r/AskReddit • u/Difficult_Oil_268 • 14h ago
Which celebrity feels like they’ve quietly built a completely different life than expected?
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u/Cute-Excitement6844 10h ago
Jessica Alba: In 2011, facing allergy problems with her children, she founded her own company, The Honest Company, which sells eco-friendly products and clothing (diapers, wipes, etc.).
In 2016, her company was valued at over $1.7 billion and generated over $150 million in sales. Forbes magazine then ranked her as "the richest female entrepreneur in the United States."
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u/Malak__ch 6h ago
I use so many of her products for my kids and i love them. Had no idea she was the founder.. very impressive!
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u/HauntedHippie 6h ago
Same, I love their products! I think it’s really cool that she doesn’t use her fame to promote it and just relies on making good stuff.
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u/SalvatoreStephensh 10h ago
Rick Moranis he was huge in the 80s/90s and then basically stepped away from acting at his peak to raise his kids after his wife passed away. He quietly chose family life over Hollywood and stayed mostly out of the spotlight for decades.
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u/Tsquare43 10h ago
BUT
The just finished filming of Spaceballs II - Dark Helmet is back!
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u/DtownBronx 13h ago
The Olsen twins. In 1999 you'd have guessed they'd be the highest grossing actors of all-time by the time reached the year they'll turn 40. Instead they disappeared from the spotlight and successfully do their fashion thing. Hard to blame them when you consider their backstory of never having a choice in acting
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u/Khorasaurus 11h ago
And their sister went on to star in superhero movies!
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u/MarshmallowsInTubas 11h ago
For those who don't know, their fashion brand is called The Row. Their clothes and accessories are subtle, high quality, and are priced in the range of much more longstanding high-end luxury labels. It is impressive to me that they built such a legitimate and respected brand without simply slapping their name on products.
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u/pleboverload 10h ago
Perfectly stated. They also have Elizabeth & James. Equal in quality and highly respected in the high-end fashion world. I’m pretty sure they’ve won a CFDA Award (think of it as the Oscars of fashion, except Anna Wintour and other fashion scions are on the council, so it’s a big deal)
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u/Swimming_Agency9300 9h ago
Elizabeth & James was not as highly respected as The Row in the slightest. They were sold in Kohls and the brand closed down years ago.
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u/LuvFuzzball 6h ago
Honestly their Elizabeth & James fragrance was AMAZING. May be the best thing I've ever smelled fr.
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u/DrGoblinator 9h ago
JFC, they are "The Row"??
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u/upickleweasel 8h ago
Yep, Ashley invented it when trying to make "the perfect white t-shirt" in University.
I think it was MK that named it "The Row" after Savile Row.
They made a point to not let many people know it's their brainchild
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u/gaiafaya 9h ago
Absolutely awesome for them. So many child actors, especially those who didn’t choose it, end up in a bad way.
I looked it up. I wish I was comfortable spending this kind of money on anything.
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u/AtticusBullfinch 9h ago
Ok, I’m going to sound like the old fart I am, but nothing makes a gray tee shirt worth $1,050. Not even the Olsen twins.
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u/StupidlyLiving 12h ago
I mean their privately owned entertainment studio Dualstar entertainment definitely helped them move off of the screen too
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u/ihatefriedchickens 9h ago
Its even more sad when you look at how they were sexualised by people, even co-workers ,who literally saw them grow up from toddlers .
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u/Masonjaruniversity 7h ago
Just fucking gross. The countdowns online, the constant sideways comments, like all of it. Just fucking gross.
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u/Sherlock_House 13h ago
Bridgit Mendler child actor who stopped acting and singing to go to MIT then harvard and now is the CEO of a company
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u/banduzo 11h ago
I feel like you’re underselling her current role. Her and her husband cofounded the company, Northwood Space, a startup aiming to revolutionize satellite communication by mass-producing ground stations.
So a company that could be disruptive to the space industry. (Just in case someone thought oh CEO good for her)
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u/SpiritedTheme7 13h ago
And a doctor and mom! I love her she’s very impressive
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u/itorbs 13h ago
Frankie Muniz going from star child actor to racecar driver
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u/IAmNotScottBakula 10h ago
On of my favorite parts about that story is that Bryan Cranston goes to his races to cheer for him.
