Better life
This is what Ralphie from ‘A Christmas Story’ looks like now
The leg lamp. The pink bunny outfit. The tongue on the mast. There are many memorable moments in 1983’s A Christmas Story that fans relive each holiday season, especially thanks to the film’s 24-hour marathon every Christmas day on TBS and TNT. But have you ever wondered what Peter Billingsley, who played the main character Ralphie in A Christmas Story, is doing now? Or how did the child with glasses grow up to look like? Well, look no further. Billingsley is still acting, and if you’re a fan of Marvel movies, you’ve probably met him without realizing it. Read on to find out what the actor is doing today. And to see where the child actors are from another classic vacation movie, take a look at how all the kids are “alone” now. Read the original article on The Best Life. He continued to act, but also moved to the other side of the camera. Billingsley continued to act after A Christmas Story. As a teenager, he appeared in episodes of Who’s the Boss and Punky Brewster. As an adult, he did more production than acting, but participated in the 90s Sherman Oaks series and appeared in Elf and two of the films he produced, The Break-Up and Four Christmases, both starring his frequent collaborator, Vince Vaughn . And for more grown-up ’80s stars, take a look at the biggest teen idols of the 80s, before and now. He shaved his head for a Marvel role. Billingsley also played Stark Industries scientist William Ginter Riva in Iron Man and Spider-Man: Far From Home. But you may have struggled to recognize it. In a show of solidarity with co-star Jeff Bridges, who needed to be bald for the film, Billingsley shaved his head. “So the way I created my look was, like, ‘I’m going to tell you something, I’m going to do this role and I’m going to scratch a trench over my head as a sign of solidarity,'” Billingsley told Vulture in 2019. “And then I just wanted to explore the character’s appearance. So I opted for the solo mustache and glasses, which is definitely not the way I look in my normal life, and nobody recognized me. ” For more entertainment and celebrity news delivered straight to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter. The connection with the director of A Christmas Story changed his career. Billingsley has to thank A Christmas Story director Bob Clark for helping him transition to production and direction. In an interview with Variety in 2018, he explained that he and Clark became friends and stayed that way until Clark’s death in 2007. “Since I wanted to transition from front to back, he was the best mentor ever had, “Billingsley said. “He was absolutely supportive and supportive. I visited him on the sets. We talked and played golf together.” Billingsley’s production credits include Iron Man, The Break-up, Four Christmases and the Sullivan & Son series, four episodes of which he also directed. He also directed the film Couple’s Retreat, starring Vaughn. And for another beloved grown-up Christmas movie star, take a look at the actor who played Cindy Lou, who looks like now. Christmas Story has become part of your life in a new way. In 2012, A Christmas Story: The Musical debuted on Broadway with Billingsley as one of the producers. “The idea of a musical was very, very inspiring to me because it is really an extension of the story,” he told Playbill at the time. “I don’t think you want to redo the story. They did a great job on the first try. But Ralphie was a big dreamer in the movie. Many of these fantasy sequences lend themselves so well to the great Broadway pieces of music and dance. And that’s really what it is. When the dad gets the lamp, it turns into a kick lamp line. “For more information on child actors and where they are now, check out The Biggest ’90s Child Actors, before and now.