8 Actors Who Knew Their TV Show Was Doomed On Day 1

2. The Jonas Brothers Just Went Along With It Despite Disney's Writing Being Terrible

They may form one of the most unstoppable pop trios on the planet and have even made some headway in Hollywood in more recent times, but The Jonas Brothers didn't exactly get off to the best of starts when it came to their detour into the world of acting.

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Nick, Joe, and Kevin have each all gone on record at various points to admit to sensing how much of a bad idea their first real standalone project whilst working under the Disney Channel banner was from the second they started to get to grips with the writing being handed over to them.

With the late-noughties show by the name of Jonas (and later Jonas L.A.) focusing on the fictionalised version of this heartthrob boy band, Joe would tell Vulture that some of the "weird slapstick humor" writing was "terrible" before noting:

"We went along with it at the time, because we thought Disney was our only real shot, and we were terrified that it could all be taken away from us at any moment."

Again reiterating their regret over agreeing to the whole Disney debacle, Nick in particular would confess when talking about the show's second season during their 2019 Chasing Happiness documentary, “We shouldn’t have done that. It really stunted our growth, you know? I feel like it was just a bad move.”

It's fair to say the lads have done alright since this early House of Mouse mishap, though, eh?

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