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Similar to many other Hollywood biggies, Chris Pine too comes from an acting background, whose parents were once associated with the showbiz. But while they did enjoy modest success, especially his dad, Robert Pine, it did little to change their life around financially, and the late ’80s would turn out to be the toughest period for the Pine family.
TheWonder Womanstar, who has cemented himself as a major A-lister since rising to prominence in the late 2000s, recounted this dark period of his life, and how his parents combated the situation.
Chris Pine Recalled His Family’s Financial Struggle in the ‘80s
While Robert Pine enjoyed brief success for playing Sergeant Joseph Getraer in the ’70s sitcomCHiPs, acting alone didn’t pay his bills. Moreover, heading into the ’90s, things only kept deteriorating for the Pine family, and following the real estatecrash in ’87, which is referred to as Black Monday, his family was“pretty much wiped my family out”.
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This eventually pushed his mother,Gwynne Gilford, who had appeared in features such asFade to BlackandBeware! The Blob, to leave acting and continue her education. But amidst these harsh circumstances, Gilford would work multiple jobs while studying for her BA, to make ends meet. TheWonder Womanstar further recounted that Robert Pine too would engage in other jobs apart from acting to keep the family afloat and pay for his wife and children’s education.
Appearing on Dax Shepard’sArmchair Expertpodcast, Chris Pine recalled:
“Going into the ’80s it got rougher and rougher,” Chris said. “My dad, the work got sparser and sparser, and then the real estate crash in ’87 or ’88 pretty much wiped my family out. Then it was some really rough years, and then my mom went back to school. I have so much respect for what she did. She went back to UCLA and got her BA. She went back and got her Master’s at Antioch.” He continued, “[Robert] was doing other jobs to attempt to make ends meet. So there was a period of time when it was really rough,”
But despite having experienced the inconstant nature of showbiz firsthand, when Pine started to take an interest in acting, his parents were there to support him.
Robert Pine Supported Chris Pine’s Decision of Pursuing Acting
ForChris Pine, it wasn’t until he started trying out for a play in college that he finally started to take an interest in acting, as he had only performed in a one-act play in his high school up to that point.
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But despite having little experience in the field, his parents encouraged theHell or High Waterstar to pursue acting after witnessing his performance in the college play.
Robert Pinerecalled:
“My wife and I went up to see it, and within five minutes we’re going, ‘Holy, he’s really good.’ And then he did about four or five plays up there, all wonderful. And then he said afterward, ‘I think maybe I’d like to try this.’ I said, ‘Go for it.’ “
Thanks to the support from his loved ones, it didn’t take Pine long to climb the ladders to the top, as after four years of making his feature debut, he would rise to prominence, thanks toStar Trek.
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Santanu Roy
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Santanu Roy is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 2,000 articles under his belt. He has been pursuing a degree in Animation and possesses a deep love for the medium of animation. Having spent the better part of the last two years pumping out articles for FW, Santanu excels at covering movie analysis and news surrounding Pixar, DCU, DreamWorks, and Batman’s cinematic legacy.With psychological thrillers and intimate slice-of-life dramas ranking among his favorite genres, Santanu is a big admirer of Luca Guadagnino, Shane Black, Park Chan-wook, and Brad Bird.
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