“It took a little while for me to gain the confidence, not only in my ability to go out there and put that together, but also in not being afraid of what other people would think,” Benson stated. “I think that was the biggest obstacle, because this is something I’ve wanted to do for a while.”
However, the Springfield, Mo., native had actually undoubtedly been “out of the spotlight for a long time.” He scheduled a couple of more functions after Wizards of Waverly Place ended in 2012, consisting of some voice deal with Rick and Morty, however, Benson stated, he left “being a struggling actor” behind some years earlier and carried on.
He returned to school, getting his bachelor’s degree in graphic style from Denver’s Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design in 2018, and pursued a profession in marketing. So he was “actually just working a normal job,” he stated, when those old pictures emerged.
And by the time he was thinking about presenting naked on function, for cash, he considered business relationships he ‘d formed. “I was aware,” Benson stated, “that they’re all going to be like, ‘Whoa! What is going on with Dan?!'”
