8 stars that played much younger characters
You probably have no idea of the age of these actors when they played adolescents.
Part of Hollywood magic comes from stars that do not seem to age. Example: Paul Rudd , Marvel's star The ant Man movies, does not seem to have aged one day since he played in Distraught in 1995. But actors who look younger than their real age are a precious resource for a reason beyond the obsession of industry for young people and beauty. There are a lot of rules around Work with actors under the age of 17 , and if you can launch a 21 -year -old who passes easily as younger, that saves this headache. (It also removes the risk of an unfortunately timed growth thrust.) However, some projects go a little above edge, and this is how the distribution of the classic of high school Fat had one Average age of 28 years . Some actors even become famous for disconnection, as Stacey Dash And Henry Winkler , who was every two years when they played 18 -year -old children Distraught And Happy Days , respectively. Read the continuation for eight celebrities who played many younger characters in films and television, whether credible or not.
Read this then: 6 stars that leave major films .
1 Sophie McShera, Downton Abbey
Vintage films and series are not always known for age precision in their casting. (See also: 35 years Emma Thompson As Elinor Dashwood, 19 years old Meaning and sensitivity . However, most actors in Downton Abbey were quite close to the age of their character, except one: Sophie McShera , who played a maid for teenagers, Daisy. Daisy is supposed to have abandoned the school and joins the workforce, which would be about 15 years in season 1. McShera had 25 Daisy has never aged either .
2 NCUTI GATWA, Sex education
Each series of high schools has at least one actor much older than the teenage character they play, whether Cole Sprouse (24) On River or the delay Cory Monteith (27) On Joy . In Netflix Sex education , it's incoming Doctor Who star NCUTI GATWA , who was 27 years old when he was interpreted as Eric Effiong, 15. Entering what he has already announced will be His last season On the comforting dramatic, Gatwa is now 30 years old.
3 Nicola coughlan, Derry girls
Some actors have a career by playing characters much younger than their real age. For example, Irish Star Nicola coughlan broken in the comedy of the 90s Derry girls Like Clare Devlin, 16, Just after being 31 years old . She is not stopped there either, becoming a familiar name as the youngest girl in Featherington, Penelope, 18, in Bridgeton Two years later, At 33 .
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4 Orlando Bloom, Pirates of the Caribbean
The older male sorrows associated with younger female actors are the standard in Hollywood, but sometimes these age gaps can lead the public to believe that the co-stars are closer to age than they really are. Orlando Bloom Did it have when he played 18 year old Turner At 26, in front of the 18 -year -old woman Keira Knightley first Pirates of the Caribbean movie. The public's inability to say how old he has followed since. He resumed his the Lord of the Rings role in the prequel trilogy The Hobbit , in which the 36 -year -old actor played the son 34 years old Lee pace's character. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
5 Bianca Lawson, pretty Little Liars
Some artists are starting to act in adolescence, when they played characters of their same age. But while the actors themselves age, their roles (in the words of Matthew McConaughey 's Half and confused character) stay in the same age. Bianca Lawson is a perfect example of that. THE pretty Little Liars Star broke out Saved by the bell: the new class At 14, playing a 14 -year -old. At 18, she played a 16 -year -old child Buffy against vampires . As she was thrown like Maya Pll , the 31 -year -old was still playing 16 . On American horror story The following year, his character was 15 years old, while Lawson herself was 32 ;
6 Nicholas Brendon, Buffy against vampires
While most of the rest of the Buffy against vampires The actors were acceptable in a range of five years of their characters, it was not true for everyone. If Xander's facial hair did not make him obvious, the actor who played him, Nicholas Brendon , was nowhere almost 16 years old. Brendon was 25 years old when he was distributed in the role and 26 for most of the first season of the show.
7 Amongnder Nagra, Play it like Beckham
Fortunately, all the actors who played a teenager in adults were not cursed to be relegated to high school shows. Amongnder Nagra , For example, broken large at 27 As Jess Bhamra, 15, in the successful film Play it like Beckham in 2002. But from there she played adults, including Ellen Nadeer The agents of Marvel of S.H.I.E.L.D. And his last main role, such as the holder Di ray On the PBS police drama.
8 Almost all young actors, Game Of Thrones
Hbo Game Of Thrones Had an age problem before he started to throw: many characters, from Daenerys to Jon Snow, are Between 8 and 14 years old in novels. The show has attenuated that the best they could get aging all those whose prepubère state was not a central point of the plot. (Everyone except Sansa, Arya, Bran and Rickon, mainly.) But even then, production threw older players to make sure that no one realized how young they were. 25 years Emilia Clarke Played Dany, 15 years old. HARINGTON kit ,, Richard Madden , And Alfie Allen were all 22 , playing Jon, Robb and Theon respectively, 16 years old. Rose Leslie was 31 , playing Ygritte, 19, and Natalie Dormer was 30 years old Playing in Margaery, 17 years old.