Child actors like Soleil Moon Frye, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Brian Austin Green and more became mega-stars at a time where social media wasn’t a thing. They also weren’t as hounded by paparazzi as young stars are today, giving them the freedom to do normal kid stuff behind the scenes. Now, footage of that time is turning up in the upcoming documentary Kid 90. The documentary focuses on what life was like for a slew of child actors that no one else saw. Here’s what you need to know about Kid 90.
Wait…what is Kid 90?
The documentary leans heavily on footage Frye—who is the director and former star of Punky Brewster—shot during the ’90s, and features interviews with the stars now. “I carried a camera with me everywhere I went,” Soleil says in the show’s trailer. “We weren’t concerned about the Internet. We did the things that teenagers did. We just happened to be in Hollywood.” She had “hundreds of hours of footage.”
When is Kid 90’s release date?
It’s scheduled to drop on Hulu March 12, 2021.
Is there a Kid 90 trailer?
Yup! It dropped earlier this week, and it looks amazing. Check it out here for yourself:
Who’s in Kid 90?
You can spot a bunch of famous faces in the trailer, including Frye, David Arquette, Gosselaar, Green, Heather McComb, Cory Feldman and Stephen Dorff. While they don’t appear in interviews in the trailer, the doc will also address other stars like the late Jonathan Brandis. Photos for the show include one of Frye and Candace Cameron Bure.
What will be revealed in Kid 90?
There’s some really great stuff in the mix, including Frye freaking out after getting a message on her answering machine from Mark Wahlberg, child actors partying together, and a ton of famous faces just hanging out and being teens. There’s also a lot of revealing comments from the stars featured that share what it was like to be a child star in the ’90s. “I remember a Saved by the Bell director saying, ‘The minute you walk onto the stage, you’re no longer a child anymore. You’re an adult,” Gosselaar said. According to Green, who starred in Beverly Hills: 90210, “there were 12 kids in the business. We all knew everyone.” Feldman opened up in the trailer about someone he had a special relationship with, saying, “We would talk for two, three hours and fall asleep on the phone. We were just so close.”
The documentary will show a dark side of childhood fame, too
“There was an innocence to begin with,” Arquette said, before you see scenes of child actors partying. “Men treated me more like a woman and not a 13-year-old,” Frye says at one point, adding that she was called “Punky Boobster” at times. Gosselaar made it clear that he doesn’t think children should be actors. “This business…I don’t feel like it’s a place for children,” he says. The trailer also shows footage of Brandis who died by suicide in 2003. “It seemed like I was losing a friend every week,” Feldman said.
How to watch and stream Kid 90
Hopefully, you’re not still living in the ’90s and you have streaming accounts because the doc will stream exclusively on Hulu. Next, see what Justin Timberlake said about the Britney Spears controversy.
