Who hasn’t dreamed of playing the game Jumanji? Remember these two young orphans, Peter and Judy Shepherd (played by Bradley Pierce and Kirsten Dunst), who move in with their aunt and discover the best and most dangerous adventure game in the attic… “Adventurers beware “You, only start if you intend to finish.” The rules are clear: anyone who dares to start a game of Jumanji will have to go to the end, whatever happens. And it is by deciding, recklessly, to continue a game started years ago that the two children will free Alan (played as an adult by the late Robin Williams), prisoner of the game since his childhood. 26 years previously, young Alan Parrish (played as a child by Adam Hann-Byrd) had also attempted the adventure with his friend Sarah Whittle (played as a child by Laura Bell Bundy, then by Bonnie Hunt as an adult), who had run away after her friend was literally sucked into the game. Once the dice have been cast again, we will now have to finish the game… with four players.
The rest under this advertisement
Alan Parrish (child) played by Adam Hann-Byrd
REX/SIPA/Twitter
Then aged 13 when he played the role of Young Alan, a character played as an adult by the charismatic and late actor Robin Williams, Adam Hann-Byrd has not really shone since. The aspiring actor starred in Halloween 20 Years Later (1998) before more or less falling back into anonymity.
Sarah Whittle (child) played by Laura Bell Bundy
REX/GIRLFRIEND/GIRLFRIEND
The rest under this advertisement
Laura Bell Bundy played the role of the young version of Sarah Whittle (played as an adult by Bonnie Hunt) at just 14 years old. After a few roles in the cinema (Dreamgirls), it is above all on television with the series How I Met Your Mother (2010), Hart of Dixie (2012), and on the Broadway stages, notably in the musical comedy Legally Blonde , that the actress has built notoriety. She also appeared in the series Scream Queens and Full House: 20 Years Later.
Peter Shepherd played by Bradley Pierce
1995 TriStar Pictures, Inc. All Rights Reserved/G. PROANO/WENN/SIPA
Aged 12 during the filming of Jumanji, Bradley Pierce would then play in The Little World of the Borrowers before quickly falling back into anonymity. Despite a few small TV roles and voice dubbing for the cinema, at now 36 years old, the child star is no more. A divorced father, he recently admitted to suffering from depression and works as a bartender in Los Angeles.
The rest under this advertisement
Judy Shepherd played by Kirsten Dunst
1995 TriStar Pictures, Inc. All Rights Reserved/Charles Sykes/AP/SIPA
Noticed at 13 years old in Jumanji, Kirsten Dunst is without a shadow of a doubt the most successful of the children in the film. Winner of the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2011 for her performance in Melancholia, the 33-year-old actress is known for her role as Mary Jane Watson in the Spider-Man trilogy. With nearly fifty films under her belt since her notable appearance in Jumanji, the actress with the pretty face has not been idle. She recently starred in Midnight Special by Jeff Nichols, the film The Prey by Sofia Coppola, not to mention her role as Peggy in season 2 of the series Fargo. In 2024, her fans can see her in the highly anticipated Civil War. Engaged to actor Jesse Plemons, she gave birth to her first child in May 2018, a little boy named Ennis.
The rest under this advertisement