It’s no surprise that some celebrities look shockingly alike. Natalie Portman and Keira Knightly. Rupert Grint and Ed Sheeran. Daniel Radcliffe and Elijah Wood. However, it’s uncanny when we see almost perfectly identical younger versions of older actors appear on the screen.
It’s like they’re the same person, just, well, younger. In fact, some of the actors look so similar, some of us are guilty of not even thinking that the younger and older versions could be played by different people. For example, I personally thought that the kid and teenager versions of Sabrina from The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina were played by the same actress. Turns out, I was wrong.
Hollywood expert and insider Mike Sington told Bored Panda that it’s not at all difficult to find the ‘perfect’ young actor to play their older counterpart. “The reason? The pool of actors is just so large to cast from, even of child or teen actors. And the talent pool is worldwide now. Hollywood is more than willing to look beyond its own borders to find the perfect candidate,” Mike explained. Scroll down for the rest of our interview with the expert who gave us a glance at how Hollywood casting works behind the scenes.
#1 Sabrina In The Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina (Played By Mckenna Grace As A Kid And Kiernan Shipka As A Teenager)
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#2 Stanley In “It” (Played By Wyatt Oleff As A Kid And Andy Bean As An Adult)
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#3 Shirley In Haunting Of Hill House (Played By Lulu Wilson As A Kid And Elizabeth Reaser As An Adult)
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#4 Snow In Once Upon A Time (Played By Bailee Madison As A Kid And Ginnifer Goodwin As An Adult)
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#5 Margot In Paper Towns (Played By Hannah Alligood As A Kid And Cara Delevingne As An Adult)
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#6 Loki In Thor (Played By Ted Allpress As A Kid And Tom Hiddleston As An Adult)
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#7 Cece In New Girl (Played By Jaidan Jiron As A Kid And Hannah Simone As An Adult)
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#8 Agent K From “Man In Black” (Josh Brolin As Young Agent K And Tommy Lee Jones As Older Self)
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#9 Lucy In 13 Going On 30 (Played By Alexandra Kyle As A Kid And Judy Greer As An Adult)
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#10 Gamora In Guardians Of The Galaxy (Played By Ariana Greenblatt As A Kid And Zoe Saldana As An Adult)
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#11 Kate From “This Is Us” (Mackenzie Hancsicsak As Kid, Hannah Zeile As Teen And Chrissy Metz As Adult)
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#12 Allie Calhoun From “The Notebook” ( Rachel Mcadams As Younger Self And Gena Rowlands As Older Self)
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#13 Eddie Kaspbrak From “It” (Jack Dylan Grazer As A Kid And James Ransone As Adult)
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#14 Theo In Haunting Of Hill House (Played By Mckenna Grace As A Kid And Kate Siegel As An Adult)
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#15 Don Vito Corleone From “The Godfather” (Robert De Niro As Young Vito, And Marlon Brando As Older Self)
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#16 Latika In Slumdog Millionaire (Played By Tanvi Lonkar As A Teenager And Freida Pinto As An Adult)
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#17 John In Ted (Played By Bretton Manley As A Kid And Mark Wahlberg As An Adult)
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#18 Joe In You (Played By Gianni Ciardiello As A Kid And Penn Badgley As An Adult)
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#19 Jean Gray In Dark Phoenix (Played By Summer Fontana As A Kid And Sophie Turner As A Teenager)
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#20 Nemo From “Mr Nobody” (Thomas Byrne As Young Nemo, Jared Leto As Older Nemo)
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#21 Caroline In The Vampire Diaries (Played By Mckenna Grace As A Kid And Candice Accola As A Teenager)
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#22 Bill Denbrough From “It” (Jaeden Martell As Kid And James Mcavoy As Adult)
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#23 Charles Xavier From “X-Men” (Younger As James Mcavoy And Old As Patrick Stewart)
Image source: 20th Century Fox
#24 Mike Hanlon From “It” ( Chosen Jacobs As Kid And Isaiah Mustafa As Adult)
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#25 Cassie In Euphoria (Played By Kyra Adler As A Kid And Sydney Sweeney As A Teenager)
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#26 Jordan In Little (Played By Marsai Martin As A Kid And Regina Hall As An Adult)
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#27 Beverly Marsh From “It” (Sophia Lillis As Kid And Jessica Chastain As Adult)
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#28 Thor In Thor (Played By Dakota Goyo As A Kid And Chris Hemsworth As An Adult)
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#29 Nell In Haunting Of Hill House (Played By Violet Mcgraw As A Kid And Victoria Pedretti As An Adult)
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#30 Ed Bloom From “Big Fish” (Ewan Mcgregor As Younger Self And Albert Finney As Older Self)
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