10 Child Actors Who Reinvented Themselves With Very Adult Roles

4. Lisa Bonet - Angel Heart

TriStar PicturesTriStar PicturesOne might think that anyone who appeared on a wholesome family sitcom like The Cosby Show would probably maintain a squeaky clean image for all their days. But Lisa Bonet always had a little bit of an edge to her, and it was clear that she wasn't going to always be the good little girl. Case in point: Angel Heart. Four years into the run of The Cosby Show, Lisa Bonet was nineteen years old and starting to think about her future in acting. So she took a little time off from the show to film Angel Heart, where she played 17-year-old Epiphany Proudfoot. The film drew a fair amount of controversy when it featured Bonet (who you have to remember, was starring on a family friendly network show at the time) in a graphic, topless, blood-soaked sex scene with Mickey Rourke, who was significantly older than Bonet, 35 years old when the movie was filmed. It ended up being edited down slightly to secure an R-Rating for the film, but the parts that were left in were certainly enough to make the more conservative among us white-faced and clutching at pearls.
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Audrey Fox is an ex-film student, which means that she prefers to spend her days in the dark, watching movies and pondering the director's use of diegetic sound. She currently works as an entertainment writer, joyfully rambling about all things film and television related. Add her on Twitter at @audonamission and check out her film blog at 1001moviesandbeyond.com.