Miley Cyrus says she suffered an "identity crisis" playing Hannah Montana
The star had trouble finding herself after having become huge on the Disney channel.
For an actor child, embodying a character could be a sufficiently confusing experience in itself. But to portray a character who has two distinct identities herself is even more complicated, as Miley Cyrus will tell you. From 13 to 18 years old, she played on the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana As Miley Stewart, a teenager who was also secretly a pop star called Hannah Montana. The show follows the character as it sails both normal life as an adolescent and life as a famous celebrity. While playing a child with an alter ego, Cyrus also reconciled with her own fame, which, according to her, led to an "identity crisis". Continue reading to learn more.
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The scenario of the show reflected the life of Cyrus.
In an interview in 2021 with the podcast Rock this with Allison Hagendorf ( via Teenage vogue ), Cyrus opened how the Hannah Montana The scenario has changed its understanding itself.
"Talk about an identity crisis," said Cyrus. "I was a character almost as often as I was. The biggest star in the world. Then the concept was that when I looked alike ... When I no longer had the wig, nobody cared about me. I was plus a star. "
The star added that the idea behind the show was "drilled in his head", which led him to think, "like, without being Hannah Montana, no one cares about you."
She created another version of herself.
Because she embodied Hannah / Miley at a pivotal moment in her life, Cyrus presented an exaggerated personality when she was under the spotlight. She called it a "characterized version" of herself, explaining: "I have never created a character who was not me, but I knew how people saw me and I have a little plays."
As indicated by Teenage vogue , the period of her career in which Cyrus spoke was around 2013, when she was withdrawn by two years Hannah Montana and at the beginning of the twenty. It was considered a controversial figure in pop culture and criticized for its outfits, musical clips and clips, and for an infamous and highly sexualized performance MTV Video Music Awards.
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The show has also led to body image problems.
Talk to Marie Claire In 2015, Cyrus said that be certain Hannah Montana "probably caused a certain body dysmorphia "Because she was confused as to which she was and how she was supposed to look.
"Since I was 11, it was:" You are a pop star! It means you have to be blonde, and you have to have long hair, and you have to put a sparkling tight thing. "Meanwhile, I am this fragile little girl playing a 16 year old child in a wig and a ton of makeup. It was like Toddlers and tiaras , "Cyrus shares.
When she was not in the character of the show - like Hannah Montana or Miley Stewart - she was not sure of her value. "I have been told for so long what a girl is supposed to be in this program," she continued. "I was done to look like someone I was not, which probably caused body dysmorphia because I had been pretty every day for so long, and then when I was not in This program was like, who [explained] am I? "
She says she was also considered "harsh".
Today, Cyrus is 31 years old, and she thought about her life as a star in interviews and in A Tiktok series Called "used to be young", named after one of his singles.
Talk to British Vogue For a profile of May 2023, Cyrus said of the reaction She received when she was younger, "I was paying attention to myself because I was divided from a character I had played. Anyone, when you are 20 or 21 years old, you have more to prove . 'I am not my parents.' "I am who I am." "(His parents are Tish Cyrus and country star Billy Ray Cyrus .)
The singer "Flowers" continued ", I carried a certain guilt and ashamed around me for years because of the controversy and the upheaval that I really caused. Now that I am an adult, I realize How hard I was tried. I was harshly judged as children by adults and now, as an adult, I realize that I would never severely judge a child. "
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