Maybe He Believed It Too
By the time that Bourdin had turned 18, he had already taken on the identities of more than 12 different individuals. He even said about his experiences, “I’d been in shelters and foster homes most of my life. Suddenly I was told: ‘You’re free.’ How could I become something I couldn’t imagine?” So he would continue to portray different children, despite the fact that he, himself, was no longer considered a child.
