Drake Bell is open to making a Drake & Josh reboot — or one thing comparable. The 38-year-old musician revealed that he and his former on-screen stepbrother, Josh Peck, have “talked about” a possible undertaking.
“I might like to. We’ve talked about it,” Drake stated in an interview with The Patriot-Information revealed on August 16. Nonetheless, Drake famous that he “additionally didn’t wish to do it when everybody was doing the reboots. It’s like, ‘OK, in fact, let’s do a reboot as a result of everybody’s doing reboots.’”
The “I Discovered a Approach” singer-songwriter then identified that if they’re “going to do one thing, it must be extra particular,” including, “Let’s hit ’em with a bang, as a substitute of, ‘oh, one other reboot.’”
Though Drake didn’t title the reboots he was referring to, Nickelodeon has just lately produced a number of sequel initiatives, together with the iCarly collection, Zoey 102 and Good Burger 2.
Elsewhere in his interview, Drake identified that he wouldn’t wish to proceed Drake & Josh with the identical characters.
Drake Bell says he can be up for a ‘Drake & Josh’ reboot:
“I might like to. We’ve talked about it. (…) If we’re going to do one thing, it must be extra particular. Let’s hit ’em with a bang, as a substitute of, ‘oh, one other reboot.’” pic.twitter.com/HGcm194YMv
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“I don’t suppose I might do us taking part in the characters from the present, or having [our sister] Meg,” he defined. “I believe, fortunately for us, it’s our names, so we will nonetheless play Drake and Josh. However I believe it’d be funnier if we go on to doing different buddy comedies, you recognize. One thing that’s form of a shock, somewhat totally different. It might be extra attention-grabbing.”
Drake’s feedback come 5 months after it was revealed that he was sexually assaulted by a former Nickelodeon crew member named Brian Peck (no relation to Josh Peck) within the Quiet on Set: The Darkish Aspect of Youngsters TV docuseries. In 2004, Brian pleaded no contest to a cost of oral copulation with a minor underneath 16 and to a cost of performing a lewd act with a 14- or 15-year-old. On the time, Drake was not publicly recognized because the sufferer. Brian spent 16 months in jail and was ordered to register as a intercourse offender. Nonetheless, he was nonetheless employed to work on kids’s reveals following his jail launch, together with for the Disney Channel’s The Suite Lifetime of Zack & Cody.
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After Drake revealed that he was the sufferer within the case, Nickelodeon launched a press release to Hollywood Life, which learn, “Now that Drake Bell has disclosed his id because the plaintiff within the 2004 case, we’re dismayed and saddened to be taught of the trauma he has endured, and we commend and help the energy required to come back ahead.”
Though Drake and Josh’s friendship had beforehand been fractured, the rock star identified in a March TikTok publish that Josh “reached out to speak with me and assist me work by this.”
Should you or anybody you recognize has been sexually abused, name the Nationwide Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673). A skilled workers member will present confidential, judgment-free help in addition to native assets to help in therapeutic, recovering and extra.
