Before writing this editorial I have to point out that I do not intend to insult any site owners, it’s just something I am wondering about.

The thing I’m wondering about is fansites showing up for people that haven’t actually done anything yet. Being a fan would suggest that you admire someone for what they do, so to be a fan you would need to have seen something of the person being admired.

The best way to describe what I mean is examples; last year New Line Cinema released The Golden Compass which was basically intended their next epic movie series after the Lord of the Rings. It was a major flop so I doubt we’ll ever see a sequel to it which is probably a good thing. Another thing it intended to do was launch the career of Dakota Blue Richards who starred in the movie; The Golden Compass being her first movie.

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In a lot of cases with child actors people and the media call them overnight successes, that they did one thing and it made them successful right away. Even though that’s true in some cases like Natalie Portman who became a recognised actress overnight with the movie Léon it’s not true for a lot of other child actors.

It can be funny sometimes if you look at filmographies and it turns out that you’ve seen them in movies before without even realising it. I’m not counting tiny guest spots on TV shows right now; if I did that I could be going on forever seeing that’s pretty much how every actor gets started.

The first time I really had that was when I was looking at the filmography of Jena Malone. Granted, she’s not really a superstar but she still gets a fair amount of movies done. At some point I did check out her filmography because I didn’t really know her, turns out I have a on DVD with the woman; Contact in this case which she made when she was twelve years old. Her role in that movie is better known for a difficult special effect (It’s extensively mentioned in the extras; Jena is running towards a mirror but you can’t see the camera. In 1997 that was a lot more difficult than it would be these days.). She plays the younger version of Jodie Foster in the movie.

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