10 Actors Who Are Much Older Than The Characters They Played

It is very common for older actors to play much younger characters in film and television. This is because there are certain conditions that limit the time teens can work during a recording. That is, as teenagers need to study and legislation often does not allow them to spend the whole day working, production companies include older actors in the cast.

Today, Incrível.club brings ten examples of older actors who played younger characters. Wassup did you realize that?

Shirley Henderson was 37 years old when she played 14-year-old Muggle-born witch Myrtle Warren, the Moaning Myrtle. It was her first appearance in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets🇧🇷 Henderson was the oldest person to play a teenage character on film.

Emilia Clarke was 25 years old when she played Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, who was 17 years old. The character is also known as First of Her Name, Stormborn, Unburned, Mother of Dragons, Breaker of Chains, Mother of Slaves, Khaleesi of the Dothraki, Queen of Mereen, Queen of Westeros, Of the Andals, Of the First Men, Mistress and Protector of the Seven Kingdoms. Emilia Clarke revealed, in an interview, that after filming the scene where she ate a horse heart, she went to the bathroom and almost got glued to the toilet. That’s because the scenographic blood used (and smeared on his outfit) was quite sticky.

Winona Ryder was 28 when she was cast as 18-year-old Susanna Kaysen in the film. girl, interrupted🇧🇷 The actress said in an interview that if she had seen the film when she was 19, she would have felt great, as it very clearly addresses some mental health issues that many people have to deal with.

Emma Thompson was 36 when she played 19-year-old Elinor Dashwood in Reason and sensibility🇧🇷 The actress also wrote the screenplay for the film, work that earned her an Oscar in 1995.

Will Turner was about 18 years old in the plot of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, while actor Orlando Bloom was 26 years old. Jude Law, Heath Ledger, Ewan McGregor, Tobey Maguire, Ben Peyton and Christian Bale are some names that have been probed to play the role of Will Turner.

Jason Earles was 29 when he played 16-year-old Jackson Stewart. He played Hannah Montana’s older brother. Jason didn’t want to audition because he didn’t think he fit the role, but was convinced by his agent.

Cole Sprouse was 24 when he started playing 16-year-old Jughead Jones in riverdale🇧🇷 Interestingly, in the comics his hat sometimes allowed time travel.

John Cho was 37 when he played Hikaru Sulu, a character who would have been 21, in star trek🇧🇷 The original Hikaru Sulu was played by George Takei.

Tobey Magure was 27 years old when he played 17-year-old Peter Parker in the first Spider-Man film. The character was created due to an increase in teenage demand for comics. The aim was to give them a kind of reference they could easily identify with.

Ashleigh Murray was 28 years old and the oldest actress in the main cast of riverdale when she played 16-year-old Josie McCoy. The actress’ journey to auditioning was a crazy one. She said that she grabbed an employee of the TSA, an American security agency, by the collar because she was afraid of missing her flight.

In your opinion, which of these actors best portrayed a much younger character? And have you ever thought that you were much younger or older than you really were?