Baby Carlos from The Hangover is now all grown up years after starring in hit film
One of the things most guaranteed to make you feel old is seeing characters from films you loved as a kid all grown up.
Although we're getting a new Harry Potter TV series to ensure that we don't always think of Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as that golden trio, the same cannot be said of every film with a young actor in it.
Some child actors go on to big things, as we saw with the generational run of actors that Skins produced, while others disappear from Hollywood entirely, whether it be Dewey from Malcolm in the Middle, or the kids from The Shining or Elf.
It''s perhaps less surprising that you don't recognise an actor when they grow up when the movie features a baby actor, who probably doesn't have to do much acting if we're being honest.
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But when it comes to iconic baby movie roles, there are few more recognisable than Baby Carlos, who joins Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and of course Zach Galafianakis on the stag do of a lifetime, with the image of Alan wearing the baby bjorn an instant classic.
Well, if you weren't already feeling old then the baby from the Hangover, whose name is Grant Holmquist, is now at the University of California in Los Angeles.
Although there were actually eight different babies who played Carlos, including Grant's twin brother, in the first installation of the Hangover series, Grant had the honour of returning in the third, so maybe he was the best of the baby bunch.
Back in 2019, Grant's mother Carrie revealed that her twins had never seen the movie but had only watched their scenes in the film, with their first time on set by the pool as the three men try to figure out exactly what they got up to the night before.
She told movie sight TooFab: “I was so concerned with the safety and temperament of my baby, that I didn’t realise what the actors were doing and trusted their choices.
“It was only after the footage was in the can that the child welfare worker asked me if I was okay with the content.
“I looked at my husband, and we agreed it would’ve been nice to be asked about it prior to the scene being shot, but what was done, was done!”
Fortunately, residuals mean that a lot of child actors can make decent money and the popularity of the films means that it's still trickling in.
She added: She added: “Grant still has money trickling in from H3 every quarter which is nice for the college fund.
“He only worked two days and there is an involved equation that determines the residual rates.”
Now that Grant is 18, and seemingly loves playing the horn and saxaphone at university, perhaps he will finally be allowed to watch the full thing. Either way, he's got a fantastic conversation starter at any party.
Topics: Nostalgia, Entertainment
James Moorhouse
