What happened to Danny Lloyd, the unforgettable little Danny from The Shining? (PHOTO)

Danny Lloyd was only five years old when he got the role of Danny Torrance in shining, a film by Stanley Kubrick now considered a cinematic classic. But, more than 40 years after its release, what has become of the interpreter of little Danny?

In addition to Glass Onion: a story at loggerheadsNetflix added the movie Doctor Sleep in its catalog on December 23rd. In this sequel to the masterpiece shining, Danny Torrance is now an adult but he has not managed to overcome the trauma he experienced as a child. Since then, he has become an alcoholic like his father, and his psychic powers have diminished for this reason. As he tries to regain control of his life, his path will cross that of Abra Stone, a courageous teenager with extrasensory gifts, whose life is threatened by a group of individuals led by Rose O’Hara. Forming an unlikely duo, Dan and Abra will start a merciless fight against the leader of the True Node. In the cast of this adaptation of a Stephen King novel, we find Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson and… Danny Llloyd, the unforgettable interpreter of the young Danny in shiningwho now leads a life away from Hollywood.

A new career away from Hollywood studios

Three years after the monster success of shiningDanny Lloyd played the role of young George Gordon Liddy in Will: The Autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy, a TV movie based on the autobiography of George Gordon Liddy, a man who spent more than three years in prison after the Watergate scandal. After his two roles, the young comedian continued to audition, but without success. As a result, he gave up his acting career at the age of 14 and took on odd jobs during his university studies. The now married father of four became a biology professor, first in Illinois, then in Kentucky and Missouri. It was not until 2019 that Danny Lloyd found his way back to film sets by agreeing to play a simple spectator at a baseball game in Doctor SleepFollowing shining. His role which made him known is embodied this time by Ewan McGregor.

An iconic role at only 5 years old

Before becoming a simple biology teacher, Danny Lloyd worked with the greatest on the set of shining (currently available on Prime Video). Adapted from a work by Stephen King, the film features Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson), a man who left his teaching profession to devote himself to writing. His wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall) and his son Danny accompany him to Colorado where he has found a job as a hotel concierge all winter long. The Torrance family finds itself isolated from the rest of the world by the snow. But Danny, who has a gift of medium, “the Shining”, is frightened at the idea of ​​living in this hotel, a theater marked by a terrible drama.

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