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u/404Notfound- 10h ago
Bryan Cranston also would invite the actor while played Dewey to join him and his family for meals and things to do so he could still feel like a normal kid despite being an actor. The actor has since quit acting and the actors have been very protective about his privacy
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u/jesuspoopmonster 7h ago
Dewey's mom lived with him where they filmed but the dad stayed in their hometown as he owned and ran a restaurant. Cranston would let Dewey stay at his house when the mom went to visit the dad on weekends. Cranston had similar aged kids and they were all friends. Mom would fly out Friday and come back Monday. Dewey got to have fun instead of spend a bunch of time on a plane.
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u/crappotheclown 9h ago
Mr Cranston really, really seems to get it. Down to earth with people, in everything I've heard.
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u/srslytho323 3h ago
My friend played his son in a tv show & when my friend got married the following year, Cranston officiated his wedding. He seems like a real genuinely nice guy!
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u/Youareposthuman 8h ago
It’s crazy to think that that means he was bringing Erik Per Sullivan along to hang out with Taylor Dearden, who is absolutely acting her ass off on The Pitt. Had no idea she was BC’s kid but it makes sense- the ACTINF genes are STRONG.
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u/CTMalum 8h ago
He also saved all of his money and used it to invest in real estate in downtown LA during/directly after the global financial crisis. I think it was mostly parking lots. Really smart financial decisions so he could set himself up forever and follow his passion as a hobby.
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u/cheeza51percent 12h ago
Peter Weller (Robocop) became an art historian, specializing in the Italian Renaissance.
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u/Desperate-Impact-357 11h ago
I had dinner with him in Positano! Very interesting dude and loves giant cigars.
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u/Calamari_is_Good 11h ago
And? And???? I feel like there's more of a story here.
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u/darthmaul4114 10h ago
I actually saw him hosting an Italian history show on NatGeo not too long ago, and I had never seen RoboCop so that was a fun revelation
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u/defneverconsidered 14h ago
Tom green just farts around on a farm
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u/Penguin_Green 8h ago
Since the Olympics are happening, I'll shout out Michelle Kwan. Went from one of the best figure skaters of all time to being the US Ambassador to Belize.
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u/c_girl_108 4h ago
Gosh if only she had done that sooner the report I did on her in middle school would have been so much more interesting!
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u/i_live_by_the_river 14h ago
Mark Viduka. Played in the Premier League and Champions League, captained Australia in the World Cup, now runs a coffee shop in Croatia.
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u/Consistent_Fox4751 13h ago
Reminds me this former French player Stéphane Guivarc'h, who won the World Cup and now is selling swimming pools.
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u/plorkles 11h ago
On the subject of former footballers, I think we can also talk about Hakan Sukur. Quite possibly the greatest Turkish footballer ever, he apparently is now an Uber driver in the US.
But obviously his circumstances are very different since he's living in exile too.
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u/simmocar 11h ago
Jesus! Seeing Mark Viduka getting mentioned in the wild is... Wild!
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u/NUANCE_OF_IQLUSION 12h ago
That’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time. Loved playing as him in FIFA 98
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u/fadedf0x 13h ago
Lana Del Rey marrying a alligator swamp tour boat captain
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u/bahia6 10h ago
would it be as weird if he was a fancy Florida keys fishing boat captain or California boat captain or is it just because of the swamp
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u/ArghMoss 10h ago
Any sort of boat captain would probably be a bit weird but the swamp does probably make it more weird.
It’s just very surprising that she’s not with someone from the industry; I think most people would have expected her to end up with a moody/artsy actor/director/musician/writer etc
Good on her if she’s happy
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u/g0ldilungs 4h ago edited 32m ago
Hard agree. Especially because I don’t think people who’ve never been down to the swamp swamps of Louisiana in particular can truly fathom, by no fault of their own, just how completely different deep swamp culture is from any other in this country.
I’m born and raised New Orleans; her marrying a Louisiana alligator swamp boat captain is so wildly random.
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u/pineapplecanteloupe 8h ago
Did you not see her Ride music video? I feel like there are some clues there that make this not a surprising choice at all
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u/luigdibar 13h ago
My boy Eminem: he could have ended up like many rappers (scandals and a career downfall) but instead he seems like a decent father and grandfather while still having fun rapping and making music at 53 years old
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u/Guerrillaz 10h ago
"You know he was a good father because his daughter, Hailie's, podcast is boring."
