Why did Devon Sawa's career go straight down the shitter?

He's dead.

No, he's very much alive. It's his career that's dead.

Is that really him at OP?

Yes, R3.

He actually walked away from acting for about 5 years because he decided he was tired of it. That's understandable as a child actor transitioning into an adult actor. I guess he had to decide it if was really for him.

He also had problems with alcohol and has been sober for years now.

He returned when he joined the cast of USA Network's "Nikita" for a few years. He's worked consistently, just not in anything big since then.

He also has some ... interesting ... tattoos.

Is he gay? If not, who cares?

He was an alcoholic and celebrated being sober for 12 years recently. His social media is mostly bashing Republicans and conservatives and also memes about Idle Hands and Final Destination. He's very entertaining and funny which adds to his appeal. He's what I would imagine Brad Renfro would have been had he kept himself alive and got sober.

Devon also tried to help Aaron Carter get sober. But Aaron of course didn't listen. Devon seems to be a good person, very no-nonsense and doesn't put up with fuckery.

He has drug nose.

Teen hunks rarely transition to Hollywood stars though. Very few avoid falling into obscurity. Even if Devon didn't become a druggie and alcoholic, have a few kids and remained focused on acting. He likely still would not have made any significant progress. They was and is a very clear line between child/teen star and Hollywood star. The best option after child/teen stardom are indie films or if they are really desperate TV movies/direct-to-video.

Shane West has done fine.

So then who is Jonathan Brandis?

Christina Ricci's fivehead sucked the lifeblood away from his career.

I don't remember his nose being so...crunched in?

He was beautiful when he was young because of his haunting eyes and busted nose and otherwise great features.

Middle age + alcohol means he's good looking now still, but will probably only be good for character roles.

He should have gone to an acting school; that seems clear.

[Quote] Shane West has done fine.

Who was also on Nikkita.

Jay R. Ferguson has done well too.

With all those drugs he'll look like this soon—

Isn't he a Canadian stanksleeve?

As previous posters mentioned with Shane West and Jay R Ferguson. Television is the best way for former child/teen stars to go.

I'll also throw in Ryan Phillippe, Skeet Ulrich, Joey Lawrence, Tia Mowry, Chace Crawford, Macaulay Culkin, Alicia Silverstone, Penn Badgley and Melissa Joan Hart to that mix as well.

Some did make it to Hollywood and stayed like Amanda Seyfried, Emma Stone, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Jennifer Lawrence, James and Dave Franco, Seth Rogan, Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively and Michelle Williams.

[Quote] Blake Lively

I don't think Blake is a child star. She didn't become relevant until GG.

Blake was in those Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants movies with America Ferrera and Amber Tamblyn

Is he the father of that social media creature Jojo who dresses flashy and pretends to dance?

I can tell this guy is an emotional time bomb just by looking at him. I wouldn't want to be around when he goes off.

He looks awful.

I love the sound of his voice. He will be back.

His nose wasn't flat(ttened) in the Eminem "Stan" music video.

Devon fared better than Eddie Furlong and Nick Stahl who are really fucked up but still alive and aged poorly. And fortunately he did not end up like Brad Renfro and Jonathan Brandis who both sadly died too early. All of them had that 90s curtained bang hairstyle that is coming back in fashion now with people like Gus Dapperton, Aaron Maine and Timothee Chalamet.

[quote] All of them had that 90s curtained bang hairstyle

Oh, geez -- the kiddies are bringing that do back? Why?

Yep, curtains are back.

Yes that hairstyle is back. It's funny I'm in my late 20s and I remember that curtained hair was still a thing until like 2003/2004 then shorter haircuts became popular. Most people I see with the curtains are Latino boys.

He seems to be doing a lot better than most former child stars. He woks regularly, even if the films aren't great.

I can't remember what he looked like at the time, though I remember it wasn't my type of thing. But based on the pic OP put up there, I wouldn't mind the chance to swallow his babies.

He was a teen dream R32!

Yeah nah, I was a tween at the time and those 'teen dreams' never did it for me, even as a kid it was all about daddies for me. I definitely prefer him these days (well, one would hope so too, obviously! But I mean that the way he looks now would've appealed to me more back then too).

R34 present him hole on Twitter!

Mmm, I'm more in the mood to take it in my mouth right about now.

Devon could have been the greatest bottom In gay porn (of all time) but instead he decided to just be a forgotten D list actor.

I've always wondered why a white guy has a Japanese last name.

R38 It’s also a Polish last name. Devon’s father is from Poland.

DS is aging into Jeremy Renner.

That’s the widest nose I’ve ever seen at R4. Could he even wear glasses? It wasn’t like that when he was a kid at R33.

[quote]All of them had that 90s curtained bang hairstyle

I call it the Butt Cut because the top is shaped like an ass (see R29)

Devon Sawa resembles Nacho Vidal at r31.

R31 thanks for posting that interview. I love their sense of humour.

[Quote] MC: If you died tomorrow, how would you feel if they didn’t put you in the Oscars’ “In Memoriam”?

[Quote] DS: I don’t think they would. I’ve already dealt with that in my life. That’s my tombstone: NOT AT THE OSCARS.

This is the iconic moment twin girls around the wold fell in love with him.

*tween

Yeah R44 people give Culkin a lot of shit but he seems to have a great sense of humor about life. And he hasn't pissed all his money away so he can just hang out and have fun.

What movie is R33 from?

Probably Casper.

Now and Then

At R31, why does Devon look like he got deep fried in rancid oil but Macaulay still looks basically the same as in Home Alone?

R48 thanks for making me feel old 🙃

I jerked it to the shower scene in Slackers.

He looks... not good.

Is that Jason Segel and Steve Carrell at R53?

R56 Jason

R47 I was surprised to see his sense of humour in an interview years back now. He seems pretty decent. Devon was a babe!

Devon was always very coarse looking.

He looks good for his age to me. He's in his 40s. Also like William Zabka, his voice even still sounds like a young man despite being middle-aged.

Macaulay is a survivor for sure. Grew up in a big working class Irish Catholic family. His dad, a failed actor, was a nasty abusive jerk who forced his kids into showbusiness to live vicariously through them. Was verbally and physically abusive to poor Macaulay on the set of his movies. When Mac would mess up his lines, his dad would threaten him. No wonder he gave such great performances with pathos, he was scared for his life. He got freed from acting when his parents got divorced and his mother didn't force him to continue it. Apart from hanging out with Michael Jackson's weird Neverland Ranch and getting involved in that mess. Mac looked like shit for years, obviously on drugs, he married Rachel Miner when they were barely 18, hanged out with druggie Harmony Korine, he and Rachel split and he began dating Mila Kunis and doing some weird band called Pizza Underground. Now he came back into the mainstream and is enjoying a new career in acting.

I like his brother Kieran more though.

Is he enjoying a new career in acting? The Michael Alig movie was supposed to be a comeback but it didn't pan out. I know he did a commercial a while back that got some attention.

Back in 2002, in LA, a few of us were at McCormick & Schmidt's in Beverly Hills, and I could have sworn the waiter who served us was Devon Sawa.

[quote]Isn't he a Canadian stanksleeve?

That's a Catholic thing.

At least Devon is still working and aged into a ruggedly handsome man.

The other blonde pretty boys like JTT, Erik Von Detten, David Gallagher seem to have retired.

I'm in THR bitches!

The "feud" continues

I'm good friends with Jeff Reddick (he wrote the first Final Destination) and I've met Devon a few times over the years through Jeff. Super nice guy.

He looks mercurial.