When her ride on the Disney train ended, Carpenter took it as an opportunity to branch out.
The singer-actress is smart, ambitious, and ready to totally take over theentertainmentworld.
This is thestunning transformationof Sabrina Carpenter.
She noted, “My parents always encouraged music and art in my household.”
They understand me in so many ways that other people don’t!
It’s a very rare relationship."
Funnily enough, Carpenter actually competed in online singing competition seriesMileyWorld Superstar, named after Miley Cyrus herself.
Carpenterplaced third, so clearly Disney was just calling her name.
Still, it made acting a reality for Carpenter.
She explained toClichemagazine in 2015, “That’s the cool thing about being a kid in the industry.
Joining the Disney family seemed inevitable, but, as Carpenter explained toHero,it wasn’t a given.
She was becoming an adult and was totally ready to distance herself from theDisney Channel.
She explained toMarie Claire,“It was such a beautiful experience, I wouldn’t have changed it.
This is a whole different feeling playing here.
This is my hometown show and we will have a go at make it really fun.”
She also posted videos to her YouTube channelcoveringother artists' songs.
“I learned more about myself in the past two years than I think a human should.
But I think it was great because it taught me so much.
Her 2016 albumEVOLutionwas released in quick succession, with Carpenter utilizingsocial mediafor promotion and building a considerable online following.
“Sometimes, especially with album releases, I want to get online,” she toldMarie Claire.
“I want to do a live chat.
I want to see what people are saying.”
“I haven’t even looked at it as ‘I stopped acting,'” Carpenter said.
She worked on it for close to two years.
“Then I realized later, Wait, that’s my voice.
Likewise, she toldHeroearlier in 2018 that Angie Thomas’ source novel really spoke to her.
“It makes you feel the situation in such a different way,” she shared.
She toldPop Buzzthe role appealed to her because she “had never done a project like it before.”
It was very much a young girl surviving and finding her way through the world.
It was something that I got to transform myself for which was really cool.”
I even dyed my hair.”
Carpenter added that her character in the movie is “strong as hell.”
That’s not realistic.”
ToPop Crushthe previous month, Carpenter explained, “Act Iwas about empowering bad-a** behavior.
Bringing it intoAct II, I want to show that there are multiple sides to confidence.”
Through those moments, you change."
He was just 20 years old.
Sabrina Carpenter was understandably shaken by the event, taking to Instagram to pen aheartfelt messagefor her friend.
“You are something extraordinarily special Cam.
I cannot grasp what a world without you looks like yet, nor do I want to.
She’s recorded music andactedin projects like the Netflix teen movieTall Girl.
Working on music and acting, often simultaneously, affords her room to grow as a person, too.
Showing wisdom way beyond her years, Carpenter toldW,“I’ve learned so much about myself.
And I still have so much more to learn.”
