31 Former Youngster Stars Who Survived Hollywood And Are Doing Actually Nicely Now
News 617 January 28, 2025 0
Just lately, Reddit person phantom_avenger requested the oldsters over at r/moviecritic, “Who’s a former mainstream little one actor or actress that survived the poisonous world of Hollywood and is at present doing rather well for themselves?” Listed below are the top-voted outcomes:
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Hilary Duff — “Hilary isn’t as huge as she was again when she was an adolescent and was thought of one of many largest stars in movie, reveals, and music within the 2000s! However she resides a reasonably wholesome life-style, elevating her household of 4 youngsters, and balancing her performing profession in initiatives which might be much less mainstream together with getting concerned in entrepreneurship!”
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Ron Howard — “I really feel like he was extraordinarily fortunate. He labored in two of the rarest conditions attainable within the leisure trade with genuinely pretty folks. Andy Griffith and Don Knotts have been alleged to be very nice folks (generally to not the opposite actors however at all times to Ron, by his account). The identical with your complete solid of Blissful Days, with Henry Winkler being referred to as considered one of Hollywood’s ‘good guys.'”
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Dakota Fanning — “I bear in mind there have been footage of Dakota and her sister, Elle, in class actions like homecoming video games. I feel their mother and father tried to provide them a regular life between their careers, which is so superior.”
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Elle Fanning — “I feel each the Fanning sisters have performed nice for themselves.”
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Shirley Temple — “Till she died (at age 85), Shirley Temple Black was the paradigm of the kid actor doing effectively as an grownup.”
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Kenan Thompson — “I am extra amazed he hasn’t damaged down as an grownup doing SNL so long as he has. All you ever hear is how a lot of a strain cooker that present is. To final so long as he has, you gotta have your head on straight.”
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Jodie Foster — “She actually survived Hollywood’s perverted grossness.”
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt — “I have not seen him in an excessive amount of the previous few years for some cause, however he was a baby actor then went on to do Brick, Inception, The Darkish Knight Rises, Looper, and so on.”
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Elijah Wooden — “Regardless of how dangerous the politics get in America he nonetheless posts about rad shit he likes on social media.”
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Macaulay Culkin — “He went by a tough patch, however he’s doing rather well now. And he is nonetheless capable of reside off of that House Alone cash for all times.”
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Brenda Tune — “Macaulay and Brenda each did good for themselves. So add her in, too.”
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Kieran Culkin — “He is in fine condition as effectively!”
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Lindsay Lohan — “I imply, sure, she had an enormous fallout and bought herself in hassle with the regulation, however she turned her life round and is doing lots higher. She bought married, has a baby, and will probably be in Freaky Friday 2.“
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Jason Bateman — “He’s nice in all the pieces.”
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Kurt Russell — “It’s arduous to imagine simply how lengthy he’s been round for. Lively in seven many years!”
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Daniel Radcliffe — “He had a interval of actually fighting alcoholism, however in any other case, he is doing a lot better now.”
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Ryan Gosling — “I reside not too removed from the place his mother and father are, and at some point, in an aimless Fb scroll, I ended up on his dad’s web page, which was weirdly fascinating. And sure, I do know it makes me a little bit of a creep, however I could not assist however click on by a bit. Essentially the most boring-dad stuff you might ever hope to see. Like, here is a clumsy photograph of my grownup youngsters residence for Christmas, besides one is a film star. I’ve to marvel if the surprising normalcy of his household life saved him on a very good path.”
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Melissa Joan Hart — “She was the primary individual that got here to thoughts.”
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Jerry O’Connell — “He was so cute in Stand By Me. Looks as if he has a very good head on his shoulders.”
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Ke Huy Quan — “He looks as if he’s doing effectively. He performed Quick-Spherical in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and he not too long ago received an Oscar.”
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Scarlett Johansson — “A few items of trivia I would inform my cousins is she was a supporting solid in House Alone 3, and he or she starred with Robert Redford in The Horse Whisperer, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and Avengers: Endgame.”
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Christina Applegate — “She has had such a tough life and has been such an inspiration. Each time I see her have a brand new analysis, I’m like, ‘Come on! Give this lady a break.'”
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Miranda Cosgrove — “She appears extremely right down to earth and regular, particularly contemplating she had a stalker who set himself on hearth in her driveway.”
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Wil Wheaton — “I like that man, and he is the explanation l requested Andy Serkis if we must always simply begin utilizing movement seize to part out little one actors, particularly utilizing Wil for example. He’d by no means considered it earlier than and mentioned he’d give it some thought, which l thought was fairly cool.”
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Mayim Bialik — “She has a PhD in neuroscience, and as an grownup, she was in one of the crucial profitable sitcoms ever. She is now an acclaimed writer.”
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Kirsten Dunst — “She has a improbable performing resume, two children, and a seemingly good life along with her husband. Good for her.”
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Dylan Sprouse — “Began a mead firm and is seemingly very pleased together with his pretty accomplice.”
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Natalie Portman — “It’s a miracle, too, contemplating how a lot of a weirdo Luc Besson is.”
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Melanie Lynskey — “She’s nonetheless in loads of high-profile stuff like Yellowjackets and The Final of Us. I’ve additionally heard that she’s fairly right down to earth in particular person.”
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Lastly, Leonardo DiCaprio — “The most effective instance of all.”
