‘Peter Pan & Wendy’ Star Yara Shahidi On Adulting: ‘There Were Moments Of Seeming Anxiety’

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Yara Shahidi wouldn’t have minded being a resident of Neverland. The “Grown-ish” actress stars in Disney’s upcoming “Peter Pan & Wendy” live-action adaptation as the iconic fairy Tinkerbell, a role she can relate to in some ways.

When asked whether she was in a hurry to grow up as a kid or to stay younger forever like the residents of Neverland, Shahidi said she was a firm believer in team never grow up. “I think I was definitely a stay a kid forever camp.

Like, I didn’t get my license until right before I turned 21 because I just had I was like, Where am I going? There’s nowhere to go,” she recalled to ET Canada’s Carlos Bustamante. “I’m happy where I am.” READ MORE: See Yara Shahidi’s Tinker Bell And Jude Law’s Captain Hook In First ‘Peter Pan & Wendy’ Trailer For the 22-year-old, looking into the future only gave her anxiety about any potential newfound responsibilities. “I had such a childhood full of adventure and I think there were definitely moments of seeming anxiety, thinking that I had to live up to certain things of what it meant to be an adult.” she explained. “And so now being 23, so much of being 23 for me has been figuring out the fact that I get to define what this era of adulthood looks like for me.” For the actress, part of her definition involved retaining a little bit of that childhood sense of wonder. “The things that I loved about being a kid don’t have to magically disappear because I’m older.” she revealed. “And so now it’s been great.

But yeah, I was in the never grow up camp.” While Shahidi could relate to her character in that sense, she also found it difficult to adapt to a role that required no talking from her, especially after her chatty character in “Grown-ish”. “In “Grown-ish”, I