What Really Happened To Helen Hunt Is No Secret Anymore

In less than three decades, Helen Hunt has gone from the very top of the film industry to, well, a lot of places.
#HelenHunt #Actress #WhatHappened
She's been recovering from heartbreak | 0:00
She's been raising her daughter | 0:58
Box office struggles | 2:13
Slowing down after an Oscar | 3:33
Then She Found Me flopped | 4:28
Moving behind the camera | 5:12
A botched Oscar Wilde adaptation | 5:55
She's always been selective | 6:55
A personal loss | 7:56
A passion for activism | 9:06
A recent film was canceled | 10:10
Mad About You's reboot flopped | 10:59
A controversial meeting | 12:02
Appearing in a pandemic movie | 13:30
She couldn't make Twister's sequel | 15:11
Voiceover By: Stephanie Willing
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[@Looper]

What was your favorite role by Helen Hunt?

[@tropicthndr]

None, she’s a nasty mess.

[@Majesticxs]

Count your birthday backwards till you have 25 forever❤spread the love

[@Majesticxs]

Science brilliant tool ❤

[@Yvonne-le6ju]

Is this as good as it gets 🇦🇺

[@steelethescene]

The Sessions. I thought she was so comfortable and learned later she was very uncomfortable… always loved Helen.

[@balderdashery1]

She was brilliant in so many of her roles. I was blown away by her role in Mad About You. No mention of Pay It Forward, which was incredible.

[@helendoyle5921]

Miss her!! Such a wonderful actress!!❤

[@marjoriejohnson6535]

Loved her and she is still gorgeous.

[@Taniece40]

SHE IS AND WILL ALWAYS BE AN ICON HELEN HUNT MY MOM AND I ADORE YOUR ACTING THANK YOU! ❤

[@angelaborrayo9823]

Very good actress. ❤

[@lhutchins1000]

Everyone ages I used to be a hot looking person back when I was 25 years old. Now I’m 75 and hardly ever look in the mirror they need to get over themselves.

[@CynthiaLamb-jf2md]

I was called a beauty with a hot body when I was young and now that I'm 67 years old I don't even recognize myself, so I know what you're talking about.I learned to get over it and just enjoy being alive.

[@joez4666]

YEP

[@user-dz1rc4wk2t]

Correction, they me to to what they want, some people like talking date of themselves. Come on , what kind of perspective is that?

[@user-rt9zq8rs9k]

The only thing that matters is she is doing OK .

[@user-gl9iz1bp1r]

She became a mother. That is Helen’s greatest role, and she does it well.

[@ROBYNMARKOW]

Wow! First one . I dk, HH used to be everywhere but I admire her for putting her child before her career,directing & being involved in women’s activism . 👍

[@victoriahanke5086]

I just loved her,,,so talented. 🫠♥️

[@violethart61]

She needs to come back!! She's such a great actor!

[@sangeetawesley6683]

A beautiful lady and talented actor 😊

[@pamelawolf313]

I loved Helen Hunt and mad about you. That’s exactly the makeup, the wardrobe and the issues of that time! Now I want to stream that show. Haha thanks for the flashbacks.

[@user-uw1er9fg7p]

As Good as it Gets was great!

[@normanbonk8064]

One of the finest, most compelling actors of all time. Prayers.

[@realbadger]

I'd always wanted to see a project with Helen Hunt playing Mom to her lookalike Leelee Sobieski...

[@Hotamma]

My favourite movie of Helen Hunts was Football Princess. It was done very early in her career. It still makes me happy now as it did then

[@laurag7295]

She is still a very lovely woman!

[@Gamble661]

My wife and I would have watched the new Mad About You if we'd had any idea it even existed. How do you expect a series to be successful at all when you run it on a streaming service that no one's ever heard of??

[@baxterwilson368]

I watched it on Amazon Prime. It was pretty good.

[@henryhercules4920]

That's probably why it wasn't successful. I don't think the studio wanted it to be and wouldn't promote it or back it the way they did other reboots like Will & Grace.

[@main2333]

True. I would of watched it if I knew it existed

[@YozgotNiyazi]

It was on cable before any streaming sites even existed. It was a huge show, you guys live in a cave in the 1990's? Or perhaps you guys weren't born yet in the 90's? Cause like I said Mad About You was a very popular show when it was filming.

