Feared being herself at 31
At 31, Camila says she is still learning to stop trying to be liked by everyone, identifying it as a lifelong pattern rooted in perfectionism.
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CAMILA MENDES: "Perfectionism Was Ruining My Life"
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Jul 27, 2026
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Protecting Your Peace at Work
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Camila reflects on how her inner and outer worlds aligned around Masters of the Universe. She came back from Hoffman newly spiritual, feeling what she calls a more 'heroic version' of herself. Shortly after, the audition came in. She got the role. The film, a franchise about good versus evil and the battle between light and dark, had always felt too binary for her to connect with emotionally — until her Hoffman experience made the themes viscerally personal. [1] — Camila Mendes "On the set of Masters of the Universe, Camila grounded herself with daily meditations in her trailer — a 180-degree shift from the panic at…" 1:17:00 Fighting your own dark side, finding the light: this was literally the story she had just lived. On set, her daily ritual was meditating in her trailer. In contrast to the lorazepam and panic attacks of Riverdale, she now has practical, fast, portable tools from Hoffman that take two minutes and set her up for the day. She knows what she needs. That self-knowledge, she says, is the most valuable thing she's gained from all the work.
Spirituality as a Tool on the Masters of the Universe Set
On the set of Masters of the Universe, Camila grounded herself with daily meditations in her trailer — a 180-degree shift from the panic attacks and lorazepam of her Riverdale years. The Hoffman tools she learned are practical, fast, and portable. That's the point.
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