Mackenzie Astin shares how he outgrew the experience of acting in 'Garbage Pail Kids': 'It was a pretty bad movie for a 13-year-old'
Mackenzie Astin is well known for his role as Andy Moffett for around four seasons from 1985 to 1988 on 'The Facts of Life'. He is one of the sons of famous actors Patty Duke and John Astin and is also the half-brother of actor Sean Astin. The star also has to his credit motion pictures like 'Iron Will', 'Wyatt Earp' with Kevin Costner, 'The Evening Star' with Shirley MacLaine, and Whit Stillman's 'The Last Days of Disco'. He is also known for playing Noah Baker on the sitcom 'Scandal', and Carrie Mathison's brother-in-law Bill Dunn in “Homeland”. But apart from these, there is one movie Mackenzie does not like to talk about much.
In 1987, he had acted in 'The Garbage Pail Kids' an American live-action film. 'The Garbage Pail Kids' movie is based on the then children's trading cards series which had the same name. The trading cards were a parody version of the Cabbage Patch Kids dolls. Each trading card showcased a character that had a gross habit, abnormality, or suffered a terrible fate.