Little Rascals child star issues career update after leaving Hollywood for life off-the-grid as a 'Catholic extremist'
Little Rascals actor Bug Hall has opened up about his plans for the future after leaving Hollywood shortly after becoming a 'radical Catholic extremist'.
Bug Hall Barnett - having legally changed his name to include the addition of 'Barnett' in tribute to his stepfather - rose to fame as a child actor in Steven Spielberg's The Little Rascals.
After playing the role of Alfalfa in the 1994 release, Hall continued his acting career, voicing a boy in Disney's Hercules (1997), as well as appearing alongside Lindsay Lohan in Disney Channel Original Movie Get a Clue.
He also made guest appearances in TV shows such as Charmed, Criminal Minds and 90210.
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In 2013, Hall converted to Catholicism and when he decided to leave Hollywood in 2020, shortly after having worked on This Is The Year - executive produced by Selena Gomez.
And Hall, 40, now lives an extremely contrasting life, having declared himself a 'radical Catholic extremist' with a lifestyle which certainly matches.
He told MailOnline in an exclusive interview he 'self-canceled' himself from Hollywood because he found it conflicting with his views - particularly his view of abortion being 'plain murder' and dubbing of gay marriage as 'contrary to natural law'.
Hall brandished Hollywood as pushing a life of 'manipulation' and now? Well, he's made 'a vow of poverty', alleging he's given up the money he made as a child star as part of his dedication to Catholicism.
"It really wasn't all that great of a sacrifice compared to what our Lord had planned to give me in return. The fruits of that decision to live this radical lifestyle," he said.
Hall has subsequently gone from being a Hollywood actor to a 'radical Catholic extremist' who lives in Arkansas with his family - joined by his younger brother, their mother and stepfather alongside his own wife and six kids.
They reportedly live on a 10-acre plot and have some big plans for their futures.
The family are reported as building not only a home, but also a church.
Ultimately, Hall's aspiration for the future is to 'maintain a life as free of any need for an income as possible' with plans for a hydro-electrical dam, only taking on the 'odd job' when strictly necessary.
His children are homeschooled and should they want to receive formal schooling or go to college? Well, they'll be 'strongly discouraged', according to Hall.
Alongside being arrested for inhaling air duster cans in 2020 and charged on misdemeanour possession, it's his extremist Catholic views and parenting which have seen the former actor face fierce backlash online.
Hall has previously spoken out online on using 'severe punishment' on his children should they misbehave.
And what he thinks of the backlash? Well, he 'self-canceled' before anyone could do it for him and believes he's simply critiqued 'largely for the purpose of being able to just say what [he] think[s] is true and good'.
Poppy Bilderbeck