RelentlessMalice Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/star-wars-jake-lloyd-arrested-804020 Maybe he tried spinning because that is a good trick. Yippie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metropolis Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 See what you haters did to the boy. You made his life a living hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NumberSix Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 My wife and I met him at a convention last August. He was late and seemed, um, under the weather. So I'm saddened but not really surprised here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justus Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/star-wars-jake-lloyd-arrested-804020 Maybe he tried spinning because that is a good trick. Yippie!!!weesa should not laugh at the has-been boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RelentlessMalice Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share Posted June 22, 2015 Weesa dont give a shit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerimar Nyliram Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 "I'll try spinning. That's a good trick."Spins out and lands in a ditch. The police then swarm the car, pistols drawn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowDog Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Whatever he does now is on him but its totally unfair the shit he gets for PM. He was a little kid, he didn't write or direct that cinematic abortion. What was he supposed to do, not take that check? If he had passed some other kid would have looked just as bad. His painful lines and horrible performance are 100% on Lucas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacen123 Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 He shouldn't have had R2 turn off the autopilot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 http://i.imgur.com/mc2ZD6Q.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NumberSix Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Whatever he does now is on him but its totally unfair the **** he gets for PM. He was a little kid, he didn't write or direct that cinematic abortion. What was he supposed to do, not take that check? If he had passed some other kid would have looked just as bad. His painful lines and horrible performance are 100% on Lucas.Agreed on all counts, though li'l Lloyd was already on my side-eye list after Jingle All the Way, which I hated with the power of a million exploding suns. Granted, that wasn't entirely his fault either (he was, what, 5 at the time?), but those two flicks were just the start of a chain of evidence that, considering the rocky times he's had ever since, seems to indicate he was one of many, many, many kids who should never have been pushed into the child-actor life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowDog Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Can't argue with that. I'll always wonder what the hell Lucas saw in him in casting. One thing Lucas did right generally speaking, if you look at his total body of work, was casting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NumberSix Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Us meeting Jake Lloyd last August: Jake Lloyd's mugshot last night: ... ...yikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacen123 Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 What did you do to the poor guy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gman Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Yeah. He looks absolutely thrilled with life in both pictures. I feel for the guy and what he had to put up with. I'd hate on GL in person all day long for the horror show that was TPM. But I would never put TPM's failures on Lloyd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowDog Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 The guy who played Wesley "THE BOY!!!" Chrusher probably wrote the textbook on how to divorce yourself from a fan hated child role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metropolis Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Look at that mugshot. How much crap did he get at the police station for going to the dark side? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NumberSix Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 What did you do to the poor guy?We tried to make him feel better! My wife gave him money, same as she would any Star Wars actor or a lot of hobos on the street. I started to make a joke about what he probably used his autograph proceeds to buy, but the more I look at his mugshot, the unfunnier it gets. The guy who played Wesley "THE BOY!!!" Chrusher probably wrote the textbook on how to divorce yourself from a fan hated child role. Wheaton's made a great career for himself in the face of so many moronic haters, but he's also candid about his longtime struggles with depression. Winning back his life hasn't been easy for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 He never went on any tabloid-fueling benders/road races/girlfriend beating sessions either, which helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowDog Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Oh he beats women? There went my pity for him. fuck him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacen123 Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 What did you do to the poor guy?We tried to make him feel better! My wife gave him money, same as she would any Star Wars actor or a lot of hobos on the street. Did he ask her then if she's an angel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Oh he beats women? There went my pity for him. **** him.Jake Lloyd? I don't know if he specifically has, I'm just listing the usual crimes of former child-stars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mara Jade Skywalker Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 I saw Jake Lloyd and Ahmed Best at Star Wars Weekends on separate occasions. Jake Lloyd obviously did not want to be there. It was almost painful to watch his chat. Ahmed Best, on the other hand, was funny and self-deprecating and really, really intelligent. It was very interesting to compare and contrast the differences between the two of them and how they've moved past (or haven't, in Lloyd's case) the roles that made people despise them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Well at least now he's known for something other than being the annoying kid who ruined Star Wars forever. I'd say it's a step up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justus Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Yeah. He looks absolutely thrilled with life in both pictures. I feel for the guy and what he had to put up with. I'd hate on GL in person all day long for the horror show that was TPM. But I would never put TPM's failures on Lloyd.Somwhere in the process, the actor has some responsibility for his performance. It is not all about the failure of the director or script. ...and before anyone screams, "he was just a boy" i'm sure you can recall many child performances throughout movie history that hit it out of the park, no matter the script. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowDog Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 That's ridiculous logic. "Because some child progidies in the past really nailed it let's blame a little boy for a shitty movie." If you believe a 9 year old boy is supposed to: 1) recognize the film's failings on his own 2) stand up to the Director and force him to make changes -then you're smoking that Walter White blue meth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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