http://theguardian.com/film/2014/jan/23/thora-birch-hollywood-darling- disappeared
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Hollywoodshack — 12 years ago(February 07, 2014 09:48 PM)
If you saw Petunia, produced by her Dad, you'd see he's attached to her and jealous of any relations she might have on or off screen. The main characters are gay and her part is sorta small. She's the wife of the man whose seeing these other people.
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mlist-6 — 11 years ago(January 18, 2015 11:47 PM)
did you even read the article? she pretty much admits to being difficult to be around. she comes off as a total self absorbed bitch. she thinks the world revolves around her.
I remember when she was "promoting" the Dungeons and Dragons movie.
She went on the Tonight Show and openly mocked Dungeons and Dragons, people who like Dungeons and Dragons, etc.
Right there I knew she was a bitch and I had no use for her.
Granted, the movie was terrible, but that isn't the fault of D&D fans. In fact, it is more HER fault than it is the fans.
To openly mock the fans of something whose existence gave you a job is ungrateful, short sighted, and stupid.
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thaneofglaysia — 10 years ago(July 03, 2015 07:23 AM)
In Hollywood, once you get labeled difficult to work with, most good studios and directors want nothing to do with you. Her dad-manager didn't help either. An actor gets better by working. You do that by playing the game. Thora didn't play the game so she stopped getting work. A shame, I rather liked her.
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AfroGeek — 10 years ago(July 04, 2015 01:26 PM)
Well stated. A lot of actors never figure out it's still a job and still business. All the BS that comes along with it is part of the price of having your career. There are plenty of less attractive and less talented people in entertainment who last because they manage their careers.
Check out this pic of her and SJ around GW:
http://cdn23.us3.fansshare.com/photos/thorabirch/tumblr-lhbqmlx-qz-qooo-ghost-world-199646744.jpg
If she'd played up the sex pot thing like SJ she'd be on the A-B list still.
Call them
ISIL
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Enigmatic-Ocean — 11 years ago(January 17, 2015 10:51 PM)
It seems like she is very imbalanced which is sad. She probably needs either a good friend to talk to to help her work through whatever problems that she may have or a good therapist. I don't recomend medication. 75% to 80% of the world is medicated these days and the world is falling apart. Self help is always better and that way medication can be used only as a last option. However, I really don't think that she is that far gone. She sounds confused, bitter, betrayed and lonely, but then again aren't we all sometimes.
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letsgotothemovies84 — 10 years ago(July 23, 2015 02:05 AM)
It's not entirely true that if you are difficult to work with people stop hiring you in Hollywoodif you are difficult to work with and a star who sells films, you can get away with it - if you are not that then yes, totally right - you get dumped.
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grillmasterj — 10 years ago(November 23, 2015 10:47 PM)
thanks for posting.
It's too bad reallyit sounds like what happened to her, happened to a number of other actresses of that time (Mena Suvari, Linda Cardellini, Rachel Leigh Cooke, etc). In Linda's case she's been able to at least find steady work, but no breakout film roles to make her fabulously wealthy. In any case, the odds seem little bit better than winning the lottery without conforming in some manner.
Once Hollywood decides that an actress/actor is difficult and/or unbankable, their careers go off by the wayside. -
scodders — 10 years ago(January 01, 2016 01:39 AM)
Wow that was just so sad to read. She was once an A-Lister and now, according to that interview, she doesn't even have an agent, nor can she find one. She really killed her career and she sounds really bitter and resentful about it, and very sad. But hey, that's Hollywood for you.
