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Alyson Stoner detailing the highs and lows of their life and career in their newly released biography, called Modified semi-well in spite of all literallyReleased on Tuesday, August 12.
Following a childhood in Ohio, Stoner moved to California during their early years in the hopes of jumping up a lucrative acting career. One great short show later, and they came Disney channel staple and Missy Elliot Reserve dancer.
But not all memories are positive.
“At the age of 7, he didn’t register that I was born to be sold. I was no longer a child; I was a commodity,” Stoner wrote on one part of the book. “I did as adults instructed me to do so, and a mother eagerly supported whatever helped me shine. Although auditions were located as a creative outlet, they had nothing to do with reckless self-expression. It didn’t matter about my personal interests.
During the early days of their career, Stoner promised “never to be an average” so they would not be forgotten in rapid Hollywood.
“My strategy for success was in my way,” they wrote. “All I have to do is be perfect on everything and look perfect in doing it.”
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Missy Elliot Music Video ‘Work It’
Stoner was on a good set “past my bedtime” as a child while filming Elliot’s 2002 music video for “Work It.”
“The other children were experts on creating movements of thin air, but improvisation intimidated. I tried to come up with ideas before my turn,” they remembered. “I ran out of ideas. Just impressed them! As a last resort, I risked it all and I went for the six steps and freezes a baby, just to fall out of the gesture prematurely. I was killed.”
However, the music video became a turning point in Stoner’s life – and the first time they were publicly recognized. They eventually re -created the choreography from the music video in the 2019 MTV VMAS When Elliot was honored with the Vanguard Video Award.
‘Super Mike Short Show’
It wasn’t without brain for Stoner to appear on the Disney Channel, their “always favorite TV station” as a child.
“Super Mike Short Show Filmed at weekends because minors could be on a longer set, avoiding the three hours of compulsory tutoring for school days, ”he claimed Stoner.” My character, Sally, was written as the annoying sister. I never knew what wild antics they would get me to do. … I made sure I followed instructions no matter how embarrassing the skit was, although I sometimes worried that other children my age might think I’m strange. “
Regularly cast as a series on the show, which lasted between 2003 and 2007, “moving” Stoner’s mindset.
“There was a new maturity and stoicism that could come from just taking adult responsibilities,” they wrote. “Inadvertently, Super Mike Short Show The last drops of childhood wonders pressed. Acting was not art; It was a business. “
‘Cheaper by the dozen’
Stoner had nothing but positive things to say about working side by side Hunt Bonnie In the 2003 film. The legendary actress “attached herself emotionally with each of her children on screen, Stoner remembered in the book.
“Bonnie explained the sequence of the events and the objective of my scene. Her questions were deliberate and toned. She focused on me like I was the only man on the planet,” they wrote. “For me, Cheaper by the dozen an immersive escape. “
Not so ‘Suite Life’
Disney Kids will remember Stoner’s Circular Role as Max On Zack and Cody’s Room Life. Kiss Dylan SprouseZack on the show, but originally Stoner was also supposed to lock lips with Cole Sprouse‘s cody too.
“I was under a legal contract, so I had no choice but to practice whatever was written in front of a bunch of strangers; otherwise I would be considered unprofessional,” they remembered. “At least they changed it to just one boy before millions of children and parents watched the episode.”
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The play ‘Step Up’
Stoner played Channing tatumCamille’s sister in the first Step Movie, released in 2006. They remembered the cast as “a chosen family.” However, there was some apparent drama between Stoner and Costar Adam Sevani When they returned for 2014’s Step up: all in.
“My positive mind typically refused to accept that someone could be extremely disrespectful,” Stoner wrote. “But that was tried on the set of Step up 5: all inWhen Adam stopped making an eye contact with me. “
They claimed Sevani couldn’t “pretend to act romantically to me” because Stoner was “not beautiful as his previous costar.”
Affairs at home
Stoner talked honestly about their mother’s alcohol battles through the book. They also wrote about their mother “totally dependent” on the money of their stepdaughter John. Things between Stoner and John’s mother began to solve their 12th birthday.
One night, things got worse when John was alleged to “rolled up the window while my hand was resting over the edge, jamming my wrist at the top.” Back at home, he went for the “important documents” of the family and allegedly “pinned” Stoner’s mother against the wall.
“I sprinted into the landline, only to find out that he was torn out again,” he claimed Stoner in the book. “I can’t hide this anymore. It’s going to kill us. It was time to break the confidentiality of a family and tell someone. I ran into the neighbor’s house and rugged on their door.”
It is alleged that the police had been called, and Stoner claimed John disappeared from their lives. (Previously stoner addressed the abusive of their stepfather on the “Dear Hollywood” podcast in September 2023.)
Where is the money?
At one time in the biography, Stoner shattered what their career cost.
“A partial list of expenses could include a monthly keeper $ 3,000- $ 12,000 to a publisher; monthly keeper $ 6,000- $ 10,000 for fashion stylist and glam team (unfortunately compulsory for the size and high profile nature of events); $ 2,000 in monthly voice training; $ 500 in monthly dancing in the monthly monthly danger in risk of an average of three to four hearings); that their team “took about 35 per cent in commissions” and “another 35 per cent” went to taxes.
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“With expenses in advance, it felt like money had moved straight through me,” they added in the book. “The more I won, the more people he took, and the more things that cost.”
But that’s not all. Later in Stoner’s career, they discovered that there were inconsistencies in their finances. Their mother, for one, had taken “several thousand” dollars from their bank account over the years. At the time, Stoner’s account was on no dollars, but their sister estimated it should be on “over a million.”
Stoner discussed this subject in an interview with The New York Timesreferring to it as a “death by a thousand misfortunes,” before releasing their biography. They decided against legal action.
“I still feel very defensive,” said Stoner about their mother. “I know what it’s like to have my life open to the world. I don’t want it on anyone.”
An eating disorder treatment
Stoner in detail their battles eating a disorder Throughout the book, which eventually led to them seeking inpatient treatment. (Stoner said that they once weighed 102 lbs, writing that pounds and they eventually earned 25 lbs while in treatment.)
“My chart noted that my dining disorder had started as orthorexia – obsessed with healthy Or eating right-in younger years, which evolved into anorexia nervosa and exercise of bulimia, ”wrote Stoner.” I was also diagnosed with general anxiety disorder (GAD), obsessive-motivated disorder trends (OCD), Alexithymia, and complex PTSD. “
Have exorcism in the middle of a journey of sexuality
The biography also detailed Stoner’s religious journey, which took a turn when they started exploring and discovering different aspects of their sexuality.
“Christian peers spread my personal business to recruit people to fight this spiritual battle,” they wrote, recalling one night when their minister sought “(exorcize) a homosexuality of a homosexuality of (their) body, mind and spirit.”
Stoner was “ready for a confulse or black out,” but he felt mostly ashamed.
“Unfortunately, many of my Christian peers stopped talking to me after hearing about my battle,” they wrote. “Am I contagious? Do I think I have cruses on all of them?”
They came out in public In 2018.
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