

It's flattering and awesome when people give you that recognition, but you can't say it doesn't get old."Īs for whether he watches either of the "Problem Child" movies if they're on TV: "I avoid it like the plague."Ĭheck out the gallery above to see more child stars now - and click here to see Oliver reunite with Trixie from "Problem Child 2.
CAST OF PROBLEM CHILD 2 MOVIE
Picture going out to see a movie with your friends and getting recognized and people not understanding you just want to see a movie. "One of the things I learned real young is how precious privacy is. If someone told me that I could go back to where I was before the lawsuit, I'd deny it. "I've seen the top, I've seen the bottom, I know what both extremes are like. These days, Oliver works in tech support and couldn't be happier. I work my ass off, I have a 9-5, a normal existence. "I started to realize that I want a normal life. I was kinda done with it anyway," he says now. "I think it was a mutual breakup between me and the industry. He left his acting career behind around the same time. This list of Problem Child 2 actors includes any Problem Child 2 actresses and all other actors from the film. It was a good couple years that we were completely busted up." Problem Child 2 cast list, listed alphabetically with photos when available. These days, casts are made of either: plaster of paris: a heavy white powder that forms a thick paste that hardens quickly.
CAST OF PROBLEM CHILD 2 SKIN
"We ended up staying with friends for a while, slowly dusted ourselves up. A cast, which keeps a bone from moving so it can heal, is essentially a big bandage that has two layers a soft cotton layer that rests against the skin and a hard outer layer that prevents the broken bone from moving. Laraine Newman as LaWanda Dumore Amy Yasbeck as Annie Young Ivyann Schwan as Trixie Young Gilbert Gottfried as Igor Peabody Paul Willson as Smith, LaWanda's assistant Bob Smith as. "After all that, after the impact on morale that that left our family with, everything took a downturn," Oliver told Gottfried. Michael Oliver as Junior Healy Jack Warden as Benjamin 'Big Ben' Healy Sr. Damn shame."Ī bitter contract dispute over "Problem Child 2" left his family without anything, something he says took its toll. It's a pity he's no longer around, I would love to reconnect to him. "He was really nice to me on the set and I think he kind of knew that I was very new to all of it.

I remember he got me a radio controlled car right after we met," Oliver, now 33, says of Ritter. To mark the film's 25th anniversary, costar Gilbert Gottfried tracked Oliver down for his podcast, where the former child star opened up about working with the late John Ritter, his swift exit from Hollywood and revealed what he's up to now. The film was a surprise success, quickly spawning a sequel - but Oliver all but vanished from showbiz shortly after, thanks to a lawsuit filed against his family from Universal Pictures.
