Never thought that it’d be so simple! The Nickelodeon sitcom Drake & Josh premiered in January 2004, launching The Amanda Show alums Drake Bell and Josh Peck to mainstream teen stardom and introducing audiences to Miranda Cosgrove.“I met Miranda Cosgrove when she was 9 years old, like, auditioning to play my little sister.
I was 14. Now she’s a fully grown human, she drives her Mercedes. She’s doing great,” Peck said of his onscreen stepsister at the April 2022 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, per E!
News.The Happy People Are Annoying author added that he still had familial feelings toward his former costar. “I feel like her older brother.
I feel protective of her. I’m like, ‘Who are you dating and is he nice to you?’” he explained.Peck hasn’t maintained the same close bond with Bell, who played his sometimes-rival, sometimes-buddy stepbrother on the teen comedy series.
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