{"id":713082,"date":"2026-02-22T22:45:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T19:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-one-audition-at-14-helped-dove-cameron-land-56-days\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T22:45:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T19:45:13","slug":"how-one-audition-at-14-helped-dove-cameron-land-56-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-one-audition-at-14-helped-dove-cameron-land-56-days\/","title":{"rendered":"How One Audition at 14 Helped Dove Cameron Land \u201856 Days\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tFor Dove Cameron, Prime Video\u2019s latest series<\/a>, 56 Days<\/em>, has been nearly 16 years in the making. Well, sort of.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI had one of those magical, very old Hollywood experiences,\u201d Cameron tells The Hollywood Reporter<\/em> on a recent Zoom about her journey to landing the lead role in the new soapy thriller. At the age of 14, Cameron, who eventually rose to fame on Disney Channel, tested for a Fox series about a child spy. The now-30-year-old recalls getting \u201creally close\u201d in the process, but ultimately didn\u2019t land the part.<\/p>\n

\n\tFlash forward to May 2024, and Cameron eventually learns that child spy series and the project she\u2019s just been brought, 56 Days<\/em>, have one major thing in common: creator and executive producer Karyn Usher. \u201cWhen they called me about the show almost two years ago, it was Karyn being like, \u2018I remember you from when you were 14,\u2019 which is so crazy,\u201d Cameron recalls. The actress says that Usher told her that the writer never forgot about her and had wanted to work together.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s true. If I go back, it didn\u2019t end up going my way for reasons that were out of her control. She sent me my mom flowers. She kept in touch, all this stuff. It was super sweet,\u201d Cameron adds. \u201cIt was this really magical, authentic thing that she just randomly thought of me for this role.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBelow, Cameron digs into why 56 Days<\/em> was the perfect next acting project for her, what it was like growing up on Disney Channel, the transition from child actor and when fans can expect new music. <\/p>\n

\n\tWhat drew you in about playing Ciara on 56 Days<\/em>?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tI read the script<\/a> and [Usher] was like, \u201cBe warned. There\u2019s nudity.\u201d I felt like I was in a place in my life where I was not so scared of doing that anymore. The script was so phenomenal and so strong and the character was something I had always wanted to do. Someone that I felt very attracted to. I always feel like the difference between a role that you could play and a role that you want to play really badly \u2014 which all work is good work if you always want to play the character to some degree, and if you don\u2019t, then you shouldn\u2019t do it \u2014 is if you read the script and you feel like you know this person.<\/p>\n

\n\tI really felt like I knew [my character]. We had a Zoom meeting where I just talked, essentially, about my understanding of the character. We were all very aligned. Whatever I had said was what they also were picturing for the character, so we were on the same page. \u201cLet\u2019s do it.\u201d I didn\u2019t know who else was going to be in it because I think they were casting Ciara first. It was just this really organic, kismet, lovely, lovely thing. I hadn\u2019t acted in a while, and it was just the right thing.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tDove Cameron and Avan Jogia in \u201956 Days.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrime Video<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\n\tI\u2019m wondering if reconnecting with Karyn brought up any reflection on the parallel path you could\u2019ve been on had you booked that role. Obviously, Disney Channel shaped your career for a long time. Did that ever come up for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tHonestly, I was so happy on Disney Channel. It was not a happy time in my life personally, but at work I was always very happy. I was one of those young actors who didn\u2019t want to go home. I didn\u2019t really think much about what could have been or what would\u2019ve been. There were other big projects that I got really close on that either I just didn\u2019t look right for or I didn\u2019t look related to the other person that was cast first. That\u2019s how casting is, especially when you\u2019re a kid.<\/p>\n

\n\tOf course, over the years you do that crazy exercise, it\u2019s like, whoa, wouldn\u2019t everything be so different? But it\u2019s the same thing as wouldn\u2019t it be different if I had dated that person or not dated that person or moved to the city or not move to the city, not in a better or worse way, just in a that would\u2019ve been crazy, neutral way. Honestly, I would never look back on my Disney days and say that I didn\u2019t have so much fun. We were not aware of it being anything other than play every day. We were so close, we had so much fun.<\/p>\n

\n\tThat sounds like it was fun. Hearing you say that you were warned about nudity, and obviously, this is an adult show. When you begin as a child actor, people tend to hold you in this [age] limbo for a long time. How do you feel you broke out of that? Was it through a role, or maybe your music?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tI think there\u2019s always going to be a large number of people who hear my name and think of me when I was 19, platinum blonde and smiling at the camera. \u201cShe changed so much.\u201d I think it would be so bizarre if I was still behaving like an 18, 19-year-old as a 30-year-old woman. Sometimes I see these TikToks of like, \u201cDove Cameron when she was on Disney, she had this spark.\u201d It\u2019s like, guys, please, literally the difference is some hair dye, and now I\u2019m 30. That\u2019s it. I\u2019m exactly the same person. There\u2019s always going to be a large number of people who see me as a child star for sure. I\u2019m not fully aware of my general<\/a> public perception, if I\u2019m honest, but I do recognize that career-wise, within the industry, I am not where I was. To your point, I think the way that I broke out was actually by not trying to break out.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn what way?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tI never really had a big moment where I was like, now I\u2019m going to show people that I\u2019m an adult. I never did that. I just didn\u2019t have that instinct and that energy. I just didn\u2019t really care. I knew people saw me as that because, logically, if that\u2019s the only thing I\u2019ve done. But I just figured if I continue to work in some capacity, and follow my instincts for what I want to do now naturally as I get older, my work\u2019s going to get older. I guess my music did play a big part in that because I do think some people view that as a huge page turn. Whereas to me, I was no longer representing a children\u2019s company, so I was just writing the music that I wanted to write.<\/p>\n

