K.J. Yossman Miranda Cosgrove first shot to fame as a precocious 10-year-old in “School of Rock” before enthralling a generation of tweens in the ahead-of-its-time Nickelodeon show “iCarly,” about a girl with her own web show.
Now Cosgrove is back with a rebooted “iCarly” on Paramount Plus, catering to both old fans, who grew up with the series, and new.As Paramount Plus launches in the U.K.
and Ireland, Cosgrove sat down with Variety to discuss stepping into Carly’s shoes, “School of Rock” and navigating life as a child actor.Why did you decide to come back and revisit “iCarly”?To be perfectly honest, when I was first asked about maybe coming back, all the first talks about it started a couple years ago.
And I was like, “No, we’re never gonna do that.” And I called [original “iCarly” co-stars] Jerry [Trainor] and Nathan [Kress] and they were like, “No we shouldn’t do that.” And then we just kept talking about it.
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