Dove Cameron has overcome her fear of shooting nude scenes.
The 29-year-old actress is dating Italian singer Damiano David, and he's encouraged Dove to overcome her fear of filming nude scenes.
Speaking to NYLON, Dove explained: "My partner is European and has way less hang-ups on the purity complex than Americans do.
"I went to the beach with him during a break while filming, and all the girls were taking their tops off. He was like, ‘Nobody’s going to be staring at you. You’re totally safe. If you want to, then you’re free to do that.’ Not that he was giving me permission, but he was like, ‘You’ve never done this before. It’s normal.’"
Dove also credits directors and intimacy coordinators for helping her to overcome her anxieties.
The movie star said: "I think it actually helped me fast-forward in my evolution."
Dove actually finds love to be "inspiring", and the actress - who has battled depression in the past - has admitted to feeling "very safe" with Damiano.
She shared: "The thing about love is it’s just, like, f****** inspiring.
"I was enjoying this campy feminine moment that I was in, where I was suddenly someone’s girlfriend. I was very healed, very in love, feeling very safe."
Dove has actually recently returned to listening to some of her favourite artists from her young years.
She said: "I was suddenly listening to what I grew up listening to: Marina, Robyn, Gaga, Lana. And I was like, ‘Wait a minute. What happened to all that music that I rejected, that I grew up with, that I was formed by?’ I was listening to that music again going, ‘This would slap today. This would absolutely rule the radio. It’s all I want to consume.’”
Dove starred in Liv and Maddie, the Disney sitcom, between 2013 and 2017. But she recently confessed that it would be "f****** hard" to be on the Disney Channel these days.
The actress - who also played the leading role in Disney's Descendants film franchise - told People: "I think even as an adult now, I would go back and be like, wow, this is f****** hard."