\n\tAll of the music that I released with Disney, I didn\u2019t write it. I was just singing for them. I was in the studio for them. Once my contract was up with Disney, I started wondering what I wanted to do. It was never really stark. It was never zero to a hundred. I also think doing some stage work [helped]. I did some theater. I did Schmigadoon!<\/em>, which is not Disney, but it\u2019s not so far off the path. It\u2019s campy, it\u2019s musical, but it was with older actors, and I was the baby. I think that some of these things were just little sideways stones to now, I\u2019m 30, and my work has changed. You just wake up one day and the world has shifted with you in this line of work.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tDove Cameron of \u201956 Days\u2019 poses for a portrait during the 14th SCAD TVfest. <\/span><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRobby Klein\/Getty Images for SCAD<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\n\tI\u2019m about the same age and can\u2019t imagine being compared to my 18-year-old self. For some reason, we put this on child actors. People tend to remember you at whatever age they came across you. Is that just something you learn to deal with?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tI don\u2019t think [of it as] unfortunate. It\u2019s just their reality. I don\u2019t really need anyone to get on the same page as me, to have me feel good. I understood that people\u2019s perception of me had nothing to do with the person that I am a really long time ago. It doesn\u2019t always feel like that, but for the most part, their version of me in their head is from their childhood, that\u2019s this beautiful memory. If they have that, it\u2019s for them. They can have that. Whatever I\u2019m doing now, I don\u2019t have to do that thing forever to make them happy. But we can both appreciate it. I loved that time, they loved that time. I love what I\u2019m doing now. Other people will hopefully love what I\u2019m doing now, but it doesn\u2019t have to be a fight. I have that same thing. I have my favorite actors from when I was growing up that I can\u2019t reconcile the difference. Your comfort shows and movies are personal to you, so I think it\u2019s beautiful.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn general, how are you feeling these days? What\u2019s bringing you joy and inspiring you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tI\u2019m feeling really good these days. It feels like a really beautiful era because I think so much of my 20s was about growing into the clothes that I owned. Metaphorically. I was trying to feel like I had earned the right to live as the person that I wanted to live as, which is just someone who trusts themselves, lets themself enjoy things, has community, feels good in their body and feels confident with their ability. I had such crazy imposter syndrome. For a lot of my 20s, I was really quite lost [and] very confused. Everyone always said, it\u2019s supposed to be the best time in your life. I couldn\u2019t wait for it to be over. Now that I know who I am, I know what I stand for, I know what I\u2019m good at, I know what I need to work on. I feel good about being me, and I feel like I am me. It took me literally until the last two years to get here, which is just a little hopecore for anyone else out there. My 20s sucked, so if you\u2019re not having a good time, that\u2019s OK. I [turned] 30. I\u2019m engaged to the love of my life, which also happened so crazy fast. I had no idea how beautiful life was going to become. The show, the album, everything. It\u2019s still real life. Nothing\u2019s ever fully perfect. But I do think that this is the closest it\u2019s been in a long time.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tDove Cameron visits The Empire State Building on Feb. 17.<\/span><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJohn Nacion\/Getty Images for Empire State Realty Trust<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\n\tThat\u2019s really lovely to hear. I actually feel similarly. People who say that their 20s were the best. I\u2019m like, what 20s were you living? None of my friends feel that way.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tI\u2019m so happy you say that. People always ask, \u201cHow do you feel about turning 30?\u201d So fucking good, what? Thirty is the best.<\/p>\n

\n\tCan fans expect new music soon?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tI\u2019m writing the latest version of the album that I\u2019ve been trying to get released for a very long time. I finally, finally, last week, got the green light to release my album this year.<\/p>\n

\n\tIncredible.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tI\u2019m working on what that looks like with my label, but I\u2019m feeling good about it. I\u2019m feeling hopeful. I think this feels different and new. I think it\u2019s finally going to be the year. I have rewritten this album, I think, three times now. The album that I finished in 2024, so much of it was cannibalized to become singles, which, for me, I was very against. It was what they had wanted, and it\u2019s what we did. I was very big about not promoting singles with no project backing it. We need a project, otherwise there\u2019s no trust between the fans. Finally, we got to a good place with that.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s coming soon then?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tThe album where it stands now is pretty much done. I want it to be cohesive. I want it to be world-building. I\u2019ve been in the studio constantly over the course of these last two years. This new version is really, really different for me. It\u2019s really honest. I\u2019ve always been honest in my music, but it\u2019s more vulnerable. Before I was vulnerable in my description of how I was feeling. This is more\u2026 I\u2019m not writing with another person\u2019s gaze on it, which is, to me, different as someone who\u2019s always been a performer my whole life. It feels much more intimate than my other stuff. It\u2019s much more organic-sounding than my other stuff too, which is something I could not have anticipated. I hope that people receive it as exactly as it is. I hope that they feel connected to it. I feel connected to it. That\u2019s the only reason to make music is so that people can get to know themselves better through it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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