‘That’s So Raven’ Star Kyle Massey Was Already Locked In for a Movie with Morgan Freeman When Disney Put a Stop to It

Kyle Massey is 35 years old now, but more than two decades ago, he was a teenager working on one of Disney’s most popular TV series. ​From 2003 to 2007, he played Cory Baxter, the annoying little brother of Raven Baxter, played by Raven-Symoné, on “That’s So Raven.” ​He later went from a supporting character to a lead, still portraying Cory in the spinoff series “Cory in the House.” It ran from 2007 to 2008 and ran for 34 episodes. Though both series gave Massey a great start in his acting career, playing Cory also cost him other on-screen opportunities. ​The Atlanta native told the truth about what happened behind the scenes regarding what could have been his first big movie. In an interview with “The Art of Dialogue,” he revealed that Disney made him turn down a movie with Morgan Freeman and Edward Norton because he was Cory. “I actually booked a movie with Morgan Freeman and Edward Norton and I did a table read for the movie.

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