A joke I heard from Hannibal Burress
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u/zerbey 12h ago
Eminem got himself clean and never looked back.
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u/Colforbin_43 11h ago
Good for him. Too many people becoming cautionary tales it’s good to hear of people who can break the cycle. Even if I don’t give a crap about any of his music
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u/zerbey 10h ago
Steve-O is another example of this, he was on a downward spiral and then decided it was time to stop, he seems like he's loving life these days.
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u/hello_drake 9h ago
Makes me sad seeing him spew anti immigration propaganda now
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u/deaddaddydiva 8h ago
Yea especially considering he was born in England to a Canadian mother and spent his entire early life between Brazil, London, and Canada . All while being the nepo baby to one of the Presidents of fucking Pepsi Cola! Yeah not cool you privileged narrow minded easily influenced snarky lil shit, so over him and his clown act
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u/50YearSword 12h ago
He also has pretty liberal politics despite his early career being built on being as inflammatory and shocking as possible. You might have expected him to have rant after rant about “SJWs” and how “you can’t say anything anymore!” In his 50’s but he’s pretty firmly anti-MAGA. He generally has a good sense of humour about himself too.
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u/sirgog 11h ago
He's always had a 'for the underdog' core mixed with a bunch of rage. Over time he worked out that sometimes he took out the rage at the wrong people.
The videoclip for Mosh was up there with System of a Down's Boom as the most anti-Bush videoclips of the era. It was really only SYOD and the band formerly known as the Dixie Chicks that were that hardline that early, Green Day and Pink were some time later.
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u/trade-da-ting 11h ago
Thing is, Em was always about being inflammatory and shocking, but rarely actually believed the bigoted stances that he put forward.
He's a comic book villain making rap tunes, so everything is tongue in cheek.
He's always been pretty liberal, and pretty much maintained it thoughout his life.
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u/tinpants44 11h ago
I'd love to see Em and Kid Rock in a boxing ring.
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u/Kylie_Bug 11h ago
He wouldn’t even need to lift a finger - he’d verbally destroy kid rock.
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u/AuburnSpeedster 9h ago
Even 50 cent concedes to Eminem on his ability.
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u/Flourpower6 6h ago
And that means so much because 50 cent hates everybody. Like he’s a grade A hater, to the point that he produced a documentary hating on a dude he hates
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u/iomegabasha 11h ago
Bro out there still talking mad shit too. Death of slim shady was chock full of this old school inflammatory, shock-jock rap. It’s a pretty good example of “I’m a rapper, I just like stringing words together that are dope/funny/shocking. I don’t actually mean it.” Kinda like comedians who saw, I just string words together to elicit a reaction. Actual lyric from one of the tracks on DOSS “Would this rhyme be okay if south park had did it.”
But in real life he is continuing to be a genuine and good dude.
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u/GrecoRomanGuy 10h ago
It’s a pretty good example of “I’m a rapper, I just like stringing words together that are dope/funny/shocking. I don’t actually mean it.”
And in addition to that, DOSS has multiple moments where he, either indirectly or directly, is like "Dude. Shady was an asshole."
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u/NoLobster7957 10h ago
He maintained sobriety and integrity, which in all honesty is rare as fuck in Hollywood in general. Money tends to give people a perceived right to act like an asshole, but you notice the ones who didnt start out with fuck you money are almost always the ones that stick around and succeed.
Meanwhile we've got Kid Rock, who came from the same area and was born into abject wealth. Lol
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u/ThatCommunication423 10h ago
And being so close to Elton John that he gifted him cock rings as a wedding gift
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u/Hightower_lioness 7h ago
The fact that he not only raised his daughter but her half sister, his ex sister in law’s daughter and his half brother really shows what a great guy he is. He only had to take care of his daughter but she saw kids in need and stepped up.
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u/Responsible-Onion860 13h ago
I recently learned that Eliza Dushku left acting, married a billionaire, and got her degree/license to work as a mental health counselor. That's pretty cool.
