{"id":32924,"date":"2026-01-21T15:47:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T15:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=32924"},"modified":"2026-01-21T15:47:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T15:47:36","slug":"he-grew-up-in-a-scary-cult-but-today-hes-one-of-hollywoods-hottest-och-richest-actors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=32924","title":{"rendered":"He grew up in a scary cult, but today he\u2019s one of Hollywood\u2019s hottest och richest actors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>He\u2019s one of Hollywood\u2019s most compelling actors today, known for disappearing into roles that haunt and mesmerize.But his childhood was anything but ordinary. Born into a family that rejected conventional life, his parents abandoned the comforts of California to roam South America, raising their five children in extreme poverty and countercultural chaos.No one could have predicted that one member of the family would grow up to become one of the world\u2019s most famous stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of Hollywood\u2019s biggest stars had surprisingly unusual and challenging childhoods. Some even grew up in cults, by which we mean any small group led by a self-proclaimed leader who exerts extreme control over its members.Take Oscar-nominated actress Glenn Close, for instance, who spent her formative years \u2014 from age 7 to 22 \u2014 immersed in a group called the Moral Re-Armament.The Hollywood giant we\u2019re focusing on today left cult life far earlier, by the age of three. He was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the third of five children to John Lee and Arlyn Bottom. His parents married in 1969 and lived in California before they left everything to become members of a religious cult, called The Children of God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He\u2019s one of Hollywood\u2019s most compelling actors today, known for disappearing into roles that haunt and mesmerize.But his childhood was anything but ordinary. Born into a family&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":632,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32924"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32926,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32924\/revisions\/32926"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}