Now that Witches Return 2 has premiered on Disney+, it's the perfect time to indulge in nostalgia.
Thora Birch has been destined to fight since her birth. Daughter of actors Jack Birch and Carol Connors, known for having starred in the mythical Deep Throat, Thora is named after the famous Norse god of thunder. This force represented by the mythological figure has permeated the personality of the actress and has marked his career, for better and for worse.
Thora Birch was only 10 years old when she starred in The Witches Return (1993). She previously appeared in Patriot Play (1992) and would soon become a well-known and talented face in Hollywood. We saw her in American Beauty (1999), The Hole (2001) or Ghost World (2001) and we fell in love, but she disappeared, why did one of the most promising actresses in the industry fall into oblivion so suddenly?
Thora Birch's disappearance is linked to several factors at once. as you suggest keeper who was able to speak at length and in complete confidence with her in 2014, It was a mixture of bad luck, bad luck and a bit of infamous. Birch gets upset when it is suggested that she took a break because the reality is that He never stopped working, but he did in productions that were not relevant.
As an example of those projects that no one paid attention to, we have the telefilm Homeless at Harvard (2003), directed by Peter Levin; Form (2008), a very forgettable horror film; That's Petunia (2012), which Birch herself produced and was shown in "two rooms," as she puts it. In recent years, her luck seems to have changed. In 2019, she was cast as Gamma in The Walking Dead, which brings her back to the scene.
She is also part of the cast of Wednesday, the series about the character of the Addams family that Netflix will premiere in November, but here is a bit of bad luck to talk about. Midway through her revival, Birch was forced to stop producing fiction to care for a relative of hers. Apparently, she had already finished some of her scenes, and her hasty exit didn't disrupt the creators' plans too much, but that certainly doesn't make her return to the screen any easier.
Thora Birch in her brilliant role in 'American Beauty'.
Thora Birch's Bad Reputation: Being a Hollywood Teen Isn't Easy
Thora Birch was ready to have a great career, but she seems like she's too upset along the way. In her opinion, she made people feel uncomfortable because she didn't follow the advice they gave her or didn't fully fit the image she was supposed to project. And everything seems to have its origin in this stage from "child actress" to adult that did not go as well as it should have. If adolescence is already an easy period for everyone, imagine taking the step in the eyes of the general public and the big bosses of the industry. "Yeah, she had a bit of a 'you' attitude.
I tried to walk the line between seduction and glamour, but keeping a strong identity and getting into things a little more thoughtful, and I guess no one really wanted women to do that back then."
She did not want to be the typical actress who shines on a red carpet or become a "symbol" for anyone. Birch was following her own path, trying to build a career outside of the Hollywood spotlight. Unfortunately, she didn't make the right decisions and her reputation for being "difficult" didn't help keep her career on top. And we talk about the celebrity as difficult because she was fired from various projects.
When she was 14 years old, Alexander Payne dispensed with her on the set of her choice because they had not reached a point of understanding. “I read the script one way and it was clear that Payne saw something more in it. I just thought: 'this is ridiculous, why is it written like that?' Years later, she was fired from a Broadway musical because her father and her manager even physically threatened another cast member. Her reflection after all this time is that people “didn't want her to be okay”, but she admits to being fed up with this situation.
