0 a man who is very successful and is much admired, although often only temporarily:
Mexican golden boy Gael García Bernal was Salles' first and only choice to play Guevara.
Then aged 30, he was a golden boy whose resume included a Harvard undergraduate degree, and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
A onetime golden boy - rich family, star high-school athlete - he killed some friends in a stupid driving stunt.
At the age of 75, he still has the charmed air of the golden boy, who smiles at the world knowing that it will smile right back.
After a string of disappointments culminating in this silly waste of time, it's hard to care if horror's golden boy carries on or not.
This was followed by a sizable backlash from netizens and the press, who rushed to bury the co-self-produced spy thriller as the public disgrace of a former golden boy.
She insists they ask their father for money, so they decide that she is the best one to do this, since she was the golden boy.
Oliver was initially portrayed as the golden boy compared to his sister.