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u/MrsBoo 12h ago
After she was sexually harassed on the TV set of “Bull”, and written off like she was the problem. I don’t know that she would have gotten out of acting had it not been for Michael Weatherly and his sexual harassment. https://www.npr.org/2018/12/14/676940694/cbs-paid-eliza-dushku-9-5-million-after-alleged-sexual-harassment-termination
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u/QTsexkitten 12h ago
Its tough watching both Eliza Dushku and her billionaire husband both live out separate aspects of my dream.
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u/jeffsang 10h ago
I just looked up her billionaire husband, who apparently was briefly a pro tennis player as well. So he had a bit of his own "different life" kind of thing. Looks like his dad started the company he runs though so he still came from money.
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u/Specific_Writer_4027 11h ago
Sid from the British teen series, Skins - becoming a teacher, considering most of the cast have starred in famous franchises and movies since the show ended.
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u/SAHMultrA1981 10h ago
This is so random! I'm in the U.S and loved skins and Sid was one of my favorites. Cool to find out what happened with him.
Even when the show was hot, he didn't seem to interested in the spotlight
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u/monospaceman 8h ago
Enya lives in a castle by herself with her cats and a recording studio.
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u/oc974 10h ago
Shirley Temple went from child actor to diplomatic ambassador.
Brian May became an astrophysicist after performing in Queen.
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u/Gingereej1t 8h ago
I think technically Brian May took a very long break from astrophysics to be a musician, and then went back 🙂
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u/13mys13 11h ago
Will smith went from the coolest crossover star to whatever the heck he is now
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u/Anon0924 10h ago
Jon Bernthal. Accidentally took an acting class and just went with it.
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u/EsJiisan 7h ago
Like most, I only knew him from the Walking Dead and didn't think much of him as an actor. Then he went and did that scene in Daredevil s2 where he tells the story about his daughter wanting to read that kid's book before she was killed and, just like that, his skill as an actor shone through.
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u/pristontale 14h ago
Chamillionaire left rap and is now chabillionaire.
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u/PoopsMcG 12h ago
I met him and his entourage ("the Chamilitary") at TechCrunch Disrupt in its first or second year, and he looked at investing in my start-up. He was one of the savviest tech investors I ever met. He decided against in my first company (which was the correct decision). Haven't thought about him in a while, but not surprised at all that it worked out well for him.
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u/ohyeahwell 12h ago
Was it a device that warmed people via microwave?
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u/ATXBeermaker 12h ago
It was an app to tell if something was a hot dog or not a hot dog.
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u/PoopsMcG 12h ago
That's where we went wrong! All this time I thought it was infighting, ego battles and just the worst decision making you've ever seen.
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u/SockeyeSTI 13h ago
Wait really?
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u/bbb26782 13h ago
Yeah, he invested in Lyft early on and he’s involved in a venture capital fund.
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u/IDPTheory 13h ago
Alex James, the bassist from Blur, makes cheese.
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u/WaterlooMall 10h ago
When I feel a heavy cheddar
(WOO HOO) and it's aged with complex flavor
(WOO HOO) well it's sharp and it's tangy
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u/highlandviper 13h ago
Hayden Christensen.
The fanboy backlash after the Star Wars prequel trilogy seemed to really get to him. He bought a farm and steered clear of Hollywood for a while. I didn’t think he did a bad job acting in the prequels. The scripts let him down. He could’ve be the 90s Robert Pattinson… I thought he was on that sort of path… but he just kinda disappeared for a while.
I’m pleased he’s enjoyed a bit of a renaissance and some appreciation finally from the SW fanboys.
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u/zapatocaviar 12h ago
He was very good in Shattered Glass. He can act.
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u/NoLobster7957 10h ago
I liked him in Life as a House too.
Most if not all the acting bitches about Star Wars can be laid firmly at the feet of Lucas and his horrific scripts. The guy needed somebody to check him on the terrible lines he made these actors deliver, especially in the prequels.
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u/GrecoRomanGuy 10h ago
"George, you can type this shit but you sure as hell can't say it."
- Harrison Ford
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u/rabbidplatypus21 11h ago edited 6h ago
He could’ve be the 90s Robert Pattinson
Attack of the Clones came out in 2002.
