I think Olivia Newton-John mostly looked young because every other “high schooler” in the movie looked straight up middle aged. Sonny, Kenickie, and Rizzo especially all looked like they should be dropping their kids off at school, not attending it themselves.
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Nicola Coughlan is still wild to me. She looks amazing.
I can’t remember the name of the actress but wasn’t the middle daughter in 8 Simple Rules in her mid 25s and she was playing a character younger than Kaley Cuoco. I remember being surprised at that.
stacey dash was 27/28 years old in Clueless (1995)
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Loving that one whole pixel for the picture of the wee lesbian
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I just don’t get the issue?
People complain if we put actual teenagers in films and tv shows doing teenage shit as unnecessary and exploitive and than people complain if we put young adults in those roles because they don’t look like children while they do raunchy stuff?
Margarita Levieva was mid-30s when she played a 20-year-old on “The Deuce.”
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Most of the actors who played teenagers in Ginny & Georgia are in their late 20’s by the last season and it’s mind boggling lol
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I’d say Shirley Henderson. She played a 14 year old at the age of 37.
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She will probably be 40 by the time we get the next Euphoria season.
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Jason Earles in Hannah Montana was 30 yet played a 16 yr old. He’s the same age as John Cena in real life.
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Busy Phillips/Sara Bareilles/Renee Elise Goldsberry play their flashback selves in Girls5eva
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Bre-Z was 31 when All American started in 2018. I think they were all meant to be juniors and seniors in high school during the first handful of seasons. She’s 38 now and I think All American is now them all being in college. She just hasn’t aged yet