90's Child Star Then and Now
>> Friday, July 17, 2015
Bug Hall (The Little Rascals)
Unfortunately, Bug doesn't style his hair like Alfalfa anymore! Since his days chasing after Darla, the actor has gone on to guest star on shows like Nikita, The O.C., and Revolution. He also has a ton of flicks in the works.
Liesel Matthews (A Little Princess)
Liesel only appeared in two more flicks — Air Force One (1997) and Blast (2000) — before falling off the acting scene. The Hyatt Hotel heiress went on to study at Columbia in 2002. Liesel's focus on books was distracted by a $6 billion lawsuit she filed against her own daddy and 11 cousins, alleging they were doing something shady with her trust fund. YIKES! Girlfriend gained more control of her $170 million and was awarded $280 million in another lawsuit. The last we heard of Liesel she founded The IDP Foundation, a non-profit grantmaking institute for education!
Haley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense)
The young Oscar nominee dropped off the radar for a while before popping back up with a slew of projects in the past couple years, including The Spoils Of Babylon, Sex Ed, and Kevin Smith's Tusk and Yoga Hosers.
Will Freidle (Boy Meets World)
The best big brother in the world went on to work as a voice over artist, playing the parts of Batman in Batman Beyond, Ron Stoppable on Kim Possible, and as Chris Pratt's character Star-Lord on the animated version of Guardians Of The Galaxy. He also reprised his role as Eric Matthews on the Boy Meets World spinoff Girl Meets World.
Larisa Oleynik (The Secret World Of Alex Mack)
Larissa went on to star AH-mazing movies like The Baby-sitters Club and 10 Things I Hate About You. In 2000, she stepped away from acting to earn her degree at Sarah Lawrence College. As of late, she has appeared in several episodes of Mad Men, playing Cynthia Cosgrove!
Ashleigh Aston Moore (Now and Then)
This breaks our hearts! Our fave of the four bestiez from Now and Then had her last acting gig in a 1997 episode of Touched By An Angel before quitting acting. She died of a heroin overdose in 2007 at only 26 years old.
Jason James Richter (Free Willy)
Richter took a lonnnggggggg break from acting in his 20s to rock out as bassist of the band Fermata. But the 34-year-old is back! He appeared on an episode of Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior in 2011 and just finished the TV movie Life's A Pitch.
Mason Gamble (Dennis The Menace)
Mason grew up to be a VERY good looking menace! YUM! The hottie continued his acting career in movies like Rushmore and guest spots on TV shows like ER and CSi: Miami. He got his degree at UCLA, but we haven't really heard about him since!
rittany Ashton Holmes (The Little Rascals)
Well, Darla definitely grew up! Brittany appeared in Ellen DeGeneres' sitcom Ellen before starring in a few made-for-TV movies. We didn't see Brittany after she broke up with the biz in 1996 — that is until the Internet FREAKED OUT over MySpace pics she uploaded in her undies in 2012.
Bradley Pierce (Jumanji)
Bradley still dabbles in the biz. We bet you didn't know he's the voice behind Beauty and the Beast's Chip Cup and Flounder in Little Mermaid?! He still does some voiceover work for the iconic characters. Besides a few made-for-TV movies, Bradley works as a bartender and bar consultant around southern California.
