{"id":244039,"date":"2023-12-18T17:10:19","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T17:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=244039"},"modified":"2023-12-18T17:10:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T17:10:19","slug":"can-you-guess-who-this-former-child-star-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/world-news\/can-you-guess-who-this-former-child-star-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you guess who this former child star is?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span>EXCLUSIVE<\/span> He was a child actor who replaced an icon in a classic Christmas franchise but quit Hollywood for a normal life. He&#8217;s now seen enjoying a beer with a scruffy beard. Can you guess who it is?<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com spotted this 34-year-old former child star stepping out in Los Angeles for a burger and beer<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>At eight years old he replaced an icon for the third installment of a classic Christmas franchise to play Scarlett Johannsen&#8217;s younger brother<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He\u00a0quit acting and opted for a regular childhood, going off to high school and then graduating from the University of California, Berkeley in 2011<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Gone are the chubby cheeks and pudding bowl haircut. Instead this former child star now sports a full scruffy beard.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He was just eight years old when he found fame when he replaced an iconic child lead for the third installment of a classic Christmas franchise.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He then went on to star in several heartwarming Disney movies, but has since shied away from the spotlight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Have you guessed who it it?\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/15\/79087225-12877203-DailyMail_com_spotted_this_34_year_old_former_child_star_steppin-a-1_1702914651492.jpg\" height=\"988\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>DailyMail.com spotted this 34-year-old former child star stepping out in Los Angeles for a burger and beer<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/15\/79087223-12877203-At_eight_years_old_he_replaced_Macaulay_Culkin_for_the_third_ins-a-4_1702914651655.jpg\" height=\"680\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>At eight years old he replaced Macaulay Culkin for the third installment of a classic Christmas franchise to play Scarlett Johannsen&#8217;s younger brother<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/14\/79087243-12877203-image-a-6_1702910177892.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>DailyMail.com spotted the former stopping to grab a burger and a beer in Los Angeles\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/15\/79087237-12877203-The_actor_wore_AirPods_while_he_enjoyed_his_lunch_He_has_since_q-a-5_1702914651665.jpg\" height=\"485\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The actor wore AirPods while he enjoyed his lunch. He quit acting and reportedly works as a legal analyst<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/14\/79087217-12877203-image-a-7_1702910224854.jpg\" height=\"806\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/14\/79087263-12877203-image-a-8_1702910224855.jpg\" height=\"806\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>He sported a bushy beard, messy hair and wore jeans and crocs for this outing in Los Angeles\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/15\/79087183-12877203-He_then_went_on_to_star_in_several_heartwarming_Disney_movies_bu-a-2_1702914651499.jpg\" height=\"953\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He then went on to star in several heartwarming Disney movies, but has since shied away from the spotlight<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s Home Alone 3&#8217;s Alex D. Linz!<\/p>\n<p>DailyMail.com spotted the 34-year-old stepping out in Los Angeles for a burger and beer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He sported a bushy beard, messy hair and wore jeans and crocs as he chowed down on his lunch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Linz starred alongside Scarlett Johansson in the movie, playing a young boy left at home after Macaulay Culkin had quit the franchise after Home Alone 2: Lost in New York..\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Home Alone 3 hit theaters in 1997 and was the first not to star Culkin as Kevin McCallister.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Instead, filmmakers decided on a whole new cast and brought in eight-year-old Linz to play Alex Pruitt, a boy with chickenpox who foils a group of international criminals by booby trapping his house.<\/p>\n<p>But the movie was nowhere near as successful as the first two films.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It made a reported $79 million at the box office while Home Alone grossed $476 million and its sequel brought in $359 million.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/16\/79088529-12877203-It_s_Alex_D_Linz_He_starred_in_Home_Alone_3_at_eight_years_old_a-m-9_1702915785959.jpg\" height=\"851\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s Alex D. Linz! He starred in Home Alone 3 at eight years old as a boy with chickenpox who booby traps his house to foil burglars<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/15\/79088531-12877203-image-a-11_1702911951198.jpg\" height=\"351\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Scarlett Johansson was 12 when she played Linz&#8217;s big sister in Home Alone 3<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/16\/79092349-12877203-image-m-8_1702915524499.jpg\" height=\"521\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Linz played Sammy, Michelle Pfeiffer&#8217;s son, in the 1996 movie One Fine Day. The movie also featured George Clooney and some very dated cellphones<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/15\/79088527-12877203-Linz_played_the_voice_of_young_Tarzan_in_the_1999_animated_hit_T-a-3_1702914651504.jpg\" height=\"956\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Linz was the voice of young Tarzan in the 1999 animated hit Tarzan and was the lead in the 2001 Disney movie Max Keeble&#8217;s Big Move<\/p>\n<p>Linz got his first break in the daytime soap The Young and the Restless in 1995 and was also Michelle Pfeiffer&#8217;s son in the 1996 movie One Fine Day but it was the Home Alone movie that brought him fame.<\/p>\n<p>After Home Alone 3, he went on to have a successful career with several acting and voiceover roles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He was the voice of young Tarzan in the 1999 animated hit Tarzan and was the lead in the 2001 Disney movie Max Keeble&#8217;s Big Move.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But after his success, Linz quit acting and opted for a regular childhood, going off to high school and then graduating from the University of California, Berkeley in 2011.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Linz got his Master&#8217;s Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from UCLA in 2017.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He now reportedly works as a legal analyst and seldom makes public appearances.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Linz appears to be enjoying a lowkey lifestyle since leaving Hollywood behind.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12877203\/child-actor-replaced-icon-classic-Christmas-movie-franchise-quit-Hollywood.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXCLUSIVE He was a child actor who replaced an icon in a classic Christmas franchise but quit Hollywood for a normal life. 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