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“We didn’t grow up in the Hollywood lifestyle clique,” he explained. “I basically did everything other than going into the career of acting; I wanted to do more of a blue-collar job that involved real people.”
Even though they had a normal childhood, he and his siblings got to meet several celebrities. Robert Downy Jr. was one of them, and he turned out to be an excellent video game fighter.
“He let me hit him in the face a couple of times,” Milo recalled.
As a child, Milo Gibson didn’t quite understand that his father was known worldwide. It wasn’t until a few years later that he understood his father was a huge celebrity.
Growing up as a celebrity’s child
But at the same time, he was very cautious about telling people.
“Yeah, all the time,” he said. “I think you learn how to …Read signals? Yeah. I don’t really like to tell people, but a lot of my friends already know and they don’t care. They’re friends with me because they’re friends with me.”
When he was six years old, his father starred in Braveheart. Milo watched it right away – and he loved it. Actually, he already knew that his father starred in it because he visited the set for one of the film’s first scenes.
“I walked into that on set, by myself. Dummies swinging from the roof,” Milo Gibson recalled. “I remember Dad grabbing me and taking me out, saying, ‘It’s not real.’ I specifically remember seeing the eyes all staring down.”
Having last name “Gibson” certainly came with some pressure. As with many other celebrities, fans believe it’s their destiny to follow in their parents’ footsteps. Milo Gibson, however, chose to live outside the spotlight.
He grew up playing football in high school and surfing in his spare time. Following his graduation, he decided he would be a private massage therapist, a career he worked in for a couple of years. Later on, he became an electrician.
Milo Gibson – acting career
Milo Gibson loved working with – as he terms – “real people”, and since his parents didn’t push him into the film business, he had every opportunity in the world to become who he wanted.
His father, Mel Gibson, lived an action-packed life, traveling the world to shoot films and attending celebrity award shows and other events across the country. But he was also sure to raise his children normally, which we really love him for.
Of course, Milo Gibson would eventually walk in his father’s footsteps anyway, though his parents never pushed him into becoming an actor.
