It is not easy being a child star or having huge success and popularity at a young age. Just look at the current Justin Bieber public melt down for an ongoing example of how easy it is for young stars to spin out of control. Many child stars do not look the same after they grow up. While it is unfair to call them all totally ugly, it is certainly easy to see many are not as cute as they once were.
Here is a top ten list of stars that changed dramatically, mostly for the worse, as they grew older.
1. Macaulay Culkin
In the hilarious movie Home Alone, released in 1990, Macaulay Culkin
co-starred with Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern. The film was a huge box
office success turning into a franchise thereafter. Fast forward to
present time and Macaulay Culkin looks like Skeletor. He was even
reported as dead, which later turned out to be a hoax. He looks like the
walking dead. Maybe he should leave the drugs alone now.
2. Brian Bonall
This guy went from being adorably cute when he had the role of Andrew
Keaton, on the television show Family Ties to now being downright
scary-looking with a full neck tattoo and two lip rings. Lots of drug
use and being arrested for assault is his current state of affairs.
3. Edward Furlong
In 1991, when he starred in Terminator 2: Judgment Day he was a
handsome young actor. Now after spending time in jail, he looks like a
car crash waiting to happen. His looks have seriously deteriorated and
so has his psyche.
4. Haley Joel Osment
Who can forget the deeply moving 1999 film “The Sixth Sense” with
Haley Joel Osment co-starring with Bruce Willis and the catchphrase “I
see dead people.” Haley Joel Osment was not only adorable, he was
sensitive and his acting in that film was superb. He was only 11-years
old when he played the role in the film that brought big success to
director M. Night Shyamalan. He is still acting, but he got very fat and
is now more rotund than cute. He plays a Nazi in the upcoming movie,
“Yoga Hosers.”
5. Angus T. Jones
Best known for his role of Jake Harper in the television show “Two
and a Half Men,” Angus T. Jones went from cute kid to now sporting a
beard that looks like a cross between being Amish, homeless, and
Robinson Crusoe.
6. Mark Hamill
An unfortunate car accident affected Mark Hamill’s looks after the making of Star Wars in 1977.
He attempted to cross four lanes of traffic to get to his off ramp.
(Let that be a lesson to you–travel to the next ramp and backtrack
rather than making this dangerous maneuver.) Doctors had success
rebuilding his face resulting in only subtle differences from before.
Since, he has not lacked for work, even making use of his scars for his
character in The Empire Strikes Back. His current looks lend themselves to his, now, primary line of work—voice acting.
7. Lindsay Lohan
At one time Lindsay Lohan was adorable. In 1998, when she was only
11-years old she starred in the Disney remake of the film “The Parent
Trap” and in 2003, “Freaky Friday,” followed by a great performance in
the 2004 film “Mean Girls.” Since then, she has been in and out of rehab
so many times, she probably has a bed reserved in her name by now. She
looks run down and worn out.
8. Todd Bridges
He played Willis on the television show “Different Strokes.” At that
time, he had a big afro and looked great. Now he is bald and his big
egg-shaped head misses having that wonderful hair to cover it up.
9. Danny Bonaduce
He starred as the cute young kid in “The Partridge Family,” but heavy
drug and alcohol abuse shows now in his weathered looks. He got his act
together and tries to help others avoid the troubles he experienced.
10. Dustin Diamond
He played Screech in the television show “Saved by the Bell.” He is
not ugly, but what he had as a young actor with goofy charm did not
translate into adulthood with the same charm.
There we have the sad state of affairs of some of our most favorite child and young actors. We can only hope the next generation of child stars has a better time growing up.
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