![]() Barring her role in 2008's The Incredible Hulk (the often overlooked black sheep of the Marvel Cinematic Universe) Tyler began to shy away from tent-pole blockbusters and has since moved into television, joining the ensemble cast of HBO's The Leftovers. Tyler moved into the mainstream after appearing as Bruce Willis' lovestruck daughter in 1998's Armageddon and gained international recognition playing Elf maiden Arwen in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy in the years that followed. Co-star Maxwell Caulfield later admitted that the male cast members found it hard to keep their eyes off this "emerging swan,"" prompting Tyler's mother to remain on set so she should could keep her daughter's admirers in check. ![]() After making the transition into acting, her daddy set her up with a gig alongside Alicia Silverstone in Aerosmith's timeless (and, upon reflection, kind of creepy) music video for "Crazy," a platform that helped her land her first major role as overachieving student Corey in Empire Records. Liv Tyler started out as a child model, though being the daughter of veteran rocker Steven Tyler (something she only found out about aged 9) meant that she was always destined for a life as a performer. Successful or not, pretty much all the cast members look a whole lot different today. For some of the cast members, Empire Records was a launching pad for long and fruitful careers, though for others the much-loved teen flick wound up being their pinnacle. Once considered a failed statement on youth counterculture, Moyle's movie is now remembered fondly by '90s kids everywhere, a film that captures everything that was both terrible and terrific about the decade. Nostalgia has a way of softening even the hardest of opinions, however, and the consensus on Empire Records has slowly shifted over time. Variety called it "a soundtrack in search of a movie," echoing the sentiments of most critics at the time, all of whom seemed to agree that the music was up to scratch while the film itself was not. Despite performing poorly upon release both critically and commercially, Allan Moyle's Empire Records has gone on to become a coming-of-age classic, gradually amassing a cult following in the decades since its disappointing premiere in 1995. ![]()
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