THE SECRET LIVES OF Showbiz Kids
Alex Winter
“THE REJECTION COULD BE DEVASTATING. I’D NEVER LET MY KIDS DO THIS”
When actor and director Winter was 13, he landed his first Broadway role, in the revival of The King and I with Yul Brynner.“It was a dream come true,”says Winter, now 55.“I was a film obsessive from the moment I could watch anything.”The New Jersey-raised star would go on to roles in teen films like The Lost Boys and Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure before shifting to directing. In 2018 Winter spoke out for the first time about being sexually abused as a child star. During his time as a Broadway performer, he was molested by an older actor – a traumatic
