Taylor-Johnson’s success in the film industry turned into both a gift and a curse.
In fact, there are some tragedies that his accomplishments have only made worse.
His father, civil engineer Robert, divorced his mother Sarah, when he was 6 years old.
Taylor-Johnson’s passion for acting wasn’t genetic, however.
“My mum stayed at home,” Taylor-Johnson once toldAt Large.
“She worked odd jobs here and there so we could get by.
I would do commercials, which would help pay for activities for my sis and me.
And if I got a good job, it would pay for a holiday.”
Given her support, it’s easy to see why he holds her in such high regard.
He credits his upbringing for how he’s approached relationships with the other women in his life as well.
“I was raised by women,” Taylor-Johnson said in a 2014 interview withThe Standard.
“Now I’m raising women.
I was always better around girls.
I live in an all-female household.
I even have two female dogs …
It’s funny how that turned out.”
Seeing as it was a recurring production, Aaron had to bare himself to the audience for several weeks.
“We’re not talking wearing swimming trunks I was fully naked,” he emphasized.
Yeah, I probably did."
Additionally, Taylor-Johnson was sometimes pressured by studio execs to become a certain bang out of actor.
But even at his young age, he wasn’t willing to sacrifice his own artistic integrity to compromise.
“You felt like you were being sold,” he said.
Fortunately, he reined himself in before he reached that point.
The actor confided that he was drinking heavily and clubbing by the time he turned 15.
Before long, he lost a significant chunk of money that he’d earned from acting.
Taylor-Johnson theorized that the source of his chaotic lifestyle was a little bit of imposter syndrome.
Eventually, Aaron declared to Sam that he was going to marry her one day.
“We had never been on a date, or even kissed,” she toldHarper’s Bazaar.
Later, the “Godzilla” star proved himself to be a man of his word.
Afterward, Sam expanded her family with her new husband.
Aaron and Sam normally tune out the rumors.
However, the young actor admitted that there are moments when the gossip bothers him.
“How do people even tell the age of anyone anymore?
It’s bizarre.”
Usually, the regimen is meant to encourage weight loss and improve physical health.
“We were in a fight sequence and I get drop-kicked across the room.
He fainted after the injury.
By the time he woke up, Taylor-Johnson was eager to pick up where he left off.
But he was told his injuries might’ve been more severe than he realized.
“And then I came back and was like ‘Should we go again?'”
“And they were like ‘No, no, no.
You gotta go get stitches at the hospital.’
So then I spent the night in the hospital.”
Fortunately, all Taylor-Johnson needed was a trip to the hospital before he was able to resume filming.
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