Josh Hutcherson last appeared in a wide-release film all the way back in 2017.
“Five Nights at Freddy’s,” out September 2023, brings the charismatic star back into cinemas.
Understandably, fans can’t wait.
Hutcherson’s career in Hollywood stretches back more than two decades and he’s only in his early 30s!
But to hear him tell it, this was always going to be his life path.
“I always loved entertaining people,” he toldFemaleFirst.
“I always loved being the center of attention with everybody laughing around me.”
“I was a little kid, like 4 years old,” he toldComingSoon.net.
His family wasn’t supportive at first.
Perhaps understandably, his parents worried about signing him up for showbiz too early.
Eventually, Hutcherson decided to take matters into his own tiny hands.
The agency was in nearby Cincinnati, and when his parents relented, they signed him.
His new agents had an idea: they wanted Hutcherson to go out for pilot season.
His parents weren’t having it, he told Kidzworld.
“When I went to public school I was pretty much in the middle.
he joked toGone with the Twins.
As a result of his increased on-set schedule, Hutcherson was home-schooled for the rest of his education.
But what I gained from being on film sets was invaluable and extremely rare.”
Even though he wasn’t attending public school, Hutcherson still made friends with kids his age.
He told Kidzworld in 2007, “I’m on a soccer team at home.
I’m a pretty normal kid, except for the fact that I happen to make movies.”
Then came “Bridge to Terabithia,” an adaptation of an infamously devastating novel.
“We went on some little road trips around New Zealand.
We went to the beach a lot.
Go swimming in the water,” Hutcherson told FemaleFirst.
“That was a lot of fun, and we watched a lot of movies too.”
She revealed toMTV Newsyears later that she had a massive crush on her co-star.
She wrote him a love letter, which got passed around set.
“He was so sweet, he just hugged me.
He took such good care of me,” Madison said.
“I love him with all my heart.”
Hutcherson told a press junket all about his impressive transformation from occasionally awkward teen to film hero.
First came the diet.
To add muscle, Hutcherson teamed with a trainer named Logan Hood.
“He was this ex-Navy Seal guy who just kicks a**,” Hutcherson said.
“You’re like, ‘How am I possibly this sore?'”
The transformation was successful.
Josh Hutcherson, hunk, had arrived.
“It’s weird when people cry,” he mused.
Shall I go now?’
I don’t know what to do."
Nowadays, Hutcherson says he has mixed feelings about being involved in the series.
I just wanted to make movies."
He’s not even sure he would do it all over again if he could.
“She’s a very cool mom,” he bragged.
“I’ve just always liked the classic old-school sailor tattoo,” he said.
Finally, he’s got a back tat as well.
Seems the tributes from District 12 weren’t walking around with astrological signs on their wrists!
Furthermore, he said, this film had a message.
Soon after, Hutcherson cofounded an organization called Straight But Not Narrow.
Hutcherson toldOutthat he considered himself “mostly straight,” reasoning, “Who knows?
Attitudes were changing, but Hutcherson was frustrated by holdouts.
“Sometimes it’s frustrating to comprehend how people are not okay with it,” he said.
“Studios are run by a corporation,” he said.
The movie seems to have offered another, more unexpected reward for Hutcherson: He fell in love.
“It’s pretty good.
Distance is hard, but we make it work,” he said.
Traisac chimed in, “I’m really happy.”
Hutcherson and Traisac have been together ever since.
Ah, young love!
A few months after that landmark court case, Hutcherson toldE!
Newsthat his org would host a celebrity volleyball game at the ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball.
I always thought it was a good name for a dog so it just kind of worked out.”
The dog is a pitbull, rescued from an animal shelter.
Newsthat the dog was very well-trained despite being very young.
“He’s already almost housebroken.”
A few years later, in 2016, Hutcherson announced onFacebookthat he had added another pup to the family.
This one, named Manchi, is another pitbull.
“Pits are fantastic, loyal dogs and there are lots out there that need your help!”
he wrote alongside several adorable photos of himself holding his furry friends.
Furthermore, Hutcherson tried to use his platform to encourage his fans to follow in his footsteps.
He made his directorial debut in 2017
Josh Hutcherson has always been fascinated by directors.
Speaking with ComingSoon.net in 2010, he shouted out one director he’d always admired.
“It was surreal to work with him,” he gushed toPeople.
“Ape” is available to watch onYouTube.
Two years later, he popped up on television, starring in the Hulu series “Future Man.”
… We did things that you shouldn’t put on screen."
“Something I never dreamed I would do coming into this business.
It’s a pretty unique experience that I’m happy to never have again.”
There was a smell in his house that he couldn’t get rid of.
However, no matter where he looked, he couldn’t find the source of the stench.
He said: “I’m cleaning so much right now.
Like, I don’t deserve this.”
That same year, Hutcherson sold off two properties in California.
First to go was his Hollywood Hills home, according toThe Los Angeles Times.
He unloaded it two months before the interview about the stench, so this home wasn’t the culprit.
Never fear, though; this malodorous mystery has a solution.
Hutcherson also owns property in Silver Lake, which he purchased for $1.9 million in 2019.
Here’s hoping he’s since stocked up on Febreze!
Think Chuck E. Cheese, if the animatronics came to life at night and murdered anyone in sight.
“They’re both dealing with past traumas in different ways,” she said.
“Throughout the course of the movie, they rediscover each other.”
Finding the right storyline took a lot of work, Blum explained.
“We finally made the movie.
