Stars then and now: time travel into our own past
Who of us doesn't occasionally get nostalgic when looking back at our own past? It is often the pop culture of the time that sends our brains on a journey through time: the TV series that we were once obsessed with. The song that we fell in love with for the first time. The film that we loved with body and soul as children. All of them can immediately remind us of what we felt in our past and what our hearts beat for then.
I beg your pardon? How old is this star now?
Most of all, it's often a surprise to see how former celebrities have changed over the years. Sure, of course we know that time doesn't stand still for famous people either. And yet it is always a surprise when we see one of our favorite stars from the past for the first time in decades. Sometimes because they have changed so radically that you can hardly recognize them anymore. Sometimes the exact opposite is the case: fans of the "Star Trek" actor Patrick Stewart celebrate again and again that their idol seems to hardly age – and still looks younger than a series in which he was artificially old almost 30 years ago was made up.
Success and failure are close together
Often the fear is that a star we haven't heard from for a long time must have gone through a terrible personal crisis. After all, there are countless sad examples of former child stars whose careers came to a quick end and who looked for a way out into drugs and alcohol. But very often the explanation is a much more positive development: Several stars turned their backs on show business in order to pursue their true passion and to flourish in a different professional environment, for example as writers. Some of them have now switched sides and are very successful behind the camera, for example as directors or producers. If you take a little time travel through this star gallery, you will quickly find out: Just because you haven't seen these stars for a long time, they are still a long way from being logged off. On the contrary!