En medio del éxito inicial de la primera parte de la cuarta temporada de Ozark, el actor Jason Bateman (quien protagoniza y dirige algunos capítulos de la producción de Netflix) recordó lo que una periodista británica llamó sus “años salvajes”.

El astro estadounidense, que brilló en la comedia Arrested Development y sorprendió con su papel dramático en Ozark, objetó el término elegido por la cronista Zoe Williams, del diario inglés The Guardian, pero confirmó con su testimonio las dificultades que atravesó durante los años ‘90, cuando su carrera actoral quedó en segundo plano y se dedicó a “salir de fiesta”.

A comienzos de la década de 1980, Bateman inició su carrera como actor primero con una publicidad y luego con una recordada participación en La familia Ingalls.Since then it became a figure of Sitcoms, but the difficulties appeared when making the transition to become an adult actor.

Antes de volver con gloria al ojo público de la mano de Arrested Development (estrenada en 2003) y consagrarse en papeles como el de Juno, los años ‘90 no fueron muy activos para Bateman en términos actorales.On the contrary, he himself told how he put his priority to recover part of the lost time as a child and adolescent for his television career.

Lost decade

"It was a combination," he said about the years in which "he stopped everything on purpose" to catch up with some "disabilities" he had developed being a child because "I was always working".According to himself he synthesized: "I wanted to evade my responsibilities".

That behavior took place during his "veins" and had an ultimatum from his wife in relation to his habits of alcohol and drug use.Finally, Bateman entered Alcoholics Anonymous.

“Having thought‘ this is really fun ’and after staying at the party too long, I lost my place in the business row."It was a case of trying to recover that towards the end of the‘ 90s and not get too many good answers, "he said more than 20 years after that time hinge in his life and in his career.

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