7 actors who quit Hollywood after starring in one movie

Have you ever watched your favourite movie and thought, ‘Where is that histrion now?’

One infinitesimal they are getting papped successful their pyjamas, the adjacent they are backmost successful acquisition yearning for a mean life.

For galore actors, landing a pb relation successful a Hollywood blockbuster is simply a imagination travel true—but for others, 1 movie successful the spotlight is enough.

Indeed, immoderate actors get a sensation of fame and privation for thing but to beryllium backmost nether the radar.

Let’s spot who slipped disconnected our metallic surface into the abyss.

Here are 7 actors who starred successful immense roles but decided to telephone it quits aft 1 reddish carpet…

Peter Ostrum, Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory (1971)

The classical 1970s movie follows the communicative of Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum), who is 1 of the fortunate children to triumph 1 of Willy Wonka’s aureate tickets and beryllium fto wrong his concealed cocoa factory.

Ostrum was lone 12 years aged erstwhile helium was selected by endowment agents aft performing astatine the Cleveland Playhouse Children’s Theatre.

The film, based connected the award-winning Roald Dahl book, yet grossed $4million (£3.2m), with the immense imaginable to propel Ostrum to stardom.

The kid histrion was offered a three-film declaration by manager David L. Wolper, however, helium opted not to motion the contracts successful the anticipation of having his ain state implicit aboriginal projects.

He went connected to person his doctorate of veterinary medicine and has worked arsenic a veterinarian ever since.

Amber Scott, Hook (1991)

Amber Scott was lone 7 years aged erstwhile she starred successful the phantasy diagnostic film, Hook.

Based connected the publication Peter and Wendy by J.M. Barrie, the fashionable movie won six awards and received 24 nominations.

Scott became a personage overnight, with galore young girls admiring her for her quality and talent.

She starred arsenic Maggie Banning successful the Steven Spielberg masterpiece; however, was ne'er to beryllium seen connected the metallic surface again.

The kid prima went connected to postgraduate some precocious schoolhouse and assemblage and is present rumoured to beryllium penning for the New York Times.

Gwen Stefani, The Aviator (2004)

Sweet Escape vocalist Gwen Stefani broke onto our screens successful 2004 with Martin Scorsese’s epic biographical play movie The Aviator.

It is rumoured that the manager discovered Stefani owed to his girl being a immense instrumentality of No Doubt; this helped him find the blonde bombshell helium wanted for his project.

The movie was a immense hit, receiving 11 Academy Award nominations and bringing location five.

Stefani played the iconic relation of Jean Harlow, a Missouri-born histrion who tragically died astatine property 26.

The archetypal blondie was famously known for her platinum locks, truthful who amended to beryllium formed than Stefani?

This was Stefani’s lone film, arsenic she discontinue acting to absorption connected her euphony career.

Carrie Henn, Aliens (1986)

The Aliens franchise was written and directed by the highest-grossing manager of each time, James Cameron.

Carrie Henn played Newt successful the 1986 subject fearfulness fabrication film, co-starring alongside Sigourney Weaver.

Henn was lone 10 years aged erstwhile she was fixed the large role; however, she was forced to discontinue acting aft household issues.

The kid actress’ parents moved from London backmost to the US, and Henn was ne'er seen successful cinema again.

It is rumoured that Henn present works arsenic an simple teacher successful California, wherever she resides.

Robert Tsai

Another kid prima who rocked the signifier past slipped nether the radar is School of Rock histrion Robert Tsai.

The 2003 comedy, starring The Holiday’s Jack Black, was a immense hit, scoring an astir cleanable Rotten Tomatoes people of 91%.

Tsai played the relation of Mr. Cool Lawrence, 1 of the main set members successful the blockbuster.

Despite the film’s success, adjacent going connected to go a high-grossing signifier production, Tsai ditched the cameras for the schoolhouse books and studied astatine Dartmouth University.

It has been rumoured that Tsai inactive plays soft and has adjacent taken his chill moves into a creation radical named Instant Noodles Crew.

Britney Spears, Crossroads (2002)

It has been implicit 20 years since popular prima Britney Spears has been connected our screens successful Crossroads.

Spears starred successful the 2002 romanticist drama arsenic Lucy Wagner—a teenage miss who is taking her puerility friends connected a cross-country travel successful an effort to rekindle their friendship.

Despite this being the Piece of Me singer’s archetypal pb role, Spears besides had a cameo successful Mickey Mouse Clubhouse successful 1993.

However, those hoping to spot Spears backmost connected the movie country whitethorn person crushed to beryllium optimistic, arsenic she is reportedly moving connected her biopic, directed by Wicked’s Jon M. Chu.

Danny Lloyd, The Shining (1980)

American erstwhile kid histrion Danny Lloyd starred successful Stanley Kubrick’s fearfulness enigma arsenic Danny Torrance.

Production had to support him off-set during the filming of scary scenes; helium was besides fixed an edited transcript of the finished movie truthful helium would bask watching it without fear.

Lloyd discontinue acting astatine property 13 to ‘lay low’ and effort to person a comparatively mean life.

The Shining star, present aged 52, works arsenic a biology prof successful Kentucky, wherever helium is surviving the beingness helium yearned for erstwhile helium was a kid performer.

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