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Line 133: ==== Real Life subversions ==== * UpDuring ~~until~~the alast ~~few~~decades ~~years~~of ~~ago~~the 20th century, [[Jackie Earle Haley]] was the embodiment of this trope, having starred in '70s hits ''[[The Bad News Bears]]'' and ''[[Breaking Away]]'', but then failing to make the transition to adult roles and quit acting for 13 years. However, in 2006 he returned to Hollywood and after playing supporting roles in the remake of ''[[All the King's Men]]'' and ''[[Little Children]]'' (and getting an Oscar nomination in the latter), he starred in ''[[Watchmen (film)\|Watchmen]]'' as Rorschach, signed a multi-picture deal to star as Freddy Krueger in the rebooted ''[[Nightmare On Elm Street]]'' series, and is co-starring on ''[[Human Target]]''. * Once famous as a child actor in Sweden and the son of a famous actor, Alexander Skarsgård gave up acting for quite a while until returning a decade later and becoming famous for roles on ''[[True Blood]]'' and ''[[Generation Kill]]''. * At one point, [[Drew Barrymore]] was the epitome of the bad end of this trope; at the age of 15, she already went through smoking cigarettes and pot, drinking, doing cocaine, attempting suicide and staying in rehab twice. However, she eventually sobered up and became a successful adult actress. * [[Joseph Gordon-Levitt]] took a breather from acting after playing Tommy on ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]''. Since he resumed his career, he's won raves in just about every project he's done. * Something similar can be said of [[Wil Wheaton]] and his role as [[Creator's Pet\|Wesley]]. But he grew up pretty well of it. ** Wheaton ~~has~~ built an adult career on convincing executives "geeks" (who he simultaneously expressed hatred for on social media) actually like him. Critical and audience reception of his modern works shows that, no, audiences still ~~hate~~hated him... until ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]''. * Jenny Lewis and Blake Sennett are subversions as well, now much better known for their indie rock band [[Rilo Kiley]] then their pasts as child actors. * [[Jackie Coogan]] starred with [[Charlie Chaplin]] as [[The Kid]], sued his parents for squandering his film earnings before he became an adult ([[There Should Be a Law\|which led to]] the California Child Actor's Bill, AKA the Coogan Act), and much later became known as TV's [[The Addams Family\|Uncle Fester]]. ==== Other ====