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7 Reasons Child Stars Go Crazy (An Insider's Perspective)
Posted: Wed May 29, 2013 11:59 pm
by Phuzzy4242
Here's an interesting viewpoint from the perspective of an ex-childhood star...
Mara Wilson wrote:When I was a kid, I acted in a few movies.
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20th Century Fox
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TriStar Pictures
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20th Century Fox
It was generally a good experience, but every day I'm glad I wasn't Olsen twins famous. Not many child stars make it out of Hollywood alive or sane, and at any given time there are at least three former ones having very public breakdowns.
But why does this happen?
7 Reasons Child Stars Go Crazy (An Insider's Perspective)
Re: 7 Reasons Child Stars Go Crazy (An Insider's Perspective
Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 11:29 am
by mimzy
One of the things I found was a foot fetish website dedicated to child actresses.
OMG
it's still legal in several places to Photoshop a child's head onto a nude adult body.
Re: 7 Reasons Child Stars Go Crazy (An Insider's Perspective
Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 3:44 am
by For An Angel
Reminds me of a blog kept by
another former child star who just happens to have costarred with Mara in Mrs. Doubtfire, and who just happened to have written recently about reconnecting with her after being apart for 15 years.
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Re: 7 Reasons Child Stars Go Crazy (An Insider's Perspective
Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 3:53 am
by emuler
Aww. Lisa Jakub.
Re: 7 Reasons Child Stars Go Crazy (An Insider's Perspective
Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 11:22 am
by omg
Brooke Shields has said that being a sex object led her to feel like she wasn't in control of her own body, and is one of the reasons she didn't have sex until she was 22.
I wasn't a child actress, but I'm still a 40-year-old male virgin.
Re: 7 Reasons Child Stars Go Crazy (An Insider's Perspective
Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 12:19 pm
by Phuzzy4242
Awww, you don't look a day over 35.
Re: 7 Reasons Child Stars Go Crazy (An Insider's Perspective
Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 1:02 pm
by kev
omg wrote:Brooke Shields has said that being a sex object led her to feel like she wasn't in control of her own body, and is one of the reasons she didn't have sex until she was 22.
I wasn't a child actress, but I'm still a 40-year-old male virgin.
I was too, omg.. But then, out of the blue, I met a lady [who would become my fiance] and all that changed..
Just letting you know that [unless you decide to choose chastity or monk-dom] there's still hope! Keep your, um, CHIN up!
kev.
Re: 7 Reasons Child Stars Go Crazy (An Insider's Perspective)
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2025 10:52 pm
by E9A7F3bD
Additionally, movies like A Series of Unfortunate Events and, um, Twilight have used CGI rather than human babies in some scenes. Some of them looked pretty creepy, but CG technology is improving all the time. Considering all the legal hassle child stars can be, I won't be surprised when they are phased out by CGI children voiced by adult actors.
When, not if.
Great article, and interesting points.