Not HappeningEvery Time Cole and Dylan Sprouse Shut Down ‘Suite Life’ Reboot Rumors: Quotes

It’s a No for Cole

While promoting Riverdale season 5 in January 2021, Cole was asked about another popular series’ reboot and he gave an unfiltered opinion about reboot culture in general.

“Reboots are a tricky thing, you know? The original shows, when they become successful, sit within this golden little plate of nostalgia, and when you modernize it and go back to it, it has the potential to really disenfranchise the original fan base. So it’s a very, very touchy thing,” he said on the Drew Barrymore Show. “I’m asked all the time if Dylan and I are going to do a Suite Life reboot, and I go, ‘No, absolutely not.'”

Turning It Down

“Confidently, no,” Dylan told iHollywood TV in October 2020 when asked about the possibility of bringing the Suite Life back.

“I don’t think that we will [bring the show back],” he explained. “There’s a lot of different reasons, but primarily because that was a chapter of both of our separate lives or together life that was just a role at the time. A lot of times you see these reboots happening and it’s kind of fan-service. I also just think that usually, they’re not as good and part of the nostalgia is gone.”

The actor added, “I think the show remains special in a lot of people’s hearts and that’s how we’re going to leave it.”

Not a Big Reboot Guy

It’s no secret that before his Disney Channel days, Cole starred in Friends. When talking about the sitcom’s highly anticipated reunion during a May 2020 appearance on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, The CW star briefly touched on the Suite Life.

“It’s funny, I thought the privilege of being part of a lot of fun TV shows when I was younger that kind of became cult classics or fan favorites, like Suite Life or Friends, and there’s always that question that pops up. There’s always the, ‘Oh, when are you going to go back?’ But I don’t think that it should be done,” he said. “I think it’s really incendiary, there’s a huge potential to, kind of, demolish that perfect little golden memory of a program is you go back and revive it.”

The actor noted how his show has been “revived” for the fans with Disney+. “There’s always this tendency to glorify the things that we grew up with, especially the programming we grew up with. I think, thankfully, our show has sort of held the test of time,” Cole said.

Brenda Is Here for It

“How could you say no?” the actress asked Elite Daily in November 2019 when the topic of a Suite Life reboot came up. “It would be fun. It would depend on what it is, but I think it would be so much fun.”

Brenda added, “I would love to see what London Tipton is doing in 2019 … There are times when people ask: ‘Where would London be right now?’ and I’m like, ‘I don’t even know.’ Which is actually really kind of fun. I think that would be a fun route to take.”