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THEN AND NOW: 10 of the biggest child star transformations

  • Child stars don't always have it easy.
  • Many of them feel pigeonholed by their status as "child stars" and break away from their old personas.
  • Miley Cyrus is almost a completely different person from her Disney Channel days.

If you could time travel back to the '80s and tell everyone that the nerdy kid from all the John Hughes movies would grow up to become a muscly actor who frequently plays cops, no one would believe you. But that's exactly what Anthony Michael Hall did.

Many child stars feel the need to break away from their previous, more innocent roles. We've picked 10 of the most drastic child star transformations, whether they're due to conscious choices or not.

Keep scrolling to see who has "Longbottomed" over the years.

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