12 Actors who, because they made such iconic characters, it’s not easy to recognize them in other plots

For many viewers, it was difficult to see Daniel Radcliffe in a role other than Harry Potter, as well as to see Tobey Maguire playing a character other than Peter Parker. And perhaps it was also for the artists themselves. The fact is that, as much as it is something difficult to accept, actors are always looking for challenges in other scripts. After all, sooner or later it’s time to leave behind those roles that made them become a worldwide sensation.

We who do awesome.club, we liked the idea of ​​going beyond the emblematic characters played by some of our favorite celebrities. And in the list you are about to check out, we indicate movies and series in which they appear in the cast, but perhaps went unnoticed.

That innocent boy who finds the golden ticket in one of Wonka’s chocolates is none other than a very young Freddie Highmore. Who suggested that director Tim Burton keep an eye on the boy was Johnny Depp, as the actor was impressed with the talent shown by the boy in the film Finding Neverland. In Bates Motel, he already appeared of age, but keeping his look and characteristic features.

The story of the movie Butterfly Effect, which has Ashton Kutcher (Evan) as the protagonist, recalls several moments of the character’s childhood. Who plays Evan at age 7 is actor Logan Lerman, the protagonist of the Percy Jackson saga. Between one film and another (the images above), nine years passed. On one side we see a child. On the other, an adult.

Thirty-six years of difference between one plot and another. Elliott, that lonely 9-year-old boy who forms a peculiar friendship with an alien, was played by a very young Henry Thomas. In The Curse of Hill House, a horror series produced for Netflix, Henry gave life to Hugh Crain, a house salesman who, with his wife and five children, witnesses paranormal events in a very peculiar mansion.

Not everyone could recognize Uncle Chico from The Addams Family — with his bald head, pale skin and dark circles under his eyes — as the same person who lives Dr. Emmett Brown in Back to the Future. Some find the comparison inconceivable, but when we compare the faces, we can clearly see Christopher Lloyd’s features. Result of the magic of cinema.

From running away from dinosaurs to playing bass in the glorious band Queen. Tim Murphy in Jurassic Park, John Deacon in Bohemian Rhapsody. In real life, this is Joseph Mazzello, actor, screenwriter and film director born in 1983.

The rebellious teen in Babysitting who seems to be looking for trouble, but is actually passionate about theater and musical comedy, was played by Max Thieriot. He was 15 when the film starring Vin Diesel was released. Dylan Massett, Norman’s (Freddie Highmore) half-brother in Bates Motel, is none other than Max himself.

Yet another case where makeup and cinema worked their magic. The youngest of the Sanderson sisters, the witches of Abracadabra, is the beautiful actress Sarah Jessica Parker. Not everyone knows — or remembers — that Sarah was one of the main characters in a Disney movie.

In A Creche do Papa, a Disney film starring Eddie Murphy, several children appear. Among them, there is an eccentric blonde who even calls her mother using a cell phone during a moment of chaos at the nursery. That girl is Elle Fanning, a young actress who participated in films such as Super 8 and Maleficent.

Simply Love was marked as a film that brings together several stars and stars interacting with each other, not least because the script intertwines several love stories. One of these characters is lived by a young Andrew Lincoln, the same to give life to the sheriff Rick Grimes, who fights against the zombie apocalypse in The Walking Dead.

Lisa Edelstein, who plays Lisa Cuddy, the head of the hospital’s administration on Dr. House, played a minor role in Daddy’s Day Care. She plays the eccentric mother of Cris, one of the rebellious boys at the day care center.

An unforgettable character is the headmistress of Matilda’s school, Miss Honey’s evil aunt, Trunchbull. She was played by Pam Ferris, an actress born in Germany in 1948. Perhaps her character in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Marge Dursley, has the same level of evil, but Harry, like Matilda, uses magic to give a good lesson in woman.

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