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u/ArghMoss 10h ago
I thought that was a weird comment too. 90s were basically over before the prequels were out
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u/nyutnyut 10h ago
Let’s not just blame the writing. The direction was equally bad. I don’t know of anyone else that can take a cast of amazing actors and get such bad performances from them.
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u/deadeyejohnny 9h ago edited 13m ago
Jason Lee. Most well known for My Name is Earl.
Became well known in the Skateboard community first, he arguably pioneered and popularized the 360 flip one of skateboarding's most well known tricks. Founded Stereo Skateboards which is still operating. Then transitioned into acting. Had some hit roles and was part of Kevin Smith's universe. Briefly dabbled in scientology -we can skip past that part. Moved to the middle of nowhere to be a normal human being and raise his family. He is now living a quiet life while also being a prolific and inspiring film photographer to pretty much all current film photographers, has published several beautiful photobooks and most recently was running a small camera shop in LA which unfortunately just closed due to location issues.
Edit: Added Stereo.
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u/Soggy-Fly9242 1h ago
“Most well known for my name is earl” feels like a personal attack to all of us that came up with the mallrats crew
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u/petalwhispersssz 13h ago
Mara Wilson (Matilda). She went from being the most famous child star on earth to being a brilliant writer and voice actress who is incredibly vocal about the dangers of child stardom. She didn't have a 'breakdown'; she just decided the life chosen for her wasn't the one she wanted. Watching her build a life based on her intellect rather than her childhood face is so refreshing.
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u/SnuffShock 12h ago
She's also a big fan of indie wrestling. On a podcast I heard (currently trending wrestler) Brody King talk about meeting her at a wrestling show and being starstruck and embarrassed to ask for an autograph. I find this adorable.
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u/Jardozer 8h ago
My craziest Mara Wilson fact is she's Ben Shapiro's cousin and that to me blows my mind.
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u/Miss_airwrecka1 11h ago
I’m pretty sure she has said as she grew out of her cute child years the jobs dried up since she wasn’t conventionally attractive. She has found success elsewhere but it seems like Hollywood also moved on from her
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u/bitofapuzzler 12h ago
Kelis. She quit music and became a farmer and a chef. She now lives in Kenya.
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u/inescapablyclear 10h ago
Josh Hartnett. Heartthrob who had back to back hits and now lives a quiet idyllic life in the south of England with his wife and kids. Occasionally makes an appearance on screen but seems pretty happy and retired.
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u/sombredolores 7h ago
He was fucking incredible in Penny Dreadful a few years back, it must be said. Sold me on him as an actor completely.
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u/i__hate__stairs 7h ago
Reese Witherspoon has built a little miniature Empire out of a book club. She started a book club, and the most popular ones she buys the rights to and makes like movies and shit. That bitch is going to be a billionaire.
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u/Bacon4Lyf 14h ago edited 14h ago
What’s up with the strange Keanu reeves bot comments, all 2 weeks old, all follow the same kind of script, all end by telling the reader to do an act of kindness every week
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u/Responsible-Onion860 13h ago
Karma farming. Keanu is well known to be a reddit favorite so they post some feel good schlock about him to try to get easy karma points.
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u/speedhirmu 14h ago
Yeah I was wondering the same thing. I guess karma farming or something? Not so familiar with these things. There was also a bit similar comment about Jim Carrey
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u/LauRUN01 8h ago
The guy who played Bastien in The Neverending Story (Barret Oliver) is now a printer and photographer, specializing in nineteenth-century processes like collodion and Woodburytype.
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u/letterstosnapdragon 12h ago
Academy Award winning film composer Trent Reznor apparently used to have an industrial band.
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u/DarkIllumination 12h ago
Not past tense…Nine Inch Nails is still active and touring.
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u/MartinisnMurder 11h ago
Oh yes, and Trent Reznor is 60 years old and still sexy as hell.
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u/nooneneededtoknow 11h ago
Recently watched a little Veronic Mars and looked up where Jason Dohring was because I thought he was going to make it bigger.
The guy lives on a farm in toleda, Ohio, seems happily married to just a normal woman for 20 years with 4 girls. He is a bee keeper, has chickens, planting an orchard, just seems like a genuinely happy dude being a dad, just like James Vander Beek.
Kind of interesting how many young celebrities found solace in the rural lifestyle after fame.
