Teen stars from iconic 80s movie reunite and are unrecognisable 35 years on

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TWO former child stars of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids have teamed up for a special reunion - sending fans wild.

Amy O'Neill and Thomas Wilson Brown both appeared in the hit 90s flick, which followed the chaos that ensued when scientist Wayne Szalinksi (Rick Moranis) accidentally shrunk his children and the neighbour's kids.

Thomas Wilson Brown and Amy O'Neill in the 1989 flick

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Thomas Wilson Brown and Amy O'Neill in the 1989 flickCredit: Alamy

The former child stars are unrecognisable 35 years on

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The former child stars are unrecognisable 35 years onCredit: Instagram

Amy O'Neill, 53, played Moranis' daughter in the movie while Thomas Wilson Brown, 51, starred as Little Russ, the neighbour's offspring.

The child actors appeared on social media promoting a Halloween event.

Blonde Amy looked all grown up wearing a baseball cap, pearl necklace and blue patterned dress with her glasses attached.

Thomas stood next to her in a blue checked shirt, while promoting the bash looking tanned and chiselled.

The performers told fans on Instagram: “I’m Amy O’Neil. I’m Thomas Brown.

“And we got shrunk in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. We're going to be coming out to Illinois for the Haunted Halloween Flea Market.”

The continued: “Please join us. Come out. It's going to be really fun. We'd love to meet you.”

Fans commented: "The duo are back." A second wrote: "So cool." A third penned: "Just amazing."

The award-winning classic movie, starring Moranis and Marcia Strassman, celebrated its 35th anniversary this year.

The film produced two sequels, Honey, I Blew Up The Kid in 1992 and Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves in 1997.

Ghostbusters star Moranis went on to star in Parenthood, The Flintstones and the two sequels to Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.

"M*A*S*H star Strassman sadly died in March 2007 from advanced breast cancer, aged just 66.

It was reported in May 2019 that Walt Disney were set to make a reboot of the much-loved movie starring the voice of Frozen's Olaf, Josh Gad.

But in June 2023, he revealed: "A lot of you are ask me what’s going on with this film.

"Truth is, we were inches from starting and then COVID hit, inches from starting again and then my schedule exploded with conflicts, inches from starting again and the budget got the best of us."

 In 2020, Moranis said about the movie: "If that were made today, it would be made very differently, probably just with green screen and computer-generated stuff."

Director Joe Johnston "had the vision" for the film.

Moranis added. "And on that movie, I was really an actor.

"I think I drove him crazy a couple of times trying to get more comedy into it because I was always looking for how to disrupt and get some more jokes in, and poor Joe just wanted to make his movie."

Moranis' wife, costume designer Ann Belsky, died of breast cancer in 1991, and the actor retreated from Hollywood.

He previously told The Hollywood Reporter: "I took a break, which turned into a longer break.

"Stuff happens to people all the time, and people make adjustments, change careers, move to another city. Really, that's all I did."

Teen stars Amy and Thomas reunited for a Halloween event

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Teen stars Amy and Thomas reunited for a Halloween eventCredit: Instagram

The iconic 1989 movie was set to have a reboot in 2020

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The iconic 1989 movie was set to have a reboot in 2020Credit: Alamy

Thomas played the next-door-neighbour Little Russ

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Thomas played the next-door-neighbour Little RussCredit: YouTube

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids starred Rick Moranis

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Honey, I Shrunk the Kids starred Rick MoranisCredit: Alamy

What the actors did next

Amy O'Neill

1982 Family Ties

1984 Murder, She Wrote

1986 The Young and the Restless

1987 Star Trek: The Next Generation

1989 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

1989 Desperate for Love with Christian Slater

1992 Honey, I Blew Up the Kid

Thomas Wilson Brown

1990 Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael, alongside Winona Ryder.

1990–1991 Knots Landing

1993 Beverly Hills, 90210

1993/1994 Boy Meets World

1994 Days of Our Lives

2001 Pearl Harbor

2003 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2012 The Mooring

2020 Prop Culture

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