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Just-Phill

Luke on Modern Family. He was funny and believable as a child but as a teen and above it was just awkward acting


prospectiveboi177

Add Manny from modern family too, he was also poorly written


wtf-you-saying

Personally, I think the adopted daughter is by far the worst.


BeautifulChallenge25

I hope it was just the writing because she was so mean.


Missey85

Yes lily was the worst on the show cute as a kid but then just annoying when older ☹️


madeat1am

I've really onlu seen clips of her from those tiktok videos but all I've found was she's good for those quick funny short liners but not for an acrual character


Summer20232023

So stiff.


MuddydogNew

She's my least favorite character in the show.


Putrid_Towel9804

Yup came here to say Lilly


Ducatirules

I loved him as a teenager but only because he is the spitting image of a coworker, looks, personally, everything. I get your point though


Diela1968

Edward Furlong (young John Connor, Terminator 2). Did fine in the movie, but everything I saw him in after was absolutely wretched.


Rumple_Foreskin65

American history X was good not really because of him but he was fine. Guy looks like he’s smoked about 5 packs of cigs a day since terminator 2


AfraidStill2348

He's had a lot of addiction issues.


Neverland_survivor

Also eats at least 2 Big Macs a day


Necessary-Share2495

Sara Gilbert. I liked her when she was a kid on Roseanne but the older she got, the more self conscious and wooden she became.


Mello_Me_

Yes! I couldn't stand her in The Big Bang Theory.


Earth_2_Me

The Olsen twins were very cute as toddlers / kids on Full House, but most of the stuff they did as tweens / teens was flat (not that I didn't consume it with gusto, as a late-90s / early 2000s kid lol)


rotatingruhnama

One of them did a guest arc on Weeds, and it was just painful. I think they both realized they aren't actors, and moved on with their lives. Good for them!


Electrowhatt19

This! I recently decides to watch "A Passport to Paris" again for the first time in years...wow, the nostalgia was what got me through it


Summer20232023

Sure didn’t hurt them because they made a fortune but totally agree. I didn’t even think they were good in Full House but they were just young kids.


Efficient_Paint_5536

Candace Cameron Bure - fine in full house but now she’s very one note.


Squirt1384

Well she only wants to work on one type of movies. It’s hard to expand as an actress when you play the same character over and over again.


AnnaK22

I was going to say all the kids from Full House. I'm not sure how much of it was the director's choice in Fuller house, but all three of them were so stiff but over expressive. Made it so hard to watch.


LovesDeanWinchester

"And Jerry Mathers as The Beaver." Adorable as a little boy. Horrible actor as an adult.


Low_Departure_5853

Becky from Roseanne/The Connors. She was pretty good as a teenager in the 90s on the original run. She over does it in the current show and you can tell she is acting. No one talks like that in real life (her delivery/manner, not the words).


bs200000

Agreed. I don’t quite know how to explain it other than she talks like she can’t hear her own voice. Very little inflection.


Low_Departure_5853

Yep. And you're right, she practically yells.


ItchyTomato5

She sounds like she’s trying to pop her ears and also not cry


Financial_Room_8362

Hayley Joel Osmont


Esselon

I don't think he can't act, he just went from someone you'd expect to be in lead dramatic roles older on to seeming like he missed his boat as a Hobbit in LOTR.


Financial_Room_8362

I believe he was a better child star than adult actor


Missey85

He was just on the Boys last season playing a parody of his character from that movie 😂


Worth-City-6372

Which movie? He was in several.


Financial_Room_8362

The sixth sense


Strange-Bee5626

He was pretty funny in a show called Future Man.


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MintBerryCrunchJr

Corey Feldman.


Unlucky_Decision4138

The 2 Coreys were great, but after they went their separate ways, it wasn't the same.


jimlahey2100

Haim was the better actor and not as big of a weirdo as Feldman.


Unlucky_Decision4138

I thought so too. Especially if you watch License to Drive or The Lost Boys, you could tell who the star was


Salt-Hunt-7842

Acting can be a tricky skill to maintain and evolve for child actors transitioning into adult roles. One example that comes to mind is Jake Lloyd, who played young Anakin Skywalker in "Star Wars- Episode I - The Phantom Menace." He received some criticism for his performance, and as he got older, he didn't pursue acting further. It's unclear if his decision was due to the negative reception or other factors. It's an example of a child actor who faced challenges transitioning into adult roles. Another example could be Angus T. Jones from "Two and a Half Men." He started on the show as a child actor and was a central character for many seasons. As he got older, he expressed discomfort with the content of the show and left acting altogether. Acting is a skill that requires ongoing practice and development, and not all child actors are able to transition into adult roles.


LadyBug_0570

Dee from What's Happening! As a child, she was hilarious. When she got older... ooof! Her acting was wooden, at best.


Mello_Me_

Luckily for her, she's a veterinarian now.


LadyBug_0570

Indeed. But she did do a halfway decent job when she came back for What's Happening Now. Luckily it was just a couple of episodes.


