[Amber]

Do you guys think if Heather was still alive she would still be acting to this day? Most child actors are just actors as children but then they grow up and stop acting. People say "they grow up and arent cute anymore." What do you guys think?

[Benoit]

thats a good question Amber. personally, i think she would still act. or, at least, she would be a director, as her dream was.

[yaniv]

i also think that heather would be an actress today.
heather lived only 12 years,but she had enough time to make 5 movies and 8 tv shows.
heather was a big hit in those times and i believe she would be a big hit today.
and im sure she would still be very beutyfull... :transform:

[Rick Questro]

Well if she would still be alive she would be an actress/director and i believe too she would be still as beutiful as an angel

[Jafo-man]

Amber, on Dec 31 2004, 10:12 AM, said:

Do you guys think if Heather was still alive she would still be acting to this day? Most child actors are just actors as children but then they grow up and stop acting. People say "they grow up and arent cute anymore." What do you guys think?

I think she would still B actin' & mayB directin', the real question is what kind of movies she would B doin' as an adult? MayB she would stay makin' "all audiences" movies (which would create her a "childish" image), or she would start makin' more adult-like movies, includin' more explicit action & adventure, or love, passion & romance, which would probably include some love scenes, the same way other child actresses of her age approximately (Drew Barrymore, Alyssa Milano) or even younger (Christina Ricci) did (2 me they would B the most beautiful love scenes ever, don't U agree?). In Spain we've got a very similar case: the actress & singer Marisol, a prodigious child in the 1960s, a sex-symbol in the 1970s, & 2day absolutely apart from fame & stardom, almost forgotten :huh: :( .

Of course, don't get me wrong: I'm only expressin' my everlastin' admiration 4 such a lovely creature. MayB if some think I'm sick, it's probably the sick 1. I don't even Blieve that thinkin' of her makin' some 'sexy' scene can B worse than thinkin' of her actually dead & buried :( :( .

[merlin100]

The only problem when they grow up is some child stars end up in rehab due to drug and alcohol abuse. Drew Barrymore is one example and even Macaulay Culkin has had problems with cannabis, I believe.

I'm sure this would not have been the case with Heather.

Regards,

Merlin100.

[Jafo-man]

merlin100, on Jan 19 2006, 02:09 PM, said:

The only problem when they grow up is some child stars end up in rehab due to drug and alcohol abuse. Drew Barrymore is one example and even Macaulay Culkin has had problems with cannabis, I believe.

I'm sure this would not have been the case with Heather.

Regards,

Merlin100.

Yeah, that's true, but I would even go further: I don't care if she had had a little problem with alcohol or drugs, or even become a sex addicted, as long as she LIVED. Anything's better than the awful fate she was delivered, because the other things are REALLY reversible, and you know, what doesn't kill you makes you much stronger. She could have worked then like a splendid example of overtaking. The problem would then have been if she was abused by an adult to keep on acting as a kid (like the Spanish child actor-singer Joselito who was drugged to keep small :( :angry:) .

By the way M. C. also had problems with alcohol as a young teenager. Friendly regards.

This post has been edited by Jafo-man: 23 January 2006 - 07:27 AM

[HappyBunnyGirl]

Jafo I don't think that would have happend to Heather. I know how most of those child actors turn out. But I truly believe Heather would never have turned out like them. Of course its hard to know for sure, but she had a good head on her shoulders from an early age, plus she had a loving and supportive family, most child actors don't have either of those things. Most of them are pushed into acting from an early age, and it kinda screws with their heads, and most of all makes them want to rebel. Heather wasnt pushed into acting, she did it because she loved it. She was also a very kind and loving person, who you just *know* would never experiment with drugs or anything, because she would care to much for the people around her, plus she wouldn't want to harm herself.

[Jafo-man]

HappyBunnyGirl, on Jan 23 2006, 01:35 PM, said:

Jafo I don't think that would have happend to Heather..., plus she wouldn't want to harm herself.

Yes, that's true, but you know: the world is full of bad people. When I think of that Spanish boy I mentioned; you just should see him today: he's about 1,60 m tall (I think less than 5 ft). Heather may have had a good head on her shoulders but people may change, especially with the hormonal developping :unsure: . I think you know how teenagers can be, even if they were brilliant children. Well, to be honest I don't either think that she had thrown it all away, even if she met a "corrupted apple", but that's something we will never be able to know :( .

By the way, if she had met me, her life would have been really brilliant and worth living ;) .

[merlin100]

At the end of the day, she's now beyond all these worldy concerns.

She is pure spirit now, and not bound by earthly pleasures.

Regards,

Merlin100.

[darrin_h2000]

Jafo-man, on Jan 19 2006, 06:59 AM, said:

I think she would still B actin' & mayB directin', the real question is what kind of movies she would B doin' as an adult? MayB she would stay makin' "all audiences" movies (which would create her a "childish" image), or she would start makin' more adult-like movies, includin' more explicit action & adventure, or love, passion & romance, which would probably include some love scenes, the same way other child actresses of her age approximately (Drew Barrymore, Alyssa Milano) or even younger (Christina Ricci) did (2 me they would B the most beautiful love scenes ever, don't U agree?). In Spain we've got a very similar case: the actress & singer Marisol, a prodigious child in the 1960s, a sex-symbol in the 1970s, & 2day absolutely apart from fame & stardom, almost forgotten :huh: :( .

