Maggie From Hook Is Gorgeous Now In Her 30s
As nostalgic films go, "Hook" is definitely up there as one of the greatest for '90s kids. The long-lost Robin Williams film saw a resurgence when it hit Netflix, and it's easy to see why. The modern take on Peter Pan features a star-studded cast. Aside from Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Maggie Smith, and Julia Roberts — fresh off the career-making high of her 1990 breakthrough, "Pretty Woman" — brought the 1991 Spielberg classic to life.
But what about its child stars? At only 7 years old, Amber Scott stole hearts with her portrayal of Peter Pan's daughter Maggie. While many of her co-stars remained in the limelight past the film's release, Scott decided to forgo acting altogether.
Other than a voice acting role for the docu-series "American Experience" in 1995, "Hook" is the only piece of media Scott has starred in. Instead, she decided to focus on life outside the entertainment sphere by continuing her education. The child actor went on to study at the liberal arts college Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2006 and was a member of the Delta Psi Epsilon sorority.
Amber Scott returned to film years after graduating college
A headshot of Amber Scott as an adult surfaced on the internet in 2015 (via E! News), causing some to speculate that Scott was returning to acting after her long hiatus. However, Scott has made no public announcement of the sort. Her IMDb profile only lists four credits: two for her work in "Hook," a voice actor on "American Experience" (1995), and a 2019 producer credit for "Cannonball," an award-winning short film crime comedy that follows a mom in an abusive marriage that hires an assassin to kill her husband.
Scott has kept a relatively low profile online, but a 2019 interview with Blue Cat Screenplay offers insight into what the child actor has been up to since her 1990s debut. The year of her interview, Scott was a finalist of the Blue Cat Screenplay Short competition for "Sunshine," which follows Gwen, a Black woman in her 80s suffering from dementia, and Joe, her caretaker. Scott told Blue Cat Screenplay, "I originally came to "Sunshine" because I wanted to focus on issues affecting the elderly community ... after my own grandmother passed away."
The former child star has her sights set on future projects
Amber Scott's background, as described in her Blue Cat Screenplay interview, notably excluded her time on "Hook," instead focusing on her love of Billy Wilder and Stanley Donen films, reading, and living in New York City. Scott said she began working for the New York Times following her 2006 graduation but decided to revisit her love of film and writing after moving across the country to Los Angeles.
Scott mentioned four upcoming projects in her interview, which include "a female-driven comedic feature about a hacker who gets revenge on her ex, a full season of a dramedy series on nurses in the Vietnam War, and two shorts (a child of migrant workers who aspires to be a chef and a supernatural thriller about a haunted hotel room)." While it's unclear whether these projects have panned out, Scott's dedication to "tapping into universal themes that create empathy and feeling" is evident.
The Maggie Banning actress wasn't the only "Hook" actor who opted for a career primarily off-camera. Her on-screen brother, played by Charlie Korsmo, has become a layer. While Korsmo starred in eight films over his child star career, he abruptly left the entertainment industry before returning in 2018 to star in "Chained for Life" as Herr Director. According to his IMDb bio, Korsmo is currently an Assistant Professor of Law, where he "teaches courses in corporate law, corporate finance, and torts."