![]() ![]() I look at what young people are going through now and the lens and filter of it all and I can only imagine what it’s like to be going through puberty at this stage with everything being under this magnifying glass. “I look at my daughters who are now 13 and 15 and I look at the world in which they’re living in and it’s magnified so much. I think it was also so moving to see that stage of being a teen and insecurities, and the way in which I was trying to fit into the world around me. “It was really an incredible opportunity for me to look within and to really piece together so many parts of my life. In uncovering all of the joy and the light and the love, I also uncovered a lot of the pain from the past. I remember us being so joyful and so full of bliss and love and life, and then losing some of our very dear friends really early on. I really wondered if everything happened the way I remembered it. I think on a subconscious level, I wasn’t really ready to go back and to relive it. How has your childhood within the industry influenced how you approach social media being used within your own household?įRYE: “It was really incredible to be able to go back and reflect on these tapes, diaries and audiotapes that had been stored away in my vault for all of these years. The youth of today – and even many adults – are obsessed with sharing everything on social media. But you were also able to keep those moments private for more than two decades, stored away in plastic bins. ![]() RS:You were fortunate to be able to chronicle your own life and those of your close friends, who just happened to be many other child actors of the 80s and 90s. It really changed my life in so many ways by being able to reflect and go back into the past. I really believe that my teen-self left this chronological blueprint for me to really find my way back home and to the artist that I once was and I’m so grateful for that. Soleil Moon FRYE: “This has been such a life-changing journey. What did you learn about yourself by being able to see your childhood through that perspective years later? Both are a throwback to your childhood years when you wrote journals, carried a camera, tape recorder or camcorder with you nearly everywhere. You’ve had the revival of “Punky Brewster” on the Peacock streaming service, as well as premiere of the documentary “kid 90” on Hulu today. RocketSTEM: The past year has proved to be a very productive one for you, even despite the pandemic raging across the planet. She not only partied with many of the child stars of the 80s and 90s, but also worked with Buzz Aldrin who made a cameo in a 1986 episode of “Punky Brewster.” Credits: Hulu, NBC and Peacock Soleil Moon Frye is revisiting her youth in two new productions, “kid 90” on Hulu and the revival of “Punky Brewster” on Peacock. We spoke with Soleil about her two latest projects, as well as her desire to travel to space and her fascination with the wonders of the Universe. The community organized relief effort has since expanded beyond Haiti and is actively involved in helping communities respond to the Covid-19 pandemic. She also is involved with CORE, a nonprofit started by Sean Penn and Ann Lee to respond to the humanitarian disaster in Haiti after an earthquake struck there in 2010. Now a proud mother of four children of her own, Frye is also an accomplished published author, television writer, producer, director, Target Ambassador, and a film maker, most recently of “kid 90,” a brand new Hulu documentary made using footage, journals and audio tapes teenage Soleil and her friends shot in the 1990s. Soleil grew up in Burbank, California, the daughter of actor Virgil Frye, a former Golden Gloves boxing champion, and manager turned movie caterer, Sondra Poluce. Like her character Punky, Soleil Moon Frye has also dreamed of one day going to space but for now, she’ll have to be satisfied with reprising the role that made her famous, Punky, on the continuation of the beloved sitcom currently streaming on the Peacock streaming service. Apollo 11’s Buzz Aldrin even made a cameo appearance. The series producers assembled a special episode centered around astronaut-wannabe Punky’s fear and despair, which aired just six weeks after the tragedy. One such memorable episode addressed the 1986 loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger. In 1984, Soleil Moon Frye wriggled her way into the hearts of millions of Americans as the precocious character Punky on the NBC series, “Punky Brewster,” and although this much beloved sitcom about a quirky orphaned 7-year-old girl and the old man who befriends her was pure fiction, the series didn’t shy away from tackling tough issues that real kids face. Soleil Moon Frye is back as the always colorful Punky Brewster in a continuation of the original 80s sitcom that made her famous. ![]()
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