Wil Wheaton, one of the subjects of HBO’s ‘Showbiz Kids’ documentary, is a popular blogger
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The former child actor is back in the spotlight after appearing in HBO’s new doc Showbiz Kids.
The new HBO documentary from director Alex Winter, Showbiz Kids, speaks with a number of actors who first achieved Hollywood fame when they were children. The film shines a light on the lives that child actors lead, and deals with issues like growing up too fast and the struggle to emerge from the shadows cast by their childhood selves. One of the subjects of the film is Wil Wheaton, who is perhaps best known for his teenage role of Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation. So, where is Wil Wheaton in 2020?
Wheaton had a number of high-profile projects under his belt before his twentieth birthday. Some of his biggest roles included Gordie Lachance in the 1987 coming-of-age classic Stand By Me, Joey Trotta in the 1991 thriller Toy Soldiers, and the previously mentioned Star Trek series. Wheaton joined the cast of TNG in its inaugural season when he was 15, and he was a regular cast member throughout the show’s first four seasons.