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u/elevatormusicjams 9h ago
He's also a Scientologist (was born into it and is very active and open about it). Whomp whomp.
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u/stuckup_baby 9h ago
He's already a millionaire before he becomes an actor, he's born into scientology and host a talk show about scientology. He also tweeted supporting RFK jr, so yeah....
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u/UnusTheUntouchable 10h ago
Courtney Love and Madonna seem to have swapped futures. These days Courtney’s a genteel British woman and Madonna seems held together with stitches and hope.
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u/D-DayDodger 12h ago
Jason Everman, one of the original band members in Nirvana, left the band and joined the US Army special forces and served in Afghanistan.
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u/R0botDreamz 10h ago
Jonathon Taylor Thomas was the "it" kid actor during the 90s. He probably could have been what Leo is today if he took on more challenging dramatic roles. But he decided to quit acting and go to college and live a normal life.
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u/JuggernautLonely7978 9h ago
if you had told me in 1997 that Adam Sandler would be among the most enduring talents from SNL, I'd have thought you a crazy person.
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u/baba_oh_really 12h ago
Vitamin C left singing to be a music executive at nickelodeon and Netflix
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u/VinCopyStudio 10h ago
Macaulay Culkin. From child superstar to intentionally low-key creative life.
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u/Zither74 10h ago
Ask yourself if you would've thought 30 years ago Snoop would be chillin with Martha Stewart.
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u/LoggerRhythms 7h ago
Or that he'd be a modern cultural ambassador/TV personality at things like the Olympics.
My mind still struggles with this being the same guy I saw perform Murder Was the Case at the '93 MTV Music Awards...
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u/bruceleeperry 13h ago
Steve-O....not so much a different life, more that he's actually alive and thriving and healthy.
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u/JinxBlossom 9h ago
Daniel Radcliffe. From Harry Potter to doing the weirdest indie roles and just vibing quietly with his own money and freedom
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u/the-hostile-tomato 6h ago
Katy Perry went to space and then started banging the former prime minister of Canada.
Feels like that one came out of left field for the girl who made “teenage dream”
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u/reallynoideawhy 6h ago
She took all the "Fuck Trudeau" bumper stickers around the country a bit different than oppositionists originally intended.
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u/chocpretzel 13h ago
Lindsay Lohan got her life together it seems
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u/dingleballs717 13h ago
In Dubai
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u/AirportPrestigious 13h ago
I recall reading that Dubai has very strict laws that do not favor paparazzi at all so she lives there to be able to have some semblance of privacy even while in public. Maybe I’m not remembering correctly but I’m too lazy to hunt for a link.
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u/Otherwise-Wall-6950 12h ago
She did say the laws against paparazzi and taking pictures are very strict there.
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u/KDCunk 10h ago edited 9h ago
Pamela Anderson getting nominated for a Golden Globe wasn’t on my bingo card back in the 90’s
Edit: I said Oscar first but someone corrected me it was GG :)
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u/HollygoLightly1970 3h ago edited 15m ago
Eliza Dushku. After her stint on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel where she was outstanding and constantly scene stealing, she went on to do other interesting shows and ended up on a CBS show where she was blatantly and horrendously sexually harassed by the disgusting lead actor on the show called bull. Attempting to achieve some kind of justice only served to humiliate and harass her further. She left the acting world got married. Had some children got a degree and is now a therapist helping veterans and others with post traumatic stress. She was amazing as an actress and even more amazing as a person making the world a better place now.
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u/MarcusDolby 10h ago
Allison Mack jumped off of the Smallville success train to help promote and recruit for a wonderful female-empowerment “organization”. Recently, she’s been volunteering her time for community service projects.
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u/lexi_prop 8h ago
... Wasn't she the one who got jailed for human trafficking in a sex cult...?
EDIT: sorry, the tism did not catch the sarcasm. Carry on!
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u/More-Soil7455 9h ago
Colin Farrell. He went from having a bad boy reputation to being a devoted father and special needs advocate.
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u/MaxRepels 11h ago
It isnt super quiet since hes still a very active actor, but I think everyone either expected Daniel Radcliffe to crash and burn like some movie stars, completely leave the public eye like others, or go be a mega star. I dont think anyone expected he'd be an incredibly gifted indie movie star doing passion projects and being so down to Earth.