Mel Gibson has been a pillar of show business for several decades. The Hollywood star has nine children, one of whom, Milo Gibson, is now starting his own film career.
Milo Gibson has appeared in several films, sometimes even working alongside his father. And at 32, he is the spitting image of his father, the Hollywood icon.
Few actors have played such iconic roles as Mel Gibson. Braveheart (1995) and Conspiracy Theory (1997) are two of his most beloved roles, but Mel Gibson has actually done much more.
Mel Gibson
During his years in the spotlight, Mel had a wife, whom he divorced, and since 2014, he has had a new partner. Somehow, as an action star travelling the world to make films as an actor, director and producer, Gibson found time to raise nine wonderful children.
Some of them chose to live away from the public eye, while others wanted to pursue a career in film. One of them, Mel’s son, Milo Gibson, is now on his way to becoming a real Hollywood star.
And he looks just like his father!
Mel Gibson was born in New York in January 1956. When he was 12, his father won a ‘small fortune’ on the television quiz show Jeopardy! and decided that his family should move to Australia.
Mel Gibson – Career
They settled in New South Wales, and after graduating from high school, Mel Gibson entered the world of acting. His sister enrolled him in the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney without his knowledge. He decided to go there and soon became a full-fledged actor.
In 1977, Mel landed his first role in the film Summer City. Film director George Miller took notice of him, and that changed everything. Gibson was cast in Miller’s first low-budget futuristic thriller, Mad Max (1979), and soon became a star in Europe and Australia thanks to the film’s success.
Gibson starred in several other films and won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor. By 1981, he had made a huge leap into the world of Hollywood.
Mel Gibson starred in the sequel to Mad Max, titled The Road Warrior/Mad Max 2, in 1981, and American audiences were won over. Mel found himself in the same category as action stars such as Clint Eastwood and Arnold Schwarzenegger, although he was capable of much more than just action films.
Directing
First, his stunning interpretation of Hamlet in 1990 showed everyone that he could play more subtle roles. Three years later, he made his directorial debut with the film ‘The Man Without a Face.’ But in 1996, Mel Gibson achieved Hollywood fame and attained a whole new level of status.
When Mel Gibson received the script for Braveheart, he knew almost immediately that he wanted to be involved in the project, and not just as an actor.
‘It’s just a funny episode in history that I’d never heard of before. And the script was a very memorable piece of work,’ he said.
“I put it aside and thought, “This is a pretty good script.” And then I couldn’t stop thinking about it; it was clearly stuck in my head. I was given it to participate as an actor, but I just felt like I had to tell this story, I kept replaying the scenes and episodes in my head. So that’s a pretty good sign that you should probably become a director.”
Mel Gibson, whose mother was Irish, knew nothing about this dialect.
‘It was difficult, but I was there and immersed in an environment where everyone needed subtitles,’ he said on Graham Norton’s show. ‘I would ask people, “What did you say?”, and they would have to repeat it, so eventually it somehow entered my vocabulary.’
Mel Gibson — Braveheart
Mel needed someone who could teach him the dialect, and Sean Connery turned out to be the perfect candidate. Not only was he a true Scotsman, but he had also played roles such as James Bond and the King of England, and in all of them he used his magnificent and charming Edinburgh dialect.
‘We were at Andy Vaina’s house, he’s Hungarian, so he made goulash. Now imagine Sean Connery saying that word,’ Gibson explained. “Hearing Sean say “goulash” is a lesson in itself. You just pick up the accent from the people you talk to and listen to, and he helped me hone my Scottish accent.”
Well, Mel Gibson’s work on the film was indeed a success. Braveheart was a mega-hit with both critics and audiences, winning a total of five Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director. The film was also criticised for some inaccuracies regarding the real story, but nevertheless, Braveheart was a magnificent film that was even compared to such masterpieces as Spartacus and Lawrence of Arabia.
Oscar-winning actor
Mel Gibson continued to star in and produce several films. In 2017, he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Director for his film Hacksaw Ridge, about the Battle of Okinawa during World War II.
It was not only an excellent film, but also an opportunity for Mel Gibson to work with his son, Milo Gibson, who played a supporting role in the film.
Milo is one of Mel Gibson’s nine children, and, as you probably already know, he has a career in the film industry. But this was not always the case, as Milo initially wanted to do something completely different from his father.
