15 Secrets About The Television Show The Suite Life Of Zack And Cody That Might Surprise You

If you're a fan of this show then you will love learning hidden secrets about the show and cast.

Daphnie

• Published in Film & TV
• April 10, 2022

Television shows are actually more complex to create, come up with, and direct than you might think. The finished product typically looks like it took no effort and everyone was doing exactly what they were supposed to do.

Most of us though have no idea what exactly goes into making the show and what changes were made from the original ideas of the show. It's no secret that sometimes things need to change especially when you're finding roles for shows.

We're going to look into the television show The Suite Life Of Zack And Cody which was a popular television show with main stars Dylan Sprouse and Cole Sprouse. A lot of people, myself included, loved to watch this television show as a youngster because it gave a look into the life of these two kids who lived on a cruise ship.

These 15 secrets about The Suite Life Of Zack And Cody will give you a good behind-the-scenes look into the show, casting, directing, and any other things that you might not have known about until now. Let's go ahead and vie into this article by sharing 15 amazing facts about this popular television show starring Dylan and Cole Sprouse.

Let's kick this off with the first three secrets.

1. Initially, producers considered using Dylan and Cole Sprouse as names for the Martin twins before ultimately deciding to give the stars different names for their characters.

2. Dylan and Cole were similar to their characters, as Dylan was the more troublesome twin (like his troublemaking character Zack) while Cole was the more studious one, similar to the more responsible Cody.

3. Creator Danny Kallis revealed to the New York Times that he and co-creator Jim Geoghan actually came up with the concept for the show 20 years prior while working on the sitcom Silver Spoons.

Secrets about Brenda Song and Ashley Tisdale of the show.

4. Originally, Ashley Tisdale auditioned for London Tipton, the flighty Paris Hilton-Esque hotel heiress, and Brenda Song read for Maddie, the sarcastic girl next door who works as the clerk. "They were going full, true Paris Hilton parody," Song told W Magazine.

"And when we read for the roles they were like, ‘No, actually, you guys switch parts.' Hollywood wasn't doing that then."

5. When she was 15, Brenda landed the role of London the same time she received early acceptance to her dream college: Harvard University. It was her father, who is a schoolteacher, who encouraged her to pursue acting, saying, "Here's the thing. You have an amazing opportunity if acting is what you want to do...You go to college to figure out what you want to do, but if this is what you want to do, you have an opportunity to do it."

6. A natural brunette, Ashley dyed her hair blonde for the series.

A sneek peak inside the life of Zac Efron when he made an appearance.

7. Ashley admitted her kiss with High School Musical co-star and best friend Zac Efron when he guest-starred was "the worst" because he's like "a brother" to her. Well, that and he tried to kiss with tongue.

8. Another awkward kiss alert! Selena Gomez had her first kiss when she guest-starred in 2006, playing the twins' classmate Gwen. 

"It was my first kiss—[and] on-camera! It was one of the worst days of my life!" Gomez said on The Kelly Clarkson Show of kissing Dylan, admitting it was Cole she had the crush on before being cast. 

Juicier secrets await as we dive into the pay that was given to the actors.

9. British identical twins Becky and Milly Rosso were actually just audience members when they were picked out of the crowd by producers to play the boys' love interests, Janice and Jessica. They both took acting lessons and auditioned for the show not too long after. and they got the part.

10. In 2010, the New York Post reported Dylan and Cody, then 17, were making $20,000 each per episode. In the article, one agent claimed that at the start of the series, "When Ashley Tisdale was on The Suite Life of Zack and Cody...I heard she was making $9,000 an episode, and the boys got $12,000 to 15,000 per episode."

A look into our favorite manager, Mr. Mosbey

11. When Phill Lewis, who played fan-favorite hotel manager Mr. Moseby, returned to Scrubs to film an appearance for the medical comedy's final episode, he brought along two super-fans. Dylan and Cole were fans of Scrubs so he actually took them on set with him that day.

12. Disney Channel once filmed a pilot for a spinoff starring Selena that centered on Suite Life's hotel engineer, Arwin Hochauser (Brian Stepanek). She would've played Arwin's niece, but ultimately they passed on that project in 2007 which allowed Selena to star in Wizards Of Waverly Place.

Here's a look at how the show ended and what the brothers offered Disney

13. Dylan made headlines when he opened up about the twins attempting to pitch a fourth season of The Suite Life on Deck to Disney that would also set up a new series to help the crew they had worked with for years remain employed after they decided to go to college.

14. The concept was for Zack and Cody to return to Boston, where they would mentor a young boy living in the hotel, setting that character up for his own show. But when Disney turned down their idea, only to come back to the twins with a similar pitch that took place in Miami and starred Selena Gomez, the Sprouses walked away, according to Dylan.

Dating whil eon the show is always a juicy secret

Being able to take a look at behind-the-scenes of shows and what really happens behind closed doors of a film set is super interesting. I don't think we saw some of these secrets coming.

Sometimes things aren't as cookie-cutter on television shows as they seem to be. These secrets prove that.

Daphnie