It's been a nostalgic weekend. First we showed what the baby from the Nevermind album looks like now, and now here we're unveiling what the little boy from the 1986 David Bowie classic Labyrinth looks like.
The movie, also starring a then 16-year-old Jennifer Connelly, saw the boy get taken away by the Goblin King, Jareth, after Connelly's character wished for it. Feeling awful about it, Sarah (Connelly) goes and searches for him and is able to outwit Jareth (Bowie) at the end, all with a happy ending.
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The boy used is the son of Brian Froud, Toby, who was an illustrator on the movie, and the son has followed in his father's footsteps by working in the movie industry as he is now a puppeteer, illustrator and special effects man himself. He makes trolls, goblins and ghouls for a living now. He's worked on the sets of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, King Kong, The Boxtrolls and more. You can find his profile on IMDb here.
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Here's the Magic Dance in Labyrinth, for those who wish to further go down nostalgia avenue.
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Furthermore, he tells Huffington Post about the time he pissed on David Bowie. Literally...
"I had a diaper underneath [my red and white striped outfit], but the diapers were far too bulky, so they created thinner diapers. These days, you'll be fine. There are all sorts of things. But at that time, there were thick diapers, so they had to create thin-line diapers for me to wear underneath the costume, which didn't hold liquid. The first time I actually met David Bowie and sat on his lap, I peed all over him. He was a gentleman about it. He really was. At the time, he was an absolute rockstar and everything, but he was very genuinely nice about the whole situation, and we carried on afterward."
That's definitely a story he can tell the grandchildren.
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