The 90's Kids Last Hope: Joseph Gordon-Levitt

If you're around the same age as me, you'll more than likely remember the 90's, or at least a piece of them. And as a kid during the 90's, you'll also more than likely remember the only people of the 90's who mattered to us. 

Sure, this guys's face came up a lot in the media...

.... and it wasn't just cause he was "one hecukuva President", but because of relations he had with Monica Lewinsky (one of the Top 10 Mistresses according to TIME magazine) while he was President.

But we were kids! We had no idea why the media was talking about them so much, or why the hell her blue dress was so important...

The people who were important to us were these guys!!

               

                     

WARNING. Images beyond this point may destroy your childhood. Proceed with caution.

Annnnd yet, despite such promising careers in the 90's.... here's where they are now;

             

                                                                             

That hits me, right in the childhood. So not okay. 

All of the sudden, even this guy doesn't look so bad...

.... and he lied to the entire nation about an extramarital affair.

So what hope do we still even have for our beloved 90s stars? Oh sure, some are getting treatment, and some never even got into alcohol or drugs, but sort of just, faded out, in terms of their career.

BUT, in an effort to redeem the memories of my childhood, I'd like to direct our thoughts to this guy...

One can argue his "downhill" phase was during the 90s based on that hair alone - but even then Joseph Gordon-Levitt was cracking us up on 3rd Rock From the Sun as the sarcastically lovable Tommy Solomon.

And since then? I'd say he's doing okay. He was nominated for 3 SAG awards by the time he was 18, and nominated for two Golden Globes by the time he turned 30; he portrayed the future Robin; played Abraham Lincoln's oldest son; wrote/starred in/directed his own film; founded his own production company (which won an Emmy award last year); and has had a successful relationship with a woman for two years before deciding to put a ring on it in a private ceremony in 2014. My favorite part of all of that? The absence of the words "drugs", "prison", "plastic surgery", "arrested", "alcohol" or any other words of the like that would be all too common on the wikipedia pages of the other four former child stars I mentioned. I will confess, however, that JGL did decide to drop out of school (Columbia University) to focus on his acting and directing careers. Although, I for one certainly can't tell him he made a bad decision....

And don't even get me started on his character in Treasure Planet. Animated or not, he was cuuute *swoon*

Have mercyyyy;

   - Robyn