Former Child Stars We Almost Didn’t Recognize

Published on 12/31/2018
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Amanda Bynes

Amanada Bynes stepped into the limelight at a young age. Known for her infectious sense of humor and radiant personality, she rose to fame on her Nickelodeon self-titled show “The Amanda Show”. She then had her big break in Hollywood with films like Big Fat Liar and starred on the TV show What I Like About You. However, she soon began to crack under the Hollywood pressure and her life took an unexpected twist. As her life spiraled, was caught with drugs on multiple occasions, and suffered from panic attacks and paranoia from being followed by the paparazzi. In 2012 she retired from acting and took some time-out. Reportedly she is sober now and is setting her sights on becoming a fashion designer.

Amanda Bynes

Amanda Bynes

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Edward Furlong

Edward Furlong shot to fame as John Connor in Terminator 2: Judgement Day and became a teen idol in the 1990s. He even won the Saturn and MTV Award for his role in Terminator before continuing his star-studded Hollywood career. He starred alongside famous actors like Jeff Bridges, Edward Norton, Kathy Bates in American Heart, American History X and Detroit Rock City. However, his career started to slow down when he was arrested multiple times for drugs and developed an alcohol problem, so had various stints in rehab. However, he gradually weened himself off his addictions and had a comeback in 2015 playing the role as Fixer in the 2015 Star Trek: Renegades movie.

 

Edward Furlong

Edward Furlong

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