Cole Sprouse says his twin brother Dylan was a 'huge bully' in school: 'He would beat them up'

• Cole Sprouse says his brother Dylan was a bully in middle school and elementary school.
• "Dylan, specifically, was a huge bully," Cole said in an interview, adding, "He would beat them up!
• Dylan has previously said he was a "very, very different" person then. 

Growing up is hard to do. Just ask Cole Sprouse, who recently revealed that his brother Dylan was a "huge bully" in school. 

During this week's podcast episode of "Call Her Daddy," the "Riverdale" actor recalled what he and his brother were like during elementary school and middle school, after their debut at the age of 6 in the 1999 movie "Big Daddy." 

Cole recalled their childhoods with a smile while smoking a cigarette. 

"Dylan, specifically, was a huge bully," he said, adding, "He would beat them up! And then I became known as the twin that would come up and be like, 'I'm so sorry for my brother. I apologize.'" 

The podcast's host, Alex Cooper, pointed out that their real-life dynamic sounded similar to their characters on the Disney Channel sitcom "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody," which ran from 2005 to 2008. 

"I think the writers on 'Zack & Cody' took a lot of cues from our actual personalities, but yeah, he was a real bully," Cole replied. 

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Asked whether Dylan was fine with Cole being so open about his past, Cole mentioned he's previously discussed it with people.

"I don't know if he's fine with it," Cole added. "I think he's still got stuff to work out." 

Dylan, for his part, has also talked about being a bully as a child, stating he was a "very, very different person" then. 

"I was not a good kid," he told The New York Daily News. "And I was always in trouble. And I was dealing with a lot of stuff at home that I was bringing to school and taking out on other people. And it wasn't until I was kind of … in a nurturing environment where I became a much better person, for lack of a better way to describe it."

Much has happened since those days. The brothers attended New York University, where Cole majored in archaeology and Dylan studied video game design, graduating in 2015. Cole currently stars in "Riverdale," which sees its final season premiere on March 29. Dylan, meanwhile, has appeared in films like "The Duel" and "The Curse of Turandot."