Acting the part is OK for Madeleine Martin of ‘Californication’

But actually watching the show? The 16-year-old’s mother won’t let her see all of the racy Showtime series.

Here are the ups and downs of being a teenage actress on a television show with strong adult themes: Your training at a prestigious ballet school has to be dropped, bad. But you get to spend your summers on the beach in California, good.

You get to kiss the boy you’ve had a crush on because it gets written into the script, good. But this is your first kiss — like, ever — and so your first kiss will take place on camera, beneath a boom microphone and in front of the crew . . . along with your mom. Bad.

You’re on TV, cool. Your Mom still won’t let you watch the entire show. Uncool. Read More

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