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"he was most frustrated to be perceived as conforming to type"

0 I am still translating(with the purpose of enriching my vocabulary) that very challengeable article... Check out the underlined part. I surrender. What does it mean, anyway? If you would rephrase that clause, I would be grateful :-)02br
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01i00At 17, Culkin married actress Rachel Miner; by 20, he was divorced. When he was arrested a little more than a year ago for possession of marijuana, 01font01u00he was most frustrated to be perceived as conforming to type02u02font00. “You know, I am a former child actor,” he says with a sarcastic chuckle. “I’m supposed to be a lot more f***** up than I am. I took a certain amount of pride that I wasn’t that cliché, so it was, like, Oh, great, I gave a lot of people exactly what they wanted.”02br
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0 He is referring to the stereotype that child actors go 'off the rails' as teenagers or young adults. What he is frustrated about here is that no-one was surprised when he was arrested for having illegal drugs in his possession: his behaviour just seemed to be fulfilling the expectations that the general public have about former child actors. 0-

  • 0 He is referring to the stereotype that child actors go 'off the rails' as teenagers or young adults.
  • What he is frustrated about here is that no-one was surprised when he was arrested for having illegal drugs in his possession: his behaviour just seemed to be fulfilling the expectations that the general public have about former child actors.
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0 He is referring to the stereotype that child actors go 'off the rails' as teenagers or young adults. What he is frustrated about here is that no-one was surprised when he was arrested for having illegal drugs in his possession: his behaviour just seemed to be fulfilling the expectations that the general public have about former child actors. 0-
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0 drug possession - owning illegal drugs, having them on you. 0-
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0 It definately makes sense now. I got it absolutely contrariwise after struggling to translate it myself mainly because of the odd 'type'. Much thanks!0-

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