from the article
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"Edward Furlong didn’t have a fairy tale beginning. Born in Glendale, California in 1977, the child of youth centre worker Eleanor Torres and Heinrich Bruno Wittig,
Furlong had a troubled home life. One day, following an argument with his mother, Furlong was
sent away to live with his aunt and uncle in Hollywood.
As the
13-year-old loitered on the steps of the Pasadena Boys Club in September 1990, not far from his mother’s home, Furlong was
spotted by Mali Finn, the casting director for Terminator 2. With Finn’s encouragement, Furlong – who had
no acting experience whatsoever – beat 100 other candidates for the star role of the messianic John Connor."
More red flags than a Chinese parade