The singer and actress Demi Lovato will make his directorial debut with a documentary that will focus his gaze on the stories of some former child stars and the challenges of growing up in the spotlight. “There is no better film or theme for my debut as director of this story that is close to me,” Lovato said in a statement taken up by the specialized media.
Lovato will co-direct the project, which has been tentatively titled as Star childtogether with Nicola Marsh (The twelfth victim2023), and will show the testimonials of former baby stars to be confirmed, including that of the famous singer of Fresh for the summer.
Lovato will be the one to guide conversations with these celebs and show off archival material from the people involved. Also, he promises that he’ll work him in the documentary “it will go beyond traditional narrativesdelving into the “changing nature of growth in an increasingly connected world”.
The production companies in charge of the project are OBB Pictures, DLG (Lovato’s production house) and SB Projects, companies that have already worked together on the docuseries Dancing with the devilwhich closely followed the life of the 30-year-old actress.
That miniseries, which premiered in 2021 at the SXSW festival, showed Critical moments in Lovato’s life like the overdose she experienced in 2018, or her experience as a victim of sexual abuse in her teens.
its beginnings
The actress began her career at the age of eight as part of the children’s program Barney (2003), and after several small roles she got her breakthrough as a teen star in the Disney Channel movie Camp Rock (2008).
Lovato has been critical of her journey in the entertainment industry and has expressed on several occasions how difficult it was to create one’s identity in front of millions of people. “I am honored to be able to learn from people who have had the unique experience of childhood stardom. and share their stories in our film,” wrote the singer.
It is worth mentioning that the relationship between seeds and drugs It wasn’t easy. Not only did it take a lot of time and work to quit, but he suffered an overdose that almost cost him his life. The interpreter dependencies of heart attack they have also been combined with severe and eating disorders psychological disorders that they had to mistreat her too.
Her struggle took her to fewer stops than rehab centers, where she tried to get her artistic life back on track. At some point in his recovery be honest and revealed the inconveniences that drugs caused him. Last year, the singer said that she Holy Fvck Tour it would momentarily be the last tour. “I can’t keep doing this,” he wrote on her Instagram account.
“I had people around me who wanted me to be sober. But I guess I didn’t want to. Things have changed when i started making all the decisions by myself and i realized that nothing was working for me. The documentary is scheduled first in 2024 through the streaming platform Hulu.
Source: Clarin
