When her role on Who's the Boss ended in 1992, Alyssa Milano feared having trouble to obtain other roles, aware of the fate of many grown-up child stars in that period. Nevertheless, Alyssa Milano was excited when she found out the show was cancelled, being ready "to move on." Alyssa Milano tried to shed her "nice girl" image by appearing in several films targeted at adults, such as Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story (1993), Embrace of the Vampire (1994), Deadly Sins (1995), and Poison Ivy II: Lily (1996), where she starred opposite Johnathon Schaech and Xander Berkeley.
Brad Pitt's onscreen career began in 1987, with uncredited parts in the films No Way Out, No Man's Land and Less Than Zero. His television debut came in November of the same year with a guest appearance on the ABC sitcom Growing Pains. Brad Pitt appeared in four episodes of the CBS primetime soap opera Dallas between December 1987 and February 1988 as Randy, the boyfriend of Charlie Wade (played by Shalane McCall). Brad Pittd escribed his character as "an idiot boyfriend who gets caught in the hay." Speaking of his scenes with McCall, Brad Pitt later said "It was kind of wild, because I'd never even met her before." Later in 1988, Brad Pitt made a guest appearance on the Fox police drama 21 Jump Street.
While struggling to establish himself in Los Angeles, Brad Pitt took lessons from acting coach Roy London. Brad Pitt took on various occasional jobs, spending some time as a chauffeur and dressing up as an El Pollo Loco chicken to pay for acting lessons.