Of course, don't get me wrong: I'm only expressin' my everlastin' admiration 4 such a lovely creature. MayB if some think I'm sick, it's probably the sick 1. I don't even Blieve that thinkin' of her makin' some 'sexy' scene can B worse than thinkin' of her actually dead & buried :( :( .

Well pretty soon acting doesnt fulfill you anymore so directing is a common evolutional step...but she might be a Mother doing what she really wanted to do in the first place...I do believe that we had a simmiler one to your Marisol with Natalie Wood...theres no requirement for wholesome youngsters to become actresses that do more adult roles like your examples because Haley Mills went from child actress to mature older actress without any of those roles...but there is allways Jamie Foxworth's tragic example too. :(

Id just hope that Heather and Judith Barsi would be like Haley Mills...I guess that has alot to do with thier families in how you end up...The girls on Facts of Life all grew up good...while the lot next door on Differnt Strokes was alltogether different...the difference was families.

[Jafo-man]

darrin_h2000, on Jan 24 2006, 06:49 PM, said:

Well pretty soon acting doesnt fulfill you anymore so directing is a common evolutional step...but she might be a Mother doing what she really wanted to do in the first place [...] :(

Id just hope that Heather and Judith Barsi would be like Haley Mills...I guess that has alot to do with thier families in how you end up...The girls on Facts of Life all grew up good...while the lot next door on Differnt Strokes was alltogether different...the difference was families.

It's kind of what I've being telling: two different ways she could have followed, 'cause there are examples of both cases. I think, anyway, her decissions should have been respected, and she would have had done right because of knowing what she did and what she wanted -_- . And as I said before, anything's better than the fatal fate she had to face :(.

About Judith Barsi (and maybe Jonbeneth Ramsey, how fatal destinies :angry: ), I think the same way, tho' maybe her father wouldn't have approved her new ways :angry: :angry: . Well, those are only fantasies and speculations :unsure: :wacko: .

[darrin_h2000]

Jafo-man, on Jan 25 2006, 06:31 AM, said:

It's kind of what I've being telling: two different ways she could have followed, 'cause there are examples of both cases. I think, anyway, her decissions should have been respected, and she would have had done right because of knowing what she did and what she wanted -_- . And as I said before, anything's better than the fatal fate she had to face :(.

About Judith Barsi (and maybe Jonbeneth Ramsey, how fatal destinies :angry: ), I think the same way, tho' maybe her father wouldn't have approved her new ways :angry: :angry: . Well, those are only fantasies and speculations :unsure: :wacko: .

I might get flamed for this...but my assaessment of the Ramsey case is that the blow to the head was fatal and was a cover up for the actions of Burke Ramsey...all those peices fit...thats why Moms handwriting was on the note...they just didnt want to lose both children in that tragady...those children were thier life.

and what Heather and Judith would have done with thier lives afterwards could only be speculated...Id hope that they would have made good decisions...raised families and did everything that they would have wanted to do with thier lives.

[Jafo-man]

Justme, on Jan 25 2006, 09:12 PM, said:

I think it's really hard to say. Big part of child actresses/actors don't act where they're adults or don't have great career.
[...]
HappyBunnyGirl -- haven't You ever heard that many kids from good families are taking drugs? I don't say Heather would take but however she was only twelve years old when died and we will never know how would she be as for example eight years old. People change.

Well, I wouldn't really say "big part", there R examples of both cases (& not really bare): Shirley Temple, Natalie Wood, Drew Barrymore, Alyssa Milano & Christina Ricci R perfect examples of careers that continue even in the adult age (of course, quality ain't always the same :lol: ). Mackaulay Culkin is a good example of what U said of drugs (or in his case more alcohol) Bcause he didn't have a really supportin' family (well, Heather's parents parted, but we could say there was some *stability* at her homestead).

Justme, on Jan 25 2006, 09:12 PM, said:

Some of them become selfish, bitter, have contact with drugs etc. or may be just bored of acting.

I don't think that was Heather's case. In fact, I remember Kipley Wentz's 1st impression when he actually met her: he thought she was just the typicall child star who considered itself very important & egocentric, but he actually found her image didn't fit at all with his preconceived idea.

Justme, on Jan 25 2006, 09:12 PM, said:

In many examples child actors/actresses just have to be cute and lovely and don't act being adults because they just cannot and I think that Heather would have similar situation (but of course I can't say for sure) - she was choisen to Poltergeist only because she was angelic-looking [...] So as adult actress Heather would need something more than her sweetnes and angelic look. It wouldn't help her to get any good role in good movie.

It wasn't only her childish beauty & innocence what gave her the role of Carol Anne. She astonished Steven when she read the script outloud 4 him, & I barely remember somewhere where it was said that Heather gave the script back 2 Spielberg within a few hours, tellin' him: "I already know it". As I've said tons of times, Heather O'Rourke wasn't just a cute little doll who died too soon. She had somethin' more (even much more).
About the kid's change, I'll repeat what I said: it's somethin' we'll never know, unfortunately :( .

This post has been edited by Jafo-man: 26 January 2006 - 06:41 AM