[@Gamble661]

@@YozgotNiyazi No, I didn't live in a cave. Do you have a problem with reading comprehension? Read my op again; "I would have watched the NEW Mad About You". Not talking about the original series.

[@TheOneSoulMate_]

Twister and What women think are my favorites of hers. She is still beautiful.

[@mickeybugh]

More than I ever wanted to know about Helen Hunt. I was just curious if she was in Twisters

[@JeffreyDeCristofaro]

I was 11 when I saw her in Twister on the big screen, and my parents used to watch her in Mad About You... back in the 90's. Sigh...

[@Gor85]

Nothing serious happened to her. She just aged. She's still active in a way,she listens her daughter's music,she enjoying herself. She made so many great movies. As Good As it gets,Twister. Perfect! She's a legend. I agree with the comments. I loved Mad About You. Great show. She didn't need to return to reboot. But I understand. It's nostalgia. Great video

[@lhutchins1000]

You mean she’s old

[@Gor85]

Yes,that too

[@rra7490]

rude much, so was jack nicholsen, he did plenty of roles into his old age

[@Gor85]

i;m not rude. she's old. they're both old.jack is 80

[@marieangeles7744]

Helen Hunt is a beautiful lady a great actress very much loved and admired. She is doing what she loves the most being there for her adorable child cherish the moments time goes by too fast. Wishing her all the best in life. Blessings 🤗💝

[@alexagaba284]

She was superb, Oscar worthy & every bit as good as Jack in As Good As It Gets..... a very well acted movie by all concerned. She was fun to watch in Twister & What Women Want..

[@rickmarr8784]

She made enough money from just that last season on "Mad about You" and the movie "Twister" that she didn't need to worry about what roles to take or if she ever was gonna get any roles, she is just focusing on the craft of acting and directing now.

[@heatherfitzgibbon]

She had a vital role in the PBS WWII series "World on Fire" in 2018 or so.

[@mikebrase5161]

Her and Sean Bean were written out of the new series.

[@michaelpisani5962]

A very talented and hardworking actor.

[@gdw967]

I will always have the memories and prior works of one of my favorite actresses to revisit.

[@lizardog]

Mad About You had the best theme song of any sitcom in the history of broadcast television. I will die on this hill.

[@PM-xj5fp]

No one conveys emotion in their eyes as an actor the way this woman does. She’s incredible

[@tenwaystowearit]

Y’all could’ve used a better photo of her in the thumbnail. 🤦🏾‍♀️ She’s still a decent looking woman but y’all found the worst photo she probably ever took in her life.

[@treasarios1031]

It's a computer generated photo. I do not believe for a moment that she looks that old. Besides, she's beautiful inside and out and shame on them for making her look like she's used up!! She will always be nothing but beautiful in my eyes!

[@IATVEDU]

It's been that long, man how time flies!

[@angelacombs1683]

Twister and Cast Away And Mad About You, Such A Great Actress And To See Her As A Mother, WOW!! I Love It!!

[@lindapadilla8393]

I miss her!

[@LEGOandPlushLord]

I loved her in Twister

[@Swnsasy]

Great actress.. Absolutely love her..

[@jimramos2613]

Helen Hunt is great actress and legend no matter what I'll still watch like TV shows or movies of her👈👍. An honesty it's good for her spending time with her daughter and I'm feeling sorry for her loss I'm sure her dad was one of the kindest person of her just being respect 🙏

[@kayregulski6828]

I always liked Helen Hunt. Every part that she played every character that she created seemed real.

[@KearneysLabradors]

Most likely bad mouthed and kicked in the ass by the influential ex director. I've always thought she had a way about her....where you just connect with her in everything she does. Goes to show her strength. Just keep pushing through Helen...don't stop.

[@purberri]

I can’t recall the movie that I saw her in after quite a few years didn’t even recognize her at first.

[@milo8425]

As Good as it Gets is the best movie ever. Excited to see her again.

[@ChelseaSierraK.]

loved Twister❣

[@TRC296]

It’s called aging.

[@schlons]

Thank you! Man, this blablabla makes me sick.

[@mikehuntington4440]

​@@schlonsYa but, pretty hard to stretch that out to a 17 minute video.

[@ellb8795]

nope. It's called HORRENDOUS plastic surgery perofrmed by a blind doctor.

