Cameron Boyce and the stars of ET, Mrs. Doubtfire and Stand By Me detail their experiences as child actors in Hollywood (via toofab)
Throughout the 90-minute documentary, the group touched on their big breaks, how success led to issues with socialization and their parents, and feeling sexualized at far too young an age. Some revealed their personal experiences with sexual abuse and seeing peers turn to drugs, before they all also talked about what happens when you age out of the child star label.Entering the Business
For Wilson , everything"snowballed" for her after that film's success -- but she"was having a blast" at the time. It was only later she realized"gaps" in her childhood, as she never learned to ride a bike or didn't understand the concept of kickball. She also struggled with school because she didn't really develop a work ethic on set, where everything was done for her.
For Boyce, he knew his parents had sacrificed a lot for him to make it, but something that really struck him was how his success also affected his sister. At school, she would always be compared to him or only brought up in reference to him, feeling like she was living in his shadow."That changed the entire fabric of my family and the way we work as a unit," he recalled.
Roger Ebert"hated" one of Wheaton's first performances, a review the young actor"took super personally" at the time."The thing I think people forget, at least in my experience, you're not just talking about an actor, you're talking about child," he added,"a kid who has given up their childhood to be in this thing you're reviewing."
Wilson said she started picking up on older men knowing who she was, which she said"felt wrong." She would also Google herself and"I saw people talking about photoshopped child porn for me." She said her parents"tried to protect me from these dangers," but she could still"sense them." Saying River was"like an older brother" whose life and career he idolized, Wheaton explained that, when"I was 15 or 16, [Phoenix] was kind of experimenting with drugs." It was around that time the two"began to drift apart."
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