Disney star Cameron Boyce shares powerful message about acceptance in final interview

A few weeks after 20-year-old Cameron Boyce's sudden death, Disney Channel shared the actor's final interview.

Speaking about the third installment of Disney Channel's "Descendants" franchise about the children of Disney villains, Boyce touched on the series' ability to comment on labels and stereotypes.

“Going back to the first movie, it was very much we have labels and we have designated places for these people that we have placed labels on," he said in a video interview. "And very quickly learn that once you take a label off of someone and just let them thrive in whatever environment that they’re in, you can see the best come out of someone.”

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Boyce played the role of Carlos, the son of Cruella de Vil, in "Descendants 3," scheduled to premiere August 2 on Disney Channel. The latest installment continues the franchise's mantra of looking past first impressions.

The actor said he was excited to "tell a story in which we say, ‘It doesn’t matter where you come from, it doesn’t matter who you are, we are going to accept you for who you are.'

"That’s when people really start to take in their surroundings and just go free," he continued. "There are a lot of people who are initially placed as bad. ‘That person’s bad; that person’s this and that.’ But the old adage is ‘Don’t judge a book by its cover.’ Let someone really be who they are. And it’s a cool thing that we tell.”

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Boyce died July 6 after suffering a seizure related to an ongoing medical condition. He had been acting on Disney Channel since 2011, initially on the sitcom "Jessie." Family, friends and cast members remembered him as a kind person who cared deeply about others.

"He was an incredibly talented performer, a remarkably caring and thoughtful person and, above all else, he was a loving and dedicated son, brother, grandson and friend," Disney Channel said in a statement at the time. "We offer our deepest condolences to his family, castmates and colleagues and join his many millions of fans in grieving his untimely passing. He will be dearly missed."

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Cameron Boyce: Disney Channel 'Descendants' actor's final interview