One might think that, as Mel Gibson’s son, you would live in the luxury of a huge Hollywood mansion. But, according to one of his sons, that was not the case.
Milo Gibson – Mel Gibson
Milo Gibson was born on 16 November 1990 in Australia. When he was only 3 years old, the family moved to California, where Milo grew up in Malibu. He was very interested in surfing, but just because he was the son of a major Hollywood star, his life was not full of glamour.
Of course, he enjoyed a privileged childhood, but according to Milo himself, his parents made sure that their children were like everyone else.
‘It wasn’t a showbiz childhood,’ he says. ‘Our parents kept us away from that world,’ Milo Gibson told The Australian newspaper. ‘Because I think it changes people.’
‘We didn’t grow up in a Hollywood environment,’ he explained. ‘I did everything except acting; I wanted to work with my hands, deal with real people.’
Although they had a normal childhood, he and his siblings met several celebrities. One of them was Robert Downey Jr., who turned out to be an excellent fighter in video games.
‘He let me punch him in the face a couple of times,’ Milo recalls.
As a child, Milo Gibson didn’t quite understand that his father was famous all over the world. It was only a few years later that he realised his father was a huge celebrity.
Growing up in a celebrity family
But at the same time, he was very cautious when talking to people.
‘Yes, all the time,’ he said. ‘I think you’re learning… to read signals? Yes. I don’t really like telling people about it, but many 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 the film Braveheart. Milo watched it immediately — and loved it. In fact, he already knew that his father had starred in the film, as he had visited the set of one of the film’s first scenes.
‘I walked onto the set alone. Mannequins were swinging from the roof,’ recalls Milo Gibson. ‘I remember my dad grabbing me and pulling me out, saying, “This isn’t real.” I especially remember everyone looking down at me from above.’
The Gibson surname certainly created a certain amount of pressure. As with many other celebrities, fans believe that their destiny is to follow in their parents’ footsteps. However, Milo Gibson made a conscious decision to live away from the public eye.
He grew up playing football in high school and surfing in his spare time. After graduating from school, he decided to become a private massage therapist and worked in this profession for several years. Later, he became an electrician.
Milo Gibson – acting career
Milo Gibson loved working with, as he puts it, ‘real people,’ and since his parents didn’t push him into the film business, he had every opportunity in the world to become whatever he wanted to be.
His father, Mel Gibson, led an eventful life, travelling the world, making films and attending celebrity award ceremonies and other events across the country. But he was also determined that his children should grow up in a normal environment, for which we love him dearly.
Of course, Milo Gibson ultimately followed in his father’s footsteps, even though his parents never pushed him towards an acting career.
At the same time, they liked it.
‘My father has always been a big proponent of doing what you love and continuing to try new things, but doing what you love,’ Milo Gibson said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
‘And that’s what I did. I had a lot of different jobs, but they weren’t things I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I’m very passionate about acting and I really love it.’
Working with his father
In 2016, he tried his hand at acting for the first time when he got the opportunity to work with his father in the World War II film Hacksaw Ridge, starring alongside actors such as Andrew Garfield. This was the beginning of his acting career, and working with his father, who was the film’s director, was the perfect start.
‘It was nice to see him behind the camera,’ he said. ‘I realised that you have to be prepared to take risks and stick to your decisions; one of the key qualities of an actor is to be vulnerable.’
Gibson landed his first leading role in the film All the Devil’s Men, which premiered in 2018. He also starred in the films Tribes of Paolos Verde (2017) — alongside Jennifer Garner — and Breaking & Exiting (2018).
At 32, Milo’s film career is just beginning, and we are sure that he will receive maximum support from his parents.
The spitting image of Mel Gibson
He has already played many different roles, which is definitely a good sign for the future! In addition to his acting career, Milo Gibson has also tried his hand at modelling.
With his thick hair and expressive eyes, he really is a carbon copy of his father, Mel. Sometimes people recognise him, but not as Milo.
‘Sometimes people say, “Hey, you look like Mel Gibson! And I say, ‘Damn, I wish I did!”’ he says.
Not only do we believe that Milo Gibson has a bright future ahead of him in acting, but we are also very happy that neither he nor his father are pushing it.
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