If only he had stayed away from drugs, kept in shape, concentrated on the art of acting. Took his profession/career seriously, I am sure he could have had a career like that of Leo Decaprio.
shareI doubt it. He's never been heartthrob or leading man material like Di Caprio was in the 90's, thus landing him in career defining roles like Romeo + Juliet and Titanic, nor did he have Di Caprio's acting ability - compare Terminator 2 to What's Eating Gilbert Grape?.
shareI knew EF briefly in about 2000. He was dating Paris Hilton than. Her posh friends slumming with our gang. Not a good mix.
He was heavy into alcohol and coke. Acting like a jerk. In retrospect he lacked guidance. Showing up high for business meetings etc.
I wish I had the opportunities this guy pissed away.
Think Dicaprio said the reason he got the big leading man career was because all his peers/competitors were lost to drugs or suicide think he mentioned River and the Seaquest guy and maybe he meant Furlong too (ok he didn't die but he def squandered his potential ' heart throb' career with the drugs)
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Edward Furlong and Jonathan Brandis was never good friends. They did share acquaintances but they never had strong ties.
Jonathan Brandis however was in direct competition with Leonardo DiCaprio on multiple projects. He lost out every time.
In the end he hated Leonardo DiCaprio and after Romeo & Juliette there was no stopping DiCaprio.
It appears he couldn't overcome a messed-up childhood.
shareNo one ever does.
Some of us just hide it better.
No father. Unfit mother. Relatives he lived with not much better. Statutory rape at 15 by woman who became his manager.
Perfect formula for getting a screwed-up adult. He's probably self-medicating.
There’s a way to overcome a bad childhood. It’s to admit that you weren’t taught what you needed to learn when growing up, and get yourself into therapy. In short, you stop blaming your parents and take responsibility for yourself.
Having said that, this guy was never going to be a movie star. For the record, I think DiCaprio is a good actor, but not a movie star; and stars are more loved, famous and wealthy than actors.
A bad childhood can easily lead to mental illness and other issues not easily overcome. Therapy and /or meds don't always work. I know many people who do both and will never be normal. Some disorders aren't curable.
At best Furlong would've been a working actor landing a few supporting roles in movies or a TV show before his career fizzled out.
Not true. Borderline Personality Disorder is permanent, but can—with work harder than most people are willing to do—can be made manageable. You are right that therapy does not always work. The outcome depends on both the patient and the therapist.
I agree with your assessment of Furlong’s probable future, even with a successful therapy. He is weak.
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In this spot, I talk frequently about stars who have reached really big heights and then have come crashing back to earth and never ever see their star shine again. This time, there is hope. I hope it has a happily ever after, but only time will tell. This actor was never higher than B+ list and that was a very brief moment in time. B+ in movies is still great and to add to that he also had musical talent and actually had a couple of songs crack the top 40. The thing that gets me is that just when he reached his peak- actually while he was making the movie that landed him at his peak he was self-destructing. Because of a horrific childhood growing up, our actor was always troubled by demons and the things done to him at an early age. Whenever he would relive those days he would turn to drugs to escape. Meth was his drug of choice. For the most part he could keep it together, but during the filming of this hit movie in which he had a big role, it all came crashing down on him. He was forced to face his past right before filming started. During the movie you can see him transform from this great looking future lead actor who every woman wanted, to a guy who looked like he stayed up 20 hours a day either filming or smoking meth. He was a mess. When the film wrapped, the A+ list actress lead of the movie told him he needed to get help and she would pay for it. He didn’t listen. Instead, he smoked away his money and got arrested more often than DMX. He bounced in and out of rehab. His marriage was awful because of the drugs. For a decade, this was his life. Just a vicious cycle. About six years ago, a producer gave our actor a chance. A chance to make a comeback. At the time, our actor was sober and he thought it was going to be the rebirth of his career. Not so fast though.
Nah, Furlong sucks. Bad actor.
shareHe was discovered by accident and became a teen sensation and even a darling of Indy filmmakers so it was a double-edged sword. Ed's problem is that he didn't have a good upbringing so living in a substandard situation and then being elevated to international movie star was something he couldn't scale to his young and underdeveloped emotional state.
share'Every time I looked in mirror it was a reminder of what I'd done.' Terminator 2 star Edward Furlong, 44, reveals he's four years sober and working again as he shows off new set of teeth after his own rotted from years of meth abuse
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11005933/Terminator-star-Edward-Furlong-reveals-four-years-sober-shows-new-set-teeth.html
More than five years from his last brush with the law - a 2016 conviction for being under the influence of drugs - actor Edward Furlong, 44, reveals he is four years sober and is relaunching his movie career. The former child star shot to fame in the1990s and early 2000s as John Connor in Terminator 2 (right) and Danny Vinyard in American History X. But his twenties saw him descend into a hell of meth and heroin abuse that persisted through the birth of his son and led to multiple arrests. Furlong tells DailyMail.com His new lease of life also includes a fresh set of teeth: his own had rotted due to years of meth use and he describes his new ones, which he got from LA experts Global Implant Dentistry, as being part of his 'second chance'. Speaking in an exclusive interview Furlong said: 'It feels great to be back on set and sober too.'share