There seems to be a common narrative in the world of child acting. An adorable little kid BURSTS into Hollywood, gets cast in huge roles, wins awards then seemingly vanishes off the face of the earth. When we do hear about them, we're saddened to learn that they've fallen in with a bad crowd, got hooked on booze and drugs or are simply losing their mind. However, sometimes these tragic stories can be reversed. Remember Macaulay Culkin? He was the adorable smart ass from the Home Alone films who, as the story so often goes, vanished from the world of film as he grew older. Well guess what? He's back, and he doesn't look nearly as bad as he has in recent years. You seriously won't believe it...
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Macaulay Culkin burst into the movie scene when he was cast in
Uncle Buck.
Alongside funnyman John Candy, Culkin proved that he could get the laughs in a major motion picture. Clearly the future was bright...
Just one year later, Culkin got the role that made him a household name.
Home Alone saw Macaulay taking the lead for the first time. His performance? Amazing! Fans everywhere instantly fell in love with the cute little blonde boy and wanted more.
By the mid '90s, Macaulay had emerged as one of the BIGGEST child actors ever.
It seemed like he was being cast in everything! My Girl, The Pagemaster, Only The Lonelyand Home Alone 2are just a few of the titles he was featured in over the next four years. In fact, his Kevin McCallister character is arguably one of the most recognized in the history of Christmas films!
But the good times wouldn't last forever...
After his part as the protagonist in 1994's
Richie Rich, Macaulay seemingly vanished.
And it's not like the film was bad. In fact, it brought in $125 million on VHS purchases alone! But as we all know, the years to come left many people worried for Macaulay's well-being...
For the next decade Macaulay was nowhere to be found.
The popular child star went missing during the highest point of his young career. Then, out of nowhere, he reappeared in guest roles on shows like Will And Graceand in several minor films. But something seemed different.
Fans noticed that Macaulay appeared to be unhealthy.
Many rumors began circulating about drug and alcohol use, health issues and even psychological problems. At an all time low, Macaulay was so skinny that he was even hard to look at.
Most recently he appeared in a haunting reprisal of his beloved
Home Alone character Kevin McCallister.
Rumors of his psychological well-being continued to spread.
The art projects he took part in also caused his fans to worry.
They continuously showed him portraying characters that were mentally unstable.
But perhaps more shocking than anything he's ever done are the photos that were just recently released of the former child star...
He looks good again!
Just months after the online video that scared his fans, Macaulay appears to be getting his life back on track! The bags under his eyes have vanished and he looks WAY healthier! But how?
Well apparently Macaulay is trying his hardest to turn his life around.
He has been eating well, working out and even practicing good hygiene! I mean look at him - he's cute again!
It's quite clear that the former child star is getting his life back together!
And let's be honest, we couldn't be happier for him!
Who knows? Maybe he will make a triumphant return to Hollywood!
That'd be quite the comeback story if you ask me.
But it's not like the iconic child actor hasn't been busy throughout the years...
...in fact it's been quite the opposite.
In 2013 Macaulay created his very own rock band.
And the name of that band is pretty hilarious...
If you don't already know, Macaulay's band is called The Pizza Underground.
They basically play covers of songs by Lou Reed's former band The Velvet Underground, and change the lyrics to reference pizza.
The band has actually played a lot of high profile gigs such as Lou Reed Tribute concerts.
Macaulay sings, plays kazoo and drums and even gives out pizza to audiences at his shows!
The band also has a pretty funny system of beliefs that they follow.
One of the band members even explained that the group was created out of the belief the members had that all of the lyrics from famous Velvet Underground songs were originally about pizza, but had to be changed due to societal norms.
It's so weird!
But literally in the coolest way possible!
As mentioned earlier, so many child stars find themselves going through dark stages of adulthood.
And because of these patterns, society tends to expect these actors to struggle.
But by the looks of it, Macaulay isn't going to let that happen to him!
In fact it kind of looks like he's making a comeback!
Way to go Macaulay!
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