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Before becoming part of this new generation of rising Hollywood stars, Zendaya began her career on the small screen alongside the most famous mouse, Mickey Mouse. Just like Ryan Gosling, Selena Gomez and Zac Efron (with whom she plays in The Greatest Showman), the actress is a Disney Channel kid.
Between 2010 and 2013, she played the main role alongside Bella Thorne in the series Shake It Up. This allows her to show viewers her dancing and singing skills. Later, she becomes a secret agent in the series Agent KC Although in hindsight this was his last role on the children's channel, things could have turned out differently.
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In the podcast “Magical Rewind”hosted by Will Friedle and Sabrina Bryan, former Disney Channel casting director Cornelia Frame revealed that the actress Dune And Challengers had auditioned several times to play in another franchise of the channel: Descendants.
“It was really important to her. She auditioned over and over again and really wanted the role. Things ultimately didn't go her way.”
TV movie released in 2015, Descendants imagines the lives of the children of our favorite Disney characters. In a faraway kingdom, the bad guys have been banished to the Isle of the Lost, and the princes and princesses live happily in the kingdom of Auradon. One day, Prince Ben, son of Belle and the Beast, decides to bury the hatchet with the enemy and brings four of their children to Auradon so they can study alongside the good guys. But the bad guys, Maleficent's daughter Mal (Dove Cameron), the Evil Queen's daughter Evie (Sofia Carson), Jafar's son Jay (Booboo Stewart), and Cruella's son Carlos (Cameron Boyce), are on a mission to prove that they are just as evil as their parents and must get revenge. All choreographed and directed by Kenny Ortega (Hocus Pocus, High School Musical 3).
The former casting director did not specify which role Zendaya had auditioned for. Rejected for Descendantsthe actress finally bounced back by saying goodbye to Disney and signing for a completely different lucrative franchise: Spider-Man.
Since she played MJ, Peter Parker's (Tom Holland) girlfriend in Spider-Man: Homecomingthe doors of cinema opened before her. She shone and distinguished herself brilliantly on the small screen in the series Euphoria for which she won the 2023 Golden Globe for best actress in a drama series.
As for Descendantsbuilding on its success, Disney continued the adventure with four films, the latest of which, Descendants: The Rise of Red was released on July 12 on Disney+.
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