Not too long ago, Reddit consumer phantom_avenger requested the oldsters over at r/moviecritic, “Who’s a former mainstream youngster actor or actress that survived the poisonous world of Hollywood and is at the moment 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 a youngster and was thought-about one of many greatest stars in movie, exhibits, and music within the 2000s! However she resides a fairly wholesome life-style, elevating her household of 4 youngsters, and balancing her appearing profession in tasks 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 potential within the leisure trade with genuinely pretty folks. Andy Griffith and Don Knotts have been presupposed to be very nice folks (generally to not the opposite actors however at all times to Ron, by his account). The identical with your entire solid of Pleased Days, with Henry Winkler being referred to as one among Hollywood’s ‘good guys.'”
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Dakota Fanning — “I bear in mind there have been footage of Dakota and her sister, Elle, at school actions like homecoming video games. I believe 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 believe each the Fanning sisters have carried out 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 nicely 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 stress 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 via a tough patch, however he’s doing rather well now. And he is nonetheless capable of reside off of that Dwelling Alone cash for all times.”
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Brenda Music — “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 nicely!”
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Lindsay Lohan — “I imply, sure, she had an enormous fallout and received herself in hassle with the legislation, however she turned her life round and is doing loads higher. She received married, has a baby, and can 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 a long time!”
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Daniel Radcliffe — “He had a interval of actually combating 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 someday, 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 via a bit. Essentially the most boring-dad stuff you may ever hope to see. Like, this is an ungainly 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 stored him on path.”
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Melissa Joan Hart — “She was the primary person who got here to thoughts.”
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Jerry O’Connell — “He was so lovely in Stand By Me. Looks like he has head on his shoulders.”
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Ke Huy Quan — “He looks like he’s doing nicely. 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 Dwelling 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 girl 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 fireplace in her driveway.”
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Wil Wheaton — “I really like that man, and he is the explanation l requested Andy Serkis if we should always simply begin utilizing movement seize to section out youngster actors, particularly utilizing Wil for example. He’d by no means considered it earlier than and stated 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 probably the most profitable sitcoms ever. She is now an acclaimed creator.”
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Kirsten Dunst — “She has a improbable appearing resume, two children, and a seemingly good life together with her husband. Good for her.”
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Dylan Sprouse — “Began a mead firm and is seemingly very joyful along with his pretty companion.”
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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 very best instance of all.”