Child Star explores the highs and lows of growing up in the spotlight through the lens of some of the world’s most famous former child stars. The film will mark Demi Lovato’s directorial debut with Nicola Marsh co-directing.
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00:00Hi, thank you so much for talking. I'm glad you we finally get to do that
00:05Do you remember this? Oh, yeah
00:09Why do I know this dance?
00:14Everyone wanted to make it in the industry at a young age
00:18I was seven or eight years old first time. I was in front of a professional camera. I was 16 months old
00:23That's just how I grew up. You were sort of born into it. It changed my life. I had so much fun
00:30We were dating each other. I secretly was bummed. I never got to get slime. I knew it
00:35I was a huge fan of Nickelodeon like for that reason. It was the first time I had ever seen
00:40Sparkling water. I was like these rich people. They're
00:44There were just these intense pressures
00:46I was struggling my first accountant ran away with my biggest earnings up to that point
00:51There's nothing left for me at the end of the day
00:54The popular girls signed a suicide petition saying that I should kill myself
01:00How old were you when you were first given?
01:02Substances hen I immediately went right to drugs and alcohol. We first got on the phone
01:07You were like I was on your show
01:09I don't even remember something that I was on there was a sense of walking on eggshells. I'm genuinely so sorry
01:16there definitely is not a manual on how to
01:19Navigate this industry at such a young age and it's a whole new world of
01:25Social media just scares me to hear that. These kids are making tens of millions of dollars
01:30You know there have to be protections put in place if you had to do everything from the very start all over again
01:39Is it worth it I
01:41wouldn't end up where I am had I not made all the choices leading up to this point, but
01:47It came at a price