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7 Child Stars Who Play Too Mature Characters
- When they were children, the Hollywood stars below have been given roles that were not age-appropriate.
- There are even actors who dare to do nude scenes at the age of 12!
If someone already has talent from birth, that talent will certainly be seen from childhood, including someone who has acting talent. Many Hollywood actors start their acting careers when they are children. Even at their young age, they have shown great acting skills.
When they were children or teenagers, there were some Hollywood actors who were brave enough to take on the challenge of acting since childhood. So brave, there are child actors who are desperate to play characters who are too mature for them. They are in fact able to face these challenges. Unfortunately, their decision is also not free from controversy.
So, who are the child actors who have played characters who are too mature for their age? Come on, see the list!
1. Dakota Fanning (Hounddog)
Dakota Fanning managed to steal the attention through her appearance in I Am Sam (2001). Since then, his career as a child actor has been quite brilliant. But at the age of 12, Fanning dared to take on a controversial role in Deborah Kampmeier's film Hounddog (2007).
In the film, there is a scene where Fanning's character is raped. Given Fanning's 12-year-old age at the time of filming, it's no wonder that the film has received immediate criticism. In fact, a petition is circulating urging that Fanning's mother be jailed for allowing child pornography.
Fanning also got angry when her mother was brought up over the controversy over her role in Hounddog. According to him, what he did was just acting and the rape in the film is not the essence of the story of this film. As a result of this controversy, Hounddog ultimately failed both in revenue and valuation.
2. Natalie Portman (Leon: The Professional)
Despite taking on a daring role in Hounddog, Dakota Fanning seemingly started her career with a role that was still appropriate for children. However, this was not done by Natalie Portman. When she debuted as an actress at the age of 12, Portman immediately took on a role that was quite bold for her age in the film Leon: The Professional (1994).
In the film directed by Luc Besson, the character played by Portman is told to want to avenge his family by practicing using weapons. Not only that, Portman also did smoking scenes, dressed too revealingly, so that his character was told to fall in love with a character much older than him.
Because of her role in Leon: The Professional, Portman admitted that she had received fan letters containing sexual fantasies to her as a child. Since then, Portman finally decided to take on a safer role in her teens.
3. Kirsten Dunst (Interview with the Vampire)
Before appearing in Jumanji (1995), Kirsten Dunst first appeared in Neil Jordan's film Interview with the Vampire (1994). As the title suggests, Dunst plays a vampire named Claudia. His eternal life as a vampire makes Claudia's psychic continue to grow more and more mature, but her body stops developing in childhood.
At the age of 11 years, Dunst plays a character with a child's body but has thoughts like an adult woman. Dunst also does a murder scene in this film. Claudia is also told to fall in love with her character Brad Pitt who is obviously much older than Dunst. Pitt and Dunst even did a kiss scene in Interview with the Vampire, you know!
4. Jacob Reynolds (Gummo)
Jacob Reynolds is not a popular name in Hollywood. However, at the age of 13, Reynolds took a bold role in Harmony Korine's film Gummo (1997). Carrying an "R" rating, this film features a dark theme and various scenes that are too mature for Reynolds.
In this film, Reynolds plays Solomon who befriends a naughty teenager named Tummler. Together with Tummler, Solomon does various inappropriate things, such as killing stray cats, getting drunk by smelling glue, and even paying for sex with a girl who has Down syndrome.
5. Brooke Shields (Pretty Baby and The Blue Lagoon)
After debuting as an actress in 1976, Brooke Shields took on a bold role in her second film, Pretty Baby (1978). At the age of 12, Shields plays Violet, a child who is involved in prostitution. Surprising him again, Shields to do nude scenes in the film.
Because of the scene, Pretty Baby was banned in two Canadian provinces and called a child pornography film. Not only that, Shields took another bold role in the film The Blue Lagoon (1980). In this film, Shields performs much hotter scenes at the age of 14!
In The Blue Lagoon, Shields played Emmeline who was stranded on an island with her cousin, Richard, when they were children. Entering their teens, this pair of cousins fell in love with each other, had sex, and had children. Despite being rumored to be using a stunt double, Shields looks like she's naked several times in this film.
6. Tatum O'Neal (Paper Moon)
At the age of 9 years, Tatum O'Neal collaborated with his own father, Ryan O'Neal, in the film called Paper Moon (1973). However, they do not act as father and son in this film. O'Neal's character is told as a child who follows a con artist after the death of his mother.
O'Neal did scenes of smoking, drinking alcohol, and committing fraud like an experienced con artist. Despite doing a fairly mature role for his age, O'Neal even received the "Best Supporting Actress" award at the 1974 Oscars at the age of 10 years.
7. Jodie Foster (Taxi Driver)
For those of you who don't know, Jodie Foster started her acting career as a child. Well, at the age of 13, Foster took a bold role in Martin Scorsese's film Taxi Driver (1976). In the film, Foster plays Iris, a child who is involved in prostitution.
As a prostitute, of course there are scenes that lead to sexual acts against Iris. In handling the scene, Scorsese eventually recruited his brother Foster who was seven years his senior as his replacement actress. Thanks to her acting, Foster was nominated for the "Best Actress in a Supporting Role" Oscar 1977.
Because of his role in Taxi Driver, Foster finally got an obsessive fan named John Hinckley. So obsessed with Foster, Hinckley tried to kill President Ronald Reagan to get Foster's attention.
That's a row of child actors who play characters who are too mature for their age. Among the seven Hollywood actors above, which one has made you uncomfortable with their adult roles? Don't forget to keep following KINCIR to get various information about other films, OK!
