So privileged?

You bet. She grew up in West Hollywood. Her parents placed her in commercials before she was even one year old. At age 6, she first starred in a Steven Spielberg film.

Right place, right time, right connections.

Steven Spielberg is also her Godfather.

Addicts. Alcohol the preference.

It’s a great time of year to watch “it’s a wonderful life“ where her great uncle, Lionel Barrymore, plays Mr. Potter

Likely her mother, because her father had several kids who were never put into the mill

Did Drew have any children?

Yeah just saw it on a other thread, apparently she also did crack and marijuana as a 12 year old.

2 daughters

Damn that was quick! I just left that video thread lol guess its time for bed

They said she was doing coke. Never saw crack mentioned

Privilege in terms of name recognition, not in terms of money.

Grandpa was a famous actor, but he was not involved in dad's life. Dad was not involved in Drew's life. He stopped working and became a reclusive addict when she was a baby. Whatever inherited wealth there was, he spent on himself.

While her name gave her opportunities, Drew earned her own money.

Literally the most famous acting family in history.

Incorrect. Acting Poorly. I learned that long ago.

Better word is nepotism.

You think Drew got in ET as a kid simply on her own merits? How she earns her money and how her name gave her opportunities are the same thing.

Yeah. She's a white person.

Seeeething

And both are still very young. If they continue the family legacy, I can't imagine it being any time soon as I can't see her allowing them to be child actors given how she talks about her upbringing.

Or I could do something fun instead. Like getting my teeth pulled without anesthesia.

Yea, enough reddit for today no?

What other thread?

Understood, George Bailey comes off as a misogynistic piece of shit, but Lionel Barrymore does play a part in this film

I meant more being forced to watch these same, tired holiday time movies since I remember (3-4 years old) until I moved out. Never again.

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Ah, yeah there’s that…

Didn't hurt that her godfather is Steven Spielberg.

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Exceedingly.

My wife works in Hollywood and very few, if any, actors make it big who didn't already have roots in the industry or got in by being exceedingly rich. Not a mutually exclusive situation, although I believe the Barrymores were just very well connected, not rich at the time (I might be wrong about that though). A classic example is Nicolas Cage. His last name is actually Coppola.

Many actors who have gotten into the industry, especially recently, are related to people who have already been there for years if not decades. Not necessarily people who were famous actors, but execs, agents, etc who already had the connections. Rarely will you get someone who started out as a starving artist and ended up making it big on the silver screen. Most might get into commercials, or as extras, if they're lucky. Rags to riches is almost always a fantasy.

He became her Godfather after ET when she was older.

He became her godfather after ET. She auditioned like every other kid.

Almost no major stars are because of nepotism. There’s literally too many examples to list. Chris Pratt, Tom Cruise, Anya Taylor Joy, Margo Robbie, Chris Evans, Paul Rudd, John Hamm, Jack Nicholson, Jennifer Lawrence, Ben Affleck, Robert Deniro, Leonardo Decaprio, Harrison Ford, Channing Tatum, Jim Carrey, on and on and on……

Nepotism doesn’t account for hardly any major stars. Tom Holland (kinda) RDJ (kinda) Denzel’s kid? Stiller? How deep do you want to go?

Makes it easy to become famous.

I'm happy to admit I'm wrong if you can pull up anything to the contrary. I enjoy changing my mind off of stuff I don't like.

Because I see a lot of very talented actors and actresses find new places to live under freeways and on sidewalks or dingy studios with 2 other struggling people when they deserve to get actual roles vs what the nepotists get. It's really heartbreaking.

"Its what people say to excuse their lack of success"

You've clearly never stepped foot into these studios, then. Your puritan work-ethic mindset is completely wrong. These kids work hard and still get nowhere because they didn't win the birth lottery.

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You're just mentioning names, that's not really proof.

Look at their relatives, look at who those people knew. How deep do I want to go? Pretty deep because these connections go deep.

But whatever, dude. I'm at work, and I literally don't care enough to fight this. I'm not wrong and I'm not admitting something that isn't true.

Also, obligatory: you're*

Now downvote and go away.

She auditioned for poltergeist and didn’t get the part and Spielberg remembered her when he was casting ET

after reading Jeannette mccurdy’s memoir, this really warms my heart, child acting is literally child labor and needs to be changed in it’s entirety

Child labor where the parents get paid.

Hence why you suddenly stopped seeing Hillary Duff and several actors so suddenly. Mom and dad wanted more of their money.

TIL

You just made me search up the difference between crack and coke lol. "While the powdered form of cocaine is simply referred to as cocaine or coke, the rock form is often referred to as crack or crack cocaine."

Hahahha hahahahjahaa. This is hilarious.

Hahahhaha. Yeah Drew Barrymore is self made. Yeah right. Lol. You crack me up.

Imagine the pressure if you were in the family and a math nerd.

That is not what was said. What was said was that she did not have inherited wealth from her father’s side.

Anya Taylor Joy’s parents have wealth and why she got so much opportunities.

I love how you’re acting as if having the Barrymore name isn’t instant wealth. That like saying a Rockefeller is self made or they made their own money. What a joke.

That poor kid was drunk and doing coke by age 12. Went to rehab at 13.

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Wierd, my last name is Smith, but Will Smith being famous didn't help me at all.

A very literal take on my point. Nepotism only works if you share blood Mr.Smith.

And by share I don’t mean like sharing a glass of warm blood at the dinner table. I mean share genetic material.

I know this because I just finished watching LOL Canada

I was never able to get Mr Smith to answer the phone so I won't be using that one

nepo great grandbabies

What work does your wife do in Hollywood?

I Hate Hamlet is a very fun play featuring John Barrymore's ghost.

What she does shouldn’t be considered acting.

She's a writer :)

I'd rather not give away too much information for obvious reasons, but she's done the writing for a couple of shows on a major network and was able to transition her skills into screenwriting after a few years in the industry (and a few terrific people she's worked with)

Nice! :-) For film, television, or both?

She initially began with small shows and got an internship working in television for a network, thanks to a relative. She transitioned to film after some time working and building her resume with a few projects. A few people took a chance on her and it's been an uphill battle, for sure, but she's happy.

Congrats. :-) My own cousin works in Hollywood -- I'm on the opposite coast.

Wonder if they've worked together! Wouldnt that be something? :D

Stay safe, my East Coast friendo!

Thank you! :-) Maybe they have -- my cousin was poised to become a staff writer on a show if a pilot about forest cops got picked up, but sadly it didn't.

I'm sorry that happened to you.

Thank you. I still sob tears of inconsolable boredom whenever I see a bb gun in the vicinity of Christmas paraphernalia.

And you just know she was probably having sex with some Hollywood pedo