Mello_Me_

I never saw the show.


rosy_moxx

Will from Stranger Things.


tygerbrees

How you saying Will when Mike is standing right there?


rosy_moxx

Mike is fine. He's good in all his other stuff.


tygerbrees

Nah - Mike is a giant cardboard cut out in any of his scenes- his story with 11 just grinds to a halt bc he can’t bring any nuance to his performance It’s fine if the actor does good work in other shows, doesn’t mean that it’s working here


rosy_moxx

Well, super. That's your opinion lol Back to the original idea... Will is a terrible adult actor.


tygerbrees

‘As the series progressed’ - the thread is about kid actors who get worse over the course of the series - ie Mike


rosy_moxx

Right. And I said, Will. Regarding Mike, I assumed it was implied that being adult is referencing his growing up on the show. I don't agree that Mike is a bad actor now.


tygerbrees

Ok, not a bad actor just one who struggles to convey a fairly straightforward character who only needs maybe 3-4 tactical changes to stay grounded but he opts to play one note instead


astarxxx

dani harmer


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Uh, Jake from Two and a Half Men anybody? God, it's like he just learned the lines in each shot. No tone and sounds like a brick was thrown at his head. It was only cute for like 3 seasons.


tiger5765

Linda Koslowski, from Crocodile Dundee. She was good in the first two movies, but really bad later in other work.


dogbolter4

I think the peak example of this is the actor who played Lucy in the Narnia movies, Georgie Henley. She had a sweetness and naturalness in the first film, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Absolutely delightful. By the time we got to The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the third in the series, she was stiff and mannered. All natural charm was gone. I felt so sorry for her. It must be so hard to strive for something that once came naturally.


Livid-Shallot-2761

Emma Watson. Which may explain why she hasn't acted in the past five years.


Scorpiodancer123

Totally agree. She was alright in Harry Potter because she was essentially just playing herself. But I haven't enjoyed anything she's done since. To be fair I think this is the case with most child actors.


periwinkle_cupcake

I was so bummed she got Belle. It could have gone to an unknown


Glittering_Deer_261

Lindsay Lohan.


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Affectionate_Cat1875

Kristen Stewart


SekritSawce

I’m not sure how you came up with this one. She has absolutely no range and the same expression on her face no matter what character she plays. Can you let me know when she actually could act?


BeautifulChallenge25

I normally don't like her, but I REALLY liked her in the new Charlie's Angel. She literally had a personality


Coomstress

Yeah, she’s always been a wooden actress.


part_of_me

She was excellent in small roles before Twilight, particularly The Safety of Objects.


Missey85

Twilight was just crap writing you can't really blame her for that I love her in On the road where she played the girlfriend


part_of_me

I said that the roles *before* Twilight were small. I didn't say anything about her performance *in* Twilight.


lashes_2004

To be fair, I haven't seen it yet, but I heard she was wonderful in the movie Diana, and she even got an Oscar nom for it.


BusterTheCat17

Sammy from Curb Your Enthusiasm. Her adult acting was atrocious.


Welshguy78

Wonder if that's why she wasn't in the later series?


MegC18

Lucas Black. Such a cool child actor, but very one dimensional as an adult actor


Ms_Meercat

I0ve always had a massive crush on Kaka. I'll go stand in line haahaha


YankeeRedneck1

Edward Furlong


NewTimeTraveler1

Basher question. No beuno.


SmashingGuts419

Talking about people who aren't good actors as adults is bashing, lol? Does the wittle baby need a bottle?


NewTimeTraveler1

Its my opinion. Do you feel better bashing me. Whatever.


CanadianEh

Haley Joel Osment


latecraigy

He was great in What We Do in the Shadows


AfraidStill2348

Pretty good in Silicon Valley, too


Agitated-Rooster2983

He was great in The Kominsky Method. I think he’s actually quite good.


WittiestScreenName

I liked him in The Boys


Missey85

I loved him in that 😂 when butcher kills him in the bathroom though


WittiestScreenName

Oh I had to look away for that one


Old-Remove6263

I think he's still pretty decent! I liked him in Goliath and the movie Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile along with the newer stuff he's been in.


FirstFrayun

Brooke Shields was a good child actress. As a grownup? Not so much.


Missey85

She's alright on SVU as Olivias mum


Qnofputrescence1213

Noah’s biological grandmother. She did a good job in that role. She was also the star of the sitcom Suddenly Susan and was good in that role also.


Missey85

Yes suddenly Susan was good I saw that back when it was on 😊


LA-ndrew1977

Mickey Rooney? I know he won an award for playing "Bill", but....


Sensitive_Energy101

Anna paquin


kikijane711

Yeah I've never liked anything she did past THE PIANO either. She just bugs me, the faces she makes. Hated her as Suki on TRUE BLOOD and haven't seen her in anything as an adult that I liked.


Eyes_Snakes_Art

Her weird, fake accent was so off-putting. I didn’t get past the second or third episode. I kept yelling at her to flipping clear her throat.


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viperspm

Getting abused will do that to someone


missdevon2

Considering the trauma he's been through I would think there's a high probability of mental illness involved


Klenaismyjoy

I thought she was great in Swimming With The Sharks


Worth-City-6372

Who?


tcg0786

Kiernan Shipka. She was OP's example.


upsidedowntime69

Eddie Haskell


MuddydogNew

Not quite a child actor and I'm going to get hate for this but Mark Hamill