Oh, she is out.'"
Meanwhile, “The boys stayed till they were 19,” she said.
“You know, girls and sexuality,” Russell added.
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“And by the way, me, I [had] like a 12-year-old boy body.
There’s nothing really sexy about me, but I think that was what [made Disney] nervous.
Pregnant Mouseketeers aren’t on the roster.”
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There’s been a lot said about former child actors on Disney growing up too quickly.
“And for the Mickey Mouse Club, there were 19 of us.
The adults were invisible to me, you know what I mean?”
Russell believes she was cast because Disney sought out “normal” kid actors.
“I just happened to get it,” she said.
“I think back then Disney was looking for kids that were kind of just normal.”
“And I say this completely truthfully: I was literally the least talented one there.
I’m not kidding.
When I look at those kids, I’m like, why in the world did they pick me?
Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake and Ryan Gosling and Britney Spears.
It was wild.”
