It wasn’t the only non-entertainment career Coleman would pursue post-Strokes, but it certainly ended the most disastrously.
But Coleman’s optimism was short-lived due to the challenges child stars often face when they grow up.
Some of them aren’t talented enough, some are labeled too strongly with the character they played."
Gary Coleman.WireImage
“I’m 31 years old, and wholesome must die.
Mial explains that “Gary loved action/adventure movies.Rambo, you know.
He wanted to play a superhero, and there were no roles for Gary Coleman as a superhero.
Gary Coleman.Everett Collection
He wanted to play a cop, he wanted to play a larger-than-life villain.”
“He was so proud he was just crowing,” Gray remembers.
But quickly, “being a security guard went wrong for him.”
Gary Coleman’s former girlfriend Anna Gray in ‘Gary’.Peacock/Raw TV Ltd
In 1998, while on duty, Colemanassaulted a fanafter she persisted in asking Coleman for an autograph.
But that would be the end of his security work.
Garyis currently streaming on Peacock.
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