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My little sister just got a starring role in an ensemble of a series that is going to start filming here in London soon and I'm trying not to be worried about it. I don't really have any grounds to stop her even if I wanted to. She's close enough to being an adult now and I've been acting since I was fourteen myself. But still I worry.
I know she grew up really quickly in Los Angeles - that's the whole culture - but still I worry about her actually being on the set of a TV show. It's stressful and exhausting and there are people who will always take advantage of you. I was the lead on a sitcom from when I was fifteen to twenty, so I know the sort of scum that can prey on young women in the industry. Yes, it's England and not LA and it's different here but I'm here big sister and despite the fact that she can be a complete monster to deal with on occasion, I just want to protect her.
There's also the fact that at seventeen she's the youngest person on the cast. She'll be playing a twenty-year-old among people in their mid twenties playing the same age. It makes me uncomfortable.
I need to just relax and stop stressing out about this.
I know she grew up really quickly in Los Angeles - that's the whole culture - but still I worry about her actually being on the set of a TV show. It's stressful and exhausting and there are people who will always take advantage of you. I was the lead on a sitcom from when I was fifteen to twenty, so I know the sort of scum that can prey on young women in the industry. Yes, it's England and not LA and it's different here but I'm here big sister and despite the fact that she can be a complete monster to deal with on occasion, I just want to protect her.
There's also the fact that at seventeen she's the youngest person on the cast. She'll be playing a twenty-year-old among people in their mid twenties playing the same age. It makes me uncomfortable.
I need to just relax and stop stressing out about this.