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"Bill & Ted" star Alex Winter would not have been OK if he had not escaped the pitfalls of show business .

During an interview with The Guardian , Winter — who currently stars on Broadway with his "Bill & Ted" costar Keanu Reeves in "Waiting for Gadot" — opened up about the downfalls of finding success at an early age, and explained how years of sexual abuse and trauma pushed him to leave Hollywood and start a new life.

For most of his teenage years, Winter — who made his Broadway debut at 12 years old — worked tirelessly both onstage and off . In 1987, he landed his breakthrough memorable role as Marko in the vampire film "The Lost Boys," and two years later, played Bill S. Preston in the comedy "Bill & Ted's Excellen

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