Both girls have signed music contracts.Ī third Barney alum, Madison Pettis, a 10-year-old from Arlington, has appeared in "Seven Pounds" with Will Smith and "The Game Plan" with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Selena Gomez, a 16-year-old from Grand Prairie, went on to the Disney program "Wizards of Waverly Place.
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In similar fashion, "Barney & Friends" for the last few years has been a training ground for several aspiring child actresses from the Dallas-Fort Worth area.īarney-ex Demi Lovato, a 16-year-old from Dallas, starred with the Jonas Brothers in a popular children's musical "Camp Rock" and is expected to be the lead in a series that debuts next month. The 1990s version of "The Mickey Mouse Club" launched the careers of singers Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, and actors Keri Russell and Ryan Gosling. And kids in Dallas who are good actors end up on Barney." agents because we have turned out a number of good kids that are rising," said Lisa Dawson, owner of the Kim Dawson Agency. "Dallas has become a market that is very heavily scouted by the L.A.
Talent agents praised the show for providing a healthy environment for child actors and said it benefits from a deep pool of Dallas-area talent who have no other regular outlet for acting. "Barney & Friends," filmed in a nondescript office building in suburban Dallas, has lately become a launching pad for child stars shooting along the career path blazed by Miley Cyrus and a generation of Mouseketeers before her.Īlums of the show are starring in movies with Will Smith and The Rock, appearing in Disney Channel programs with the Jonas Brothers and signing solo music deals that could put them in the same rarified air as Cyrus' alter ego, Hannah Montana. Barney the dinosaur, a beloved toddler's icon to some and a cultural punching bag to others, has taken on a new role: stepping stone.
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