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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

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