appearing that I’ve performed up to now as a result of, you recognize, whenever you’re on this quantity, there is no digital camera crew, there is no hair and make-up, there is no wardrobe, there is no lights … it is actually laid again, truthfully. It’s extremely paying homage to being in a stage play, however with out an viewers. So it is even a step down from that. It is a stage play rehearsal.”
He continued, “It is actually fulfilling to type of simply be there with the opposite actors and there is no stress and actually type of play, plenty of creativeness has to enter it too since you’re having to, you recognize, faux that, ‘Oh yeah, all these robots are over there’ and … ‘explosions are occurring!'”
“I feel that complete side of it was actually, actually thrilling, and I might like to do extra efficiency seize sooner or later,” Thomas shared. “I feel it actually opens up plenty of doorways for me as an actor as a result of I really feel like, you recognize, I haven’t got to simply play me. I imply, on this mission I am scanned in as me, however you may play an alien … the sky is the restrict, which is nice.”
See extra from Thomas’ interview within the full video, above, and purchase MindsEye right here!
