Daniel Booko who plays the "real Russell" appeared as Kyle, London Tipton's crush/friend in season 1 episode 3 of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. Brenda Song is London Tipton in this Disney channel show and worked with Booko in the movie nine years after the episode aired.
In just 28 days, 40 million viewers tuned in to Secret Obsession putting it in the Top 10 most viewed Netflix Originals ever. According to several comments, they were hoping to see Brenda Song naked.