People: The Tragic Story of '90s Child Actor Jonathan Brandis, Who Died at Age 27

[quote]By 1990, he landed a role that catapulted him to stardom: that of Bastian Bux in The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter.

Did it? I’ve never heard of him.

Even if you were a perfectly happy and well-adjusted person, I can see the constant rejections of Hollywood getting to you.

Same with Broadway.

Just has to be incredibly demoralizing after a while, and then throw in the financial insecurity of a profession where you may work once every 6 months.

This youtube channel does great celeb documentaries.

He could have been Anakin in the Star Wars series, but supposedly wore a “Fuck you” shirt to his interview, and didn’t take the opportunity (!?) seriously. I remember him most from a tv show on Sunday nights featuring a submarine, sea quest or something like that.

The Find A Death entry:

Was he gay? Diddled as a kid?

All these Hollywood kids were molested.

I never bought into the idea that he was straight either.

He was in some Medieval Christmas TV movie with Joan Fontaine.

I'm going to assume he didn't wear a "fuck you" T shirt when working with Joan.

My friend claimed he dated him but he also has claimed a lot of things that seem fantastical.

R10, fascinating ancedote!