Jonas Bros: Triple-Threats

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By Gerri Miller, Special to Hollywood.com | Tuesday, September 30, 2008

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Nick Jonas, Kevin Jonas and Joe Jonas at Disney's City of Hope Benefit Concert held at the Universal Studios. Los Angeles, CA -09-14-08

This fall, they’re staying closer to home in L.A. while working on the series. Originally conceived with a teen-spies-disguised-as-a-band premise, it has morphed into something less far-fetched. “We kind of grew as a band and the concept shifted,” explains Joe. “It changed to being more about us being on tour and traveling and living with the same things everybody our age would live with like going to high school, working,” adds Nick, noting that the characters “are exaggerated versions of each one of us.”

Boy-band vet Joey Fatone has signed on to guest star, and there will be new music each week. “We’re already writing songs. They give us an outline of what they need for the episode,” says Nick. They’re having fun with acting, but as Joe reminds, “Music will always be the number one priority, because that’s what feels right to us.”

The youngest but the brother with the most acting experience, Nick appeared on Broadway in Beauty and the Beast, Annie Get Your Gun and Les Miserables before he landed a solo album deal at 12, with an eye toward becoming a Christian recording artist. While he and his sibs ultimately went in a secular pop direction, their values remain wholesome, exemplified by the purity rings all three wear—and for which Russell Brand mocked them on the MTV Video Music Awards.

Avoiding the fast lane while living in the spotlight, the Jonases stay grounded by remaining appreciative, humble, and surrounded by their family, which includes little brother Frankie, 8, the ‘bonus Jonas.’ “Our parents have pretty much seared this into our hearts from an early age,” notes Kevin. “They raised us to say, ‘Even if you’re at the top, act like you’re at the bottom.’

We want to be able to be a positive influence,” comments Kevin, and that extends to their involvement in various charitable causes, especially children’s or diabetes organizations (Nick is diabetic). The trio will perform at the Carousel of Hope gala Oct. 25, an event benefiting diabetes charities.