One of Disney’s last successful franchises was the “Descendants” film series, which tells the story of the children of the studio’s classic villains living alongside the heroes’ heirs. In total there are three feature films, with a fourth in production.
The cast includes numerous artists who had already worked on other Disney productions, one of them being the actress China Anne McClain. She appeared for the first time in the second feature film in the franchise, released in 2017 and gave life to Uma, the daughter of Ursula, the villain in the story of “The Little Mermaid”. Remember the character’s presentation number:
As already mentioned, China He was already one of Disney’s stars before “Descendants”. She starred in the series “Programas de Talentos” for three years. In fact, because of the series, she recorded the video “Calling All The Monsters”, which went viral in recent weeks on social media due to its Halloween theme. Watch!
In addition to the series he starred in, China He participated in the dubbing team for the animation “Doutora Brinquedos” and even participated in the program “Agente KC”. The actress also starred, alongside Kelly Berglundthe feature film “How to Raise the Perfect Boy”.
Despite China acting since she was seven years old, she first ventured into music. She and her two sisters, Sierra It is Lauryn, have formed a musical trio since 2005, and currently, the formation is called Thriii. The girls have already opened for Big Time Rush and performed at Disney parks.
But after so much work at Disney, where is China?
The last major production in which China participated in was the series “Raio Negro” on The CW, launched in 2018. After that, the actress decided to step away from the spotlight for a while and focus on personal projects, which ended up benefiting her fans.
In a conversation with Teen Vogue, China commented on this transition, of leaving acting aside and exposing more issues about mental health and self-identity to young people. She said:
I have a lot of stories that I want to tell that I think will help a lot of these kids that are constantly tweeting me and leaving comments on my TikToks and Instagram posts about where they are in life and how they’ve reached an all-time high, and how depressed they are. and how they are anxious and stressed and can’t get out of it. I have projects that could really help them and help those things. It was just time to go and time to focus on my babies that I am developing with my production company and my family.” (via YR Media)
These projects mentioned by the actress began to be developed before her death. Cameron Boyce, the actress’ co-star in “Descendants”. She revealed that with the loss of her friend, she ended up taking a step back with her ideas, to deal with the grief.
China She also said that when she realized that it was okay to step away from the spotlight and move from being a young star to becoming an adult, she felt more at peace with herself and with God.
Source: Recreio
