The newly released indie movie has partnered with The Cameron Boyce Foundation to support causes including research on Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy, which ended the actor's life at age 20 in 2019.
, however, signaled a pivot to more mature roles, and Cameron’s character Cal — a tortured, self-destructive teenager with a shoddy moral compass — was important to him personally due to his passion for tolerance and anti-bullying organizations.
“He wanted to dig into a character that could really challenge him, because the whole Disney formula had gotten very, you know, it wasn’t challenging anymore to him,” says his mother, Libby Boyce, in a phone interview. “[has] a lot of dark issues, it’s very clear that the message is: you need parental guidance, you need support, you need role models in order to make good decisions. And that kids that don’t have that are on a slippery slope.
Cameron was so immersed in the role that he distanced himself from his family during filming to mirror the abandonment Cal struggles with in the film. “I’m glad that Cameron warned me that he wasn’t going to be his usual self because he wasn’t. He was just kind of dark and came in and avoided us; Cameron was usually really goofy and fun and thoughtful and sweet and kind, and he just wasn’t like that during the filming,” Libby says.
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