Being in the public eye is not easy, especially as a child. There are a lot of former child stars who are still acting today, but the transition has not been smooth for some. A handful of former Nickelodeon and Disney stars have spoken out about making that transition from child to adult star and wanting to break away from that part of their life. Dove Cameron, for instance, can now be seen in Prime Video’s steamy new drama 56 Days, and the 30-year-old has thoughts for those who will always see her as a Disney “child star.”
Cameron's array of projects began when she broke onto the scene in 2013, portraying the titular twins, Liv and Maddie Rooney, in the series Liv and Maddie, which ran for four seasons. She also starred as Maleficent’s daughter, Mal, in the original Descendants trilogy and Kayla Morgan in the snowboarding DCOM Cloud 9. Some people probably still see her as one of her Disney characters, but she’s gone on to do other projects since then, both acting and music, and she knows that, as she told The Hollywood Reporter:
