It depended on the actors. Ron Howard actually started as a child actor in film, then jumped to television, then became a director - because he preferred it and had the connections. But Margaret O'Brien - an excellent child actress - never transferred well to adult. Nor did Shirly Temple. There's a whole slew who don't. Tatum O'Neal never quite did. Jodie Foster is among the few of that group. Molly Ringwald didn't - although she was more post-adolescent.
It's really hard. I can think of only a handful - Elizabeth Taylor, Jodie Foster, Roddy McDowl, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Christian Bale...now it's even harder for the kids to break through to adult roles. They often don't age well. (See the actor from the Sixth Sense, Macauley Caulkin, Ralphie from Christmas Story, etc.) Winona Ryder has struggled.
I have too many favorite actors to list them. Hence "a favorite" actor as opposed to "the favorite" actor.
I do however, love all the ones you listed. Actually Thompson and Theron both have that in common - they've both created roles for themselves. Thompson was stuck behind Branagh, until she leaped free and created her own roles. (She produced Sense & Sensibility and Howards End). Chastain - also to some degree has done that.
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Date: 2020-09-19 02:55 am (UTC)It's really hard. I can think of only a handful - Elizabeth Taylor, Jodie Foster, Roddy McDowl, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Christian Bale...now it's even harder for the kids to break through to adult roles. They often don't age well. (See the actor from the Sixth Sense, Macauley Caulkin, Ralphie from Christmas Story, etc.) Winona Ryder has struggled.
I have too many favorite actors to list them. Hence "a favorite" actor as opposed to "the favorite" actor.
I do however, love all the ones you listed. Actually Thompson and Theron both have that in common - they've both created roles for themselves. Thompson was stuck behind Branagh, until she leaped free and created her own roles. (She produced Sense & Sensibility and Howards End). Chastain - also to some degree has done that.