[@jessrosefawkes2721]

I no right xx

[@ladymolly5143]

​@@mikehuntington4440q++q9,1

[@gabriellef3351]

I liked the lady windermeres fan adaptation. Hunt was ok but they did cool things with the play which makes it worth a watch

[@stanmarcusgtv]

Twister was written by Michael Crichton, talent & ability so it's no wonder the studios passed

[@jlrice571]

She is so pretty. Like girl next door pretty.

[@trudigoodman4825]

I loved And Then She Found Me. It is one of the few films about Jewish American Women that is very good and very much nails the issues that Jewish Woman have. I am Jewish and I appreciate that she got it right. I had no idea when I saw this film that Ms Hunt has Jewish Ancestry. The Jewish Elements in the film were done well. Often Jewish People are portrayed on film very badly. And I can say as an actor that the fact that as a woman in an Industry that men control she is directing and creating her own projects, she doing a fine job. I am not crazy about this slam job that you are doing on this woman.

[@JackMason-oq8lf]

She is a good actress and a likable person.

[@manyue2003]

The mad about you reboot should have been on Netflix or HBO or literally any other station then Spectrum. No one has spectrum !

[@Railrider765]

Still looks great!! ♥️

[@kathydavenport4422]

I’ve always like her personality and I always will. Blessings Be

[@babasmovies]

I like her anyway.

[@denisadellinger4543]

The nail on the coffin for Twister sequels was the death of Bill Paxton. Hollywood should know by now that if you go woke, you go broke. Just watch Disney implode. Helen Hunt is a good actress. She chose a lot of good roles but she is only remembered for the bad ones. She is one of the only ones who has not had plastic surgery to stay young and not look like herself. She does look good as an older actress. Which is exactly what I would expect her to be, based on her womens rights stance.

[@carlalee2546]

I would love to see her start making movies again. I hope she does.

[@brendawilson9708]

Loved her in Pay it Forward

[@Cathryn-sc4im]

It cracks me up when these idiots compare a picture from thirty years ago til now.

[@purelitenite]

I thought Leelee Sobieski was her daughter.

[@delmaquezada6733]

Helen, you're as beautiful as ever ❤❤❤

[@noonespecial1178]

I wish both of them many happiness cool

[@arthurteo5795]

No one can keep the spark alive forever : it's against the laws of nature.

[@cadillacdeville5828]

She wanted to be low key and just have more time for her child.

[@donnamillermcnutt]

I love Helen Hunt's acting. But whyyyyyy did she get plastic surgery 😢 she WAS so pretty

[@aspireahead8388]

I agree so much!!!! I hate to say it, but a big reason for her career downfall is horrible plastic surgery. She doesn't look like the same person... Even if she wasn't aging well, she could still have built off her "look", that had character, and she was able to act with it... But, she seems like a good person, and I'm glad for her that finances will never be an issue...

[@Hava744]

@@aspireahead8388I thought she was surgery free , her eyes have that heavy ,droopy upper eyelid, that would be the first thing to fix surely.

[@pauladuncanadams1750]

Looks like filler and Botox to me, no surgery.

[@elainebrabant3513]

That movie will become a cult classic, wait and see, she picks good movies, so we most of us didn’t even get to see it yet alone heard of it, hell I only found out about Momma Mia here we go again, this April 2024, so I’m way out of touch, if it was 2018 a lot had been going on in our lives ( family ) we lost 13 loved ones in 5 years and I broke my back that year, in fact, it was on a Friday when I fell, but it didn’t hurt, and on weekends it’s interns, no intern is touching my back, I have A.S. ( very painful, every day ), so I’ve missed Helen and wondered where she was, thanks for letting us know.😊…so very sorry about your Dad.😊

[@rickg8015]

From ‘Trancers’, to ‘Girls Just Want Have Fun’, to ‘As Good As It Gets’…

[@Mustardseed777]

A genius actor…always moved by her parts

[@christineabedini3765]

Wow, you guys really focused on negativity for Helen and I’m really shocked and disappointed. She has always been one of my favorite actresses and how she embraces her characters has always been wonderful in my eyes.. your narration of her film career smacks of intentional attempts of destruction. I have no interest in watching your videos because of this.. Helen, you’re a rockstar keep your head up and ignore these weak minded discontents. Can’t wait till your next role.☮️❤️🔥

[@rhrh2025]

I'm glad she isn't doing facelifts. I saw Dolly Parton the other day on TV, and she had toenails for eyebrows. I thought she looked terrible!

[@user-sb9mn1tw4v]

She had cosmetic surgery on her eyes, which you can tell on her most recent roles. Not judging just noticing

[@Shimra8888]

She’s an Oscar winner?

[@brian-ld4vd]

How do know how she wants to raise her daughter?

[@Fiawordweaver]

I loved her movie, She Found Me. Critics? Who are they?

[@203rahman]

Good thing that she atleast has a normal life and not addicted to drugs or any other problems.

[@katsmith8263]

What happened: she got wrinkles. This is happening to all women in Hollywood, they all pretty much go jobless after 40 or even before it. (Unless they are smart enough to create the job for themselves, as to : become producers themselves and hire themselves as an actress) 😢😢😢😢

[@cindysimpson6428]

This does happen to all women everywhere, the wrinkles, but the woman of Hollywoid have found a way to make them disappear from 30 to 90 nary a wrinkle one. It's actually too funny. You know they are 75 and they look younger than their grandchildren. YOU turn on a soap opera you haven't seen in years and all you can say is Jesus God! That person looks younger now than see did 20 years ago. TOTALLY RIDICULOUS.

[@TheMajor8478]

This seems pretty tame given the implication on the title. I think maybe this one could have been skipped. Im glad to see its mostly positive tho lol.

[@annettefertitta6868]

I would’ve watched the reboot had I known about it - not publicized enough

[@goldstandard7046]

She so cute even in her older age

[@danclark4494]

Is she coming back to world on fire ?

[@ronda9317]

I love helen hunt

[@josephrodriguez1683]

OMG! the only reason i click on this video was because i thought it had something to do with mission impossible. LOL I was thinking helen hunt was ethan hunt wife in the movies LOL

[@timothyrigney1319]

What happened is she got a little bit older, which is exactly what's happening to you right this very second. Except you're probably not getting old anywhere near as gracefully.

[@SAM-dm5qg]

I Always Had a Crush On Her. 😁

[@arttenoyan8100]

Because she got old right? Itd called life. She made a lot of movies.

[@marcusproctor8232]

That was fcking cool!!! 🙌

[@Reymundodonsayo]

She’s too old she should just enjoy life instead of resorting to playing grandmothers.She’s gorgeous dont get me wrong

[@lynnhubbard844]

sure, ageist

[@DRthistle]

To be honest her Oscar win came from a pretty flimsy film and relatively easy to play character and put her in a range where she really shouldn't have been.

[@carpenterbluechicken]

She is great and I enjoyed Mad about you. The shows back then were great I not sure what happened to tv but it stinks today, and I stick to KZbin old stuff is better..

[@stevemuzak8526]

Nothing happen. She got old. Older actress get less and less roles. Simple.

[@veritylife8432]

what do you mean what happened? She is still making movies!

[@user-pinckneysux]

I can’t remember what I saw her in that she amazed me with… nothing real popular or aforementioned so l’m kinda confused here. I like her just the same.

[@markouljancic975]

Men age like Sean Connery, women age like Sean Connery...

[@Orly74]

Time hasn't been good to her!

[@annieseaside]

She’s worth 75 Million. I would not make more movies or want to deal with Hollywood either.

[@MakaiMauka]

It was the "choppers"....

[@kelly1038]

I think she won the best actress award and wanted too much money for her time.

[@FuzzyStayBuzzin183]

I thought she was hot in twister

[@LEGOandPlushLord]

I loved her in that movie

[@matthewsinclair507]

Same.

[@clarem8784]

I don't really understand the purpose of this video. It wasn't a secret, everything she's done is on her IMDb. This video really feels kind of mean. She didn't "go" anywhere. And there's no secret...

[@Knightowl1980]

Kinda shady to not mention her second Oscar nomination in the sessions

[@lizdeleuil2169]

She just got old, like the rest of us.

[@jeanmarie4507]

Heard Jack Nicholson helped her out. She did a movie with Paul Newman in Maine and heard she was very demanding more than the other actors (more famous). To me she’s like a Glenn Close. Good to watch but not great.

[@khalilreid]

Helen hunts me down

[@sheilasmith7779]

Helen: We are tired of films being used to push an agenda of diversity. We do not need or want it. Most of us believe in equality and resent the implication we do not, and the agenda to educate us. Just tell a good story....please.