Keke Palmer Says She Felt ‘Trapped’ As A Baby Actor On Nickelodeon

Keke Palmer is opening up about her expertise as a toddler star.

Showing on the duvet of The Hollywood Reporter Subsequent Gen problem, Palmer spoke to the magazine about feeling “trapped” whereas showing on the Nickelodeon collection, “True Jackson, VP”. Palmer, who landed the starring function on the present when she was simply 15 years outdated, stated her lowest level got here throughout a seven-day Nickelodeon cruise throughout the present’s three-year run.

“I felt like I used to be strolling round in a SpongeBob swimsuit that I couldn’t take off,” Palmer stated. “I used to be trapped. I couldn’t go away my room with out somebody coming as much as me calling me ‘True Jackson’. What you’re, to everybody, is only a character… simply a part of their expertise.”

“True Jackson, VP” ran from 2008 till 2011, and whereas it helped catapult her into the highlight, Palmer’s profession has developed into one thing a lot greater, incomes her roles in “Scream Queens”, “Hustlers” and most just lately, “Nope”.

“Folks don’t notice what it took to even get to the purpose the place I may play that half. No one would have seen me enjoying that function if it hadn’t been for all of the issues that I’d accomplished prior, so I’m pleased with it for extra causes than one,” she stated of her starring function within the Jordan Peele-directed horror flick.

As her profession has developed, so has her persona, with the 29-year-old actress explaining that there’s a distinction between her public picture and who she is in her non-public life.

“I’m a unusual artist, however I’m an artist, and it’s essential for individuals to grasp that Keke is simply part of who I’m,” she shared. “It’s been a winding highway of making an attempt to determine tips on how to do what I like but additionally exist outdoors of this caricature.”

“I’m simply saying that I’m not like that on a regular basis,” Palmer whose actual first title is Lauren added of her “Keke” persona. “I’ve taken these flamboyant and attention-grabbing features of myself and realized tips on how to use them in an area that has turn into a profession for me. I’m Walt Disney. That’s Mickey Mouse.”

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