Dove Cameron has opened up about the surprising twist that led her to star 56 days.
As Cameron returns in a major role after years away from scripted TV, she revealed that landing the role felt like a “Hollywood fever dream.”
Speaking to People Magazine, Cameron said: “I had this really weird thing about this show, which is that when I was 14 years old, so 16 years ago, I auditioned for a show that Karyn Usher had created.”
I added, “I went through the final casting rounds for this show about a kid whose father was a spy, and the spy goes missing, so she has to use her spy skills… It was like Hanna with Saoirse Ronan. And it was on Fox, and it was before Disney.”
She revealed that Usher, who created 56 days with Lisa Zwerling wanted her to get the part and “advocated for me.
“They ended up not going with me and the producers went with someone else, and – I’m not kidding – she contacted me out of the blue, for the first time since I was 14 years old, and said, ‘I remember you from when you were a kid. I’ve always wanted to work with you. I hope you’ll do this role.’ And I was like, ‘What the hell?'” she recalled.
Usher then sent Cameron a 56 Days script. She said, “I was at a time where I had just finished writing my album, and I didn’t know when it was going to come out, and so I thought, I have time, this feels like the universe is intervening. I’m ready,” noting that it was “the best script I’ve read in a very long time.”
56 Days with Dove Cameron and Avan Jogia was released on February 18, 2026.
