Avan Jogia Shared That He Doesn’t Look Back On His Time On Nickelodeon “Fondly”

He’s identified for starring as Beck on Nickelodeon’s Victorious and only in the near past made his directorial debut together with his movie, Door Mouse.

Well, he opened up in a Teen Vogue interview about his time on Nickelodeon and the way it’s affected him and his profession since.

Avan shared, “I feel like I’m one of the very few lucky people who were not thrust into that world against my will. The world of acting, I mean. The world of Nickelodeon… not to say it was against my will, but I guess I just didn’t know.”

“It’s hard to know what you’re signing up for and how it’s gonna shape you and the world around you and how it’s gonna shape how people interact with you. It’s gonna shape what you mean to people.”

“…I don’t look back on [Nickelodeon] fondly,” Avan added. “But I do think it’s interesting to see just what it means to people. It’s touching, but also, it’s out of your control.”

“I feel like I represent sadness for people because they can sort of look at me and be like, ‘Oh, right. I remember when I used to be young and things weren’t so complicated.'”

“It’s like, I represent an uncomplicated time. Sometimes, I think that I have a strong desire to keep that image safe for them.”

Avan joins an inventory of different former Nickelodeon stars who’ve opened up about their unfavourable experiences on the community.

His Victorious costar, Daniella Monet opened up about wanting (and not getting) sexualized scenes from the present reduce and the way a number of the outfits she wore, she “wouldn’t even wear today as an adult.”

Alexa Nikolas from Zoey 101 protested outdoors of the Nickelodeon headquarters final yr and shared, “I didn’t feel like Nickelodeon was protecting me or had my best interests in mind.”

And we discovered from Jennette McCurdy that she was allegedly inspired to drink alcohol, given massages with out her consent, and was provided $300,000 to not discuss her experiences on Nickelodeon.