After the viral photo of Tom Cruise that caused a misunderstanding, how is Jerry Maguire’s child today?

There are characters, scenes, movies, photographs that are saved forever. Faces that remain unscathed by the passage of time, suspended somewhere in memory, product of the magic of cinema and safe from any modification. Perhaps it is a defense mechanism, as if admitting his growth was also a way of accepting the relentless passing of time.

One of those cases is that of Jonathan Lipnickistill remembered today as the boy of Jerry Maguire (1996) and a little more grown up as the son of the saga Stuart Little. Her debut was in the dramatic comedy starring Tom Cruise and inspired by the true story of a reckless sports agent. He was only five years old at the time and his appearance as the son of the single mother Renee Zellweger it stole much of the attention from one of the most outstanding films of the year, nominated for five Oscars. And Jonathan himself won the Young Awards reserved for talents under ten.

Near the end of the millennium his name was once again high on the marquees in the saga Stuart Little (1999), which became one of Hollywood’s great global hits of the turn of the millennium. Translated in Latin America as Stuart Little: A mouse in the family, The story narrates the life of a family made up of Eleanor (Geena Davies), Frederick (Hugh Laurie) and George (Lipnicki) who decide to adopt a new child. When the Little they arrive at the orphanage they meet Stuart, a white mouse who conquered them for his kindness and charisma, and although they had to overcome the logical prejudices of the case, they managed to form the bond they so desired.

The film was so successful that it had its second edition titled as Stuart Little: adventure in the woods. Thanks to his character. George, Jonathan conquered the hearts of audiences of all ages and from all parts of the world. And almost immediately, ostracism, only tempered by small roles that went unnoticed.

Because as sometimes happens with those who achieve fame and success from a young age, the actor moved away from the screen. It was in dialogue with the Slash Flim portal, where he explained the reasons. “I took some time off in the sense that it was not the only priority I had and I am honest, it was because I was not a good actor,” acknowledged the young man born on October 22, 1990 in California.

In 2017, when the actor was 26 years old, he gave another note about his long battle with depressionwhich began when popularity reached him at a very early age. “I have been in treatment for a long time because I had a very serious problem with anxiety and depression.”, declared Lipnicki in an interview with TooFab. And he went further by revealing that he had suffered bullying. : I felt like I didn’t know how my life was going to end.. They made me feel like crap every day of school to the point where I would have a panic attack every night, because I wondered how I was going to spend the day. It was humiliating.”

Despite that, he has some fond memories of his Hollywood past, such as the people he worked with. Perhaps time has made his work inexorable to him and a few years ago, he recorded a video of Tom Cruise, one of his fictional father figures. “I am here to thank you”, Jonathan said on camera and ironically added: “For falling drunk on my mom’s couch with a nervous breakdown, unnecessarily insulting when I wanted to go to the zoo.”

Cruise reappeared on his radar when the young man made news again, but not precisely because of his career, but because of a photo that went viral. It happened when he uploaded an image to his Instagram account, a collage with a scene from the movie with Cruise and another in which the actor from top gun he looks exactly the same next to a man with glasses. “Before and after the quarantine”, Jonathan wrote as a joke, as if he had grown abruptly, and lending himself to confusion.

The comparative image went super viral and users began to make all kinds of speculations, although the truth is that the The adult in the photo is not Jonathan Lipnicki: it is director, writer and producer Christopher McQuarrie.

And how do you spend your days today? Jonathan is 32 years old and returned to acting since he will be part of the horror movie Camp Please Lake Although this is not the only thing that is dedicated. Continuing with the world of art and communication, the renowned American actor has an interview podcast called Comeback kids, a way to reflect on his own experience and, why not, to exorcise the ghosts of the past.

There, next to the model Barbie white, they talk about different aspects of life with the focus on the search for success, something he should have done after the unexpected rise to fame that he had from such a young age and for the times that he wondered what to do with his future. And for which he seems to have found an answer based on his supportive facet. The actor supports different foundations, including komen, which is dedicated to breast cancer research. A sum of activities that show him fully, far from the tragic fate suffered by some colleagues who became big too soon. And, who knows, waiting for a new big screen hit to come knocking on his door.

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