Brenda Song completely agrees with her Suite Life of Zack & Cody character, London Tipton.
At a press conference to promote her latest film The last showgirlThe Disney alumna, 36, told MTV that fans quote her a certain moment from the series “all the time, randomly, everywhere”: the famous “PRNDL” scene.
“At that moment you are simply not aware of what you are doing. But also, why isn’t it called PRNDL? Why do they call it a shifter?” Song asked.
“It should be called PRNDL. London Tipton was right,” she confirmed.
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Brenda Song in ‘The Suite Life’ in 2005 and 2024.
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In the popular Disney Channel series, Song played London Tipton, the heiress to a hotel empire. When the hotel manager Mr. Moseby (played by Phill Lewis) tries to teach London how to drive, the pair have a hilarious exchange in which London coined a lingering misnomer.
“Are you familiar with the shifter?” asks Mr. Moseby.
“You mean… PRNDL?” London replies smugly, referring to the letters next to the lever. After a frustrated Moseby yells at her, London tells him, “You’re making me nervous with all this technical talk!” ”
“Oh, I’m sorry,” he apologizes sarcastically. “Why don’t we just relax or turn on the radio? Do you want A.M or FMM?”
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Brenda Song as Mary-Anne in ‘The Last Showgirl’.
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Following the rest of her Suite Life and its sequel series, Song starred in the sitcom dadmedical drama Pure genius and comedy series A doll’s face. Recently, Social network the actress appeared alongside Pamela Anderson and Jamie Lee Curtis in The last showgirldirected by Gia Coppola.
The drama follows Anderson, 57, as Shelly Gardner, a 30-year-old entertainer who faces an uncertain future after closing her long-running show. The song features Mary-Anne, one of Shelly’s fellow performers, alongside Kiernan Shipka.
About the role, Song said Party tonight“Who doesn’t want to be a showgirl first of all? And who doesn’t want to wear Bob Mackie?”
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Macaulay Culkin and Brenda Song with Dakota (left) and Carson (right).
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But Song almost gave up acting after having two sons, Dakota, 3, and Carson, 2 – who she shares with her partner of seven years, Macaulay Culkin.
“When I stepped into motherhood, it made me question a lot: my place in this industry, my place as a woman, age in this industry, societal pressures about what beauty is, what being young is,” Song told Stare.
She continued: “My priority is my children, so I can’t just uproot my life and go live in Bulgaria for nine months to make a movie. I asked myself, ‘Does acting still fit into my life?’ ”
With Culkin’s help, she found a balance between motherhood and career.
“I always said to be the best parent, the best partner, I have to be the best me. And a big part of this is work. I have to be able to respect that,” she explained.
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