Jenna Ortega recalled how the late Cameron Boyce stood up for her during an audition in which they were supposed to kiss when they were teenagers.

The 21-year-old actress knew Boyce from a young age when they were both Disney Channel stars. The actor died in 2019 at the age of 20 after suffering a seizure while he was sleeping.

Ortega and her "Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice" co-stars Winona Ryder and Catherine O'Hara recently sat down for an interview with French TV outlet Canal+ during which the "Wednesday" actress remembered the last exchange that she shared with Boyce prior to his death.

"The last time I saw my friend Cameron Boyce — I’d known him since I was like 11 or 12, and we were supposed to kiss [in an audition] and he knew me, since I was 11 or 12," Ortega said. "This is a few years later, 15 or 16, we came in and we were supposed to be love interests. But because he obviously felt weird and he was a bit older, he was like — we both just kinda looked at each other and we were like, ‘No, we can’t do this.'"

"And it was so sweet because I was uncomfortable, and I was having a hard time," she continued. "And then, we wished each other well."

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Ortega told her co-stars that she was "really thankful and grateful" that Boyce had noticed her discomfort and spoken up for her.

Ryder and O'Hara both commended the "Mrs. Fletcher" star for his chivalrous act, noting that he was a "gentleman."

In July 2019, Boyce's family said that he died in his sleep "due to a seizure which was a result of an ongoing medical condition."

The Los Angeles County coroner's office later released an autopsy report stating that Boyce died unexpectedly from epilepsy.

According to the report, the "Descendants" star was found unresponsive at home on July 6, and later pronounced dead at the scene.

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At the time of Boyce's death, his family released a heartfelt statement through their spokesperson.

"It is with a profoundly heavy heart that we report that this morning we lost Cameron," a Boyce family spokesperson said.

"The world is now undoubtedly without one of its brightest lights, but his spirit will live on through the kindness and compassion of all who knew and loved him," they added. The family said they are "utterly heartbroken" by his passing and asked for privacy while they grieve.

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Boyce had been acting since he was 9 years old and was deeply involved in charity work. In March 2019, he introduced former Vice President and future U.S. President Joe Biden at the Biden Courage Awards.

During a June interview with People magazine at the annual Cam For A Cause fundraiser for The Cameron Boyce Foundation, the actor's parents Libby and Victor shared their gratitude for the friends and fans who paid tribute to Boyce on May 258, which would have been his 25th birthday.

Victor told the outlet that the outpouring of love for the son "means everything."

"Because of the love that Cameron receives, we still get, or we can grow as a foundation. We can push the mission out, we can push the message out because people still want to hold onto him. They don't want him to be gone," Victor said.

"And so, as well as us upholding his legacy, all of his fans, all of his supporters, they still keep his legacy alive," he added. "And that's super important, obviously for many reasons for us."

"For me, it's a reminder of just what a beautiful soul we birthed, but also we raised," Libby said. "And so, it's very mixed. It was very bittersweet. It was a very hard day, but it was also a very beautiful thing to see what he meant to so many people."

Singer-songwriter John Legend took to his Instagram account Thursday following Tuesday's presidential debate to denounce and debunk former President Trump's claims that Haitian migrants were eating cats and dogs in Legend's hometown city of Springfield, Ohio. 

While Springfield has seen a significant increase in the number of Haitian migrants arriving in the city, Legend dismissed the viral claims of pet-snatching and -eating. 

"Nobody’s eating cats. Nobody’s eating dogs," he said in a lengthy video while donning a white robe from his Beverly Hills mansion more than 2,200 miles away from Springfield. "The bottom line is these people came to Springfield because there were jobs for them, and they were willing to work."

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Captioning his post "How about we love one another. See each other’s humanity…. Let’s talk about Springfield, Ohio," the Grammy- and Oscar-winning entertainer said he was born "John R. Stephens" and raised in Springfield. He urged residents to show "grace" to the roughly 15,000 immigrants who have arrived there.

"They wanted to live the American dream, just like your German ancestors, your Irish ancestors, your Italian ancestors, your Jewish ancestors. Your Jamaican ancestors, your Polish ancestors - all these ancestors who moved to this country," Legend continued in his video. 

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Thousands of Haitians have arrived in Springfield since the COVID-19 pandemic, and residents have been pointing to an uptick in crime, mayhem and car crashes due to the massive influx of new residents. In a town of 58,000 people, roughly 20,000 Haitians have arrived, according to city officials. 

Residents have pushed back on the influx, sharing outrage at the ongoing surge during recent city council meetings to demand action on the issue. 

Legend fired back pointing out the challenges these immigrants are facing while they are just seeking "opportunity for themselves and their families in the American dream."

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Online backlash to Legend's post was swift, however, with many pointing out his hypocrisy as he no longer lives in Ohio. 

"You house them in your private palace then," one person commented.

"Telling us how it is while wearing a bath robe in your mansion is pretty wild. If it's so great, move the family back to Springfield," another person wrote.

"Do you still live in Springfield? I didn't know that. How many migrants are you inviting into your neighborhood?" another person commented on the post.

"So when are you opening your house to illegal immigrants???!!!! I’ll wait," another user wrote. 

Charlie Kirk, founder and CEO of Turning Point USA and host of "The Charlie Kirk Show," also chimed in on X, expressing concern over Legend's post and disconnect with Americans. 

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"John Legend took to social media to lecture the residents of his home town Springfield to be more accommodating to the 20,000 Haitians who just swamped the town," Kirk wrote.

"Of course, John Legend doesn’t live in Springfield. Like most smug liberals, he would never in a million years live out the consequences of his ideology. Instead, he sits safely inside an $18 million Beverly Hills mansion, while belittling the pain, fear, and loss suffered by the working class people he left far behind him," Kirk said. 

In response to a query from Fox News Digital, local officials pushed back against the claims surfacing online.

"In response to recent rumors alleging criminal activity by the immigrant population in our city, we wish to clarify that there have been no credible reports or specific claims of pets being harmed, injured or abused by individuals within the immigrant community," the city said.

Fox News Digital's Adam Shaw and Bailee Hill contributed to this report.