User blog:Ceauntay/Alyson Stoner Talks Being Compared to Ex Disney Co-Star Dakota Fanning



Our girl Alyson Stoner has been doing amazing recently with her new music and her tribute video to the amazing Missy Elliot! She was also just featured in Zooey Magazine’s “As We Are” portrait series wearing zero makeup and looks absolutely stunning.

Inside the article, Alyson opens up about her childhood experience sharing an agent with fellow actress of the former Disney Channel show Best Friends Forever Dakota Fanning. She said, “My agent knew that I would make her less money. She would offer Dakota’s name first. I remember sitting in the casting agent’s office and would hear my agent on the phone talking about her lunch meeting with Dakota that day. I knew that I was the second fiddle…the second choice.

She then added how difficult it was for her. She ended up comparing herself to Dakota everyday, wondering why her agent wasn’t pushing her as much as they pushed Dakota.

She said, “That immediately makes you criticize parts about yourself; it makes you keep trying to figure out what takes you out of the running before the casting agents even know you. It made me wonder why I was void of chance. I kind of wrestled against that with myself. I think for some people, it destroys them in the industry and in life. For others, they see that there is some injustice and proceed to rise above it. Hopefully the people who do rise above it, do it to for themselves to set an example for others and then they seek ways to ripple that effect to the rest of the community.”

Something tells that she is kind of jealous that Dakota has as much success as Alyson has, probably even in their Disney days. We hope that Alyson used that difficult experience to propel herself forward and pursue her own career path. We’re cheering you on, Alyson!