16 Actors Who Played Characters Much Younger Than Them

You’ve probably seen a movie or series where the actors play characters much younger than their true age. This happens because the work of minors is strictly regulated by law: they cannot work with the same workload, nor participate in “adult” scenes. And if the project is long-term, their appearance can change significantly. Therefore, in most cases, the older actors play the roles of the younger ones.

the team of awesome.club I had already talked about the adult actors who easily played younger characters. And the subject generated so much interest among our readers that we decided to collect more material.

In 2002, the film was released Pinocchio, with Italian actor Roberto Benigni, 49, in the lead role. No, not old Geppetto, as you might think, but young wooden boy Pinocchio. We don’t know for sure how old this character is, but considering that the boy was getting ready to go to school, we can assume that he couldn’t have been more than 7 years old.

in the drama Flirting — Learning to Live, Nicole Kidman played the role of a student at an all-girls boarding school. The actress, however, was no longer a minor. In 1991, at the beginning of filming, she was 24 years old.

The actress, who played the younger sister of the thriller’s main character A Look at Paradisewas 21 at the time of filming.

Loved by everyone, Keanu Reeves never seems to get old. So we’re not surprised that, at the age of 25, he played the role of a 17-year-old student in the American sci-fi comedy Bill & Ted: A Fantastic Adventure.

The 17-year-old girl’s lead role in the iconic melodrama Dirty Dancing — Hot Rhythm was played by Jennifer Grey. But at the time of filming the actress was 10 years older than her character. This work became the brightest of her career, and earned her a Golden Globe nomination.

The actor, who played the role of student Steve Harrington, was 24 years old when he began appearing in the sci-fi series. Stranger Things🇧🇷 Now the boy is 27 years old and is still part of the main cast of the series.

Actress Kristen Connolly, who played the main character’s girlfriend in the film The secret of the cabin, was 31 years old at the time of filming. His colleague Chris Hemsworth was 28 years old and also played the role of a student.

According to the plot of the comedy Just friends, Ryan Reynolds’ character Chris Brender is getting ready for his senior prom. The detail is that the actor’s school life had ended a long time ago, because at the time of filming, in 2005, he was already 29 years old.

At the age of 27, Denise immersed herself in the character of a 16-year-old student. This is an example of when producers cast an older girl for the role of a teenager, because of the adult scenes, like the ones we see in wild girls🇧🇷

The romance Jane Eyre It has been adapted for TV and film several times. The most famous version is a miniseries with Timothy Dalton and Zelah Clarke in the lead roles. When the miniseries debuted on screen, the actress was already 29 years old, obviously older than the young Jane.

In the movie Terminator, Sarah Connor is a student who works as a waitress, but was played by Linda Hamilton, then 28 years old. The actress even did an excellent job, as Connor is included in several lists of unbeatable movie heroines.

The 12-year-old prophet’s role in terror Damn harvest marked the debut of John Franklin in the world of cinema. The actor, at the time, was 25 years old, but looked much younger both on screen and in real life, due to a deficiency in growth hormones.

in comedy Mean Girls, Rachel McAdams played the role of a beautiful and cruel student who leads the group of the most popular girls. It turns out that during filming the actress was already 26 years old, and she was certainly no longer interested in school intrigue.

In the first episode of The Vampire Diaries series, Paul Wesley was 26 years old. In the last one, 35. But the vampire Stefan Salvatore, who he played, stopped aging at 17. Apparently, the actor knows the secret of eternal youth, as he managed to convince in the role of a teenager even though he was already an adult man.

In the 1990s teen favorite series, Barred at the Ball, Gabrielle Carteris played the editor of a school newspaper who, a few seasons later, became a college student. The actress started playing this role at age 29, and when she became pregnant the writers had to create a pregnancy for her character as well.

Mexican star Verónica Castro played a 17-year-old girl in the popular 90s series wild rose🇧🇷 She was 35 years old, but that didn’t stop her from winning the hearts of millions of viewers around the world.

We think that John Franklin is one of those actors that really suits the image of a little boy. And in his opinion, who managed to do better in the role of teenager?