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Zendaya Admits to ‘Complicated Feelings’ About Being a Child Actor: Didn’t ‘Have Much of a Choice’

Zendaya admitted she has 'complicated feelings' about getting her start as a child actor, while revealing she's not sure 'how much of a choice' she had about it.

“I don’t know how much of a choice I had,” Zendaya, 27, told interviewer Serena Williams for Vogue ‘s May cover story, published on Tuesday, April 9. “I felt like I was thrust into a very adult position: I was becoming the breadwinner of my family very early, and there was a lot of role-​reversal happening, and just kind of becoming grown, really,” she told Serena. It largely focused on Nickelodeon and producer Dan Schneider, whom several former child stars said fostered a hostile work environment with some, namely Drake Bell, recounting instances of sexual abuse at the hands of voice coach Brian Peck.

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