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Former Child Star That Didn’t Go Off The Deep End

Random digression...

Through a rather odd set of links the other day, I ended up reading an interesting post at Wil Wheaton's blog.  Mr. Wheaton, for those who may have lived in a cave in the late 1980's, portrayed the character of Wesley Crusher for several seasons on Star Trek: The Next Generation. 

Wil's character was one that people either couldn't stand, or didn't care much about one way or another.  This was through no fault of his, though.  In any ensemble-based program, there will be some characters that just don't click for whatever reason, and Wil just happened to get one of those.  (He handled it gamely, though, and looking back on it, I think a lot of the people who didn't like the Wesley Crusher character were just mad that they didn't get to act on a Star Trek show...)

Anyhow, also to his credit, Wil seems to have grown up unusually sane and grounded - something that isn't always seen in (formerly) young actors.  I don't recall ever seeing tabloid articles blasting him for wild, crazed, pantless partying in LA in the wee hours of the morning.  Instead, he's written a few books, settled down, plays poker, and does personal appearances. 

He also writes a fairly interesting blog that I'll be checking in on from time to time.

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