Actress Brenda Song said that she felt “underpaid and overworked” while working as a child star for Disney, adding that the company put child actors through unsafe working conditions.
\n\nSong revealed her thoughts about working for Disney during an appearance on actor Dylan Sprouse’s Wildmen podcast on Tuesday. She starred on The Suite Life of Zack and Cody from March 2005 to September 2008. In one particular instance, Song recalled how she fainted when filming a hot tub scene that was later revealed to be over 250 degrees.
\n\n“I just remember breathing heavy and my chest felt really hot. I just went, ‘Am I having a panic attack?’ Song recalled. “And then all of a sudden I remember [seeing] stars and [then I was] gone.”
\n\nOnly when Song fainted did the crew realize that the hot tub had been set to 250 degrees.
\n\nThe actress also reflected on feeling that the child actors were “underpaid and overworked,” noting that they did not even receive residuals.
\n\n“I look back on it, I was like, ‘Oh my God, we did actually pay them to work.’ We basically did,” she said.
\n\nSprouse, who co-starred with Song on the show, said that it if…
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