The 1991 blockbuster sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day gave Edward Furlong many comfortable recollections. The corresponding fame, not a lot.
“Growing up in the spotlight is really hard,” Furlong advised People in a latest interview. “It’s tough enough as an adult to be able to navigate… just being a human being and making mistakes, and whatever, when you got a spotlight on you … it’s tough.”
Furlong was 13 when he filmed his display debut in Terminator 2, taking part in John Connor, son of Linda Hamilton‘s Sarah Connor. The actor, now 49, advised People that he was “spoiled rotten” to be working with a director as commanding as James Cameron, that costar Arnold Schwarzenegger was “the definition of professional,” and that Hamilton made Furlong “that much better being able to act alongside her.”
After different display roles in movies together with 1992’s Pet Sematary Two , 1993’s A Home of Our Own, and 1998’s American History X, nonetheless, Furlong’s performing profession obtained sidelined amid substance use and private troubles.
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In 2010, Furlong was given three years of probation after violating a civil protecting order obtained by estranged spouse Rachael Kneeland, and in 2013, he sentenced to 180 days behind bars for violating probation through the use of drive in opposition to ex-girlfriend Monica Keena, per ABC News.
And in 2025, Furlong introduced he was seven years sober, People provides.
“I made … mistakes down the road, a lot of them being drugs and parties and all that stuff,” he advised the journal. “But, I don’t know… I kind of accepted it at this point as something that has … made me who I am today.”
Now, 35 years after his debut as John Connor, Furlong mentioned he knew Terminator 2 could be massive however did not anticipate it to have the legacy it has. “I’m, you know, almost 50 years old, and I’m still talking about Terminator 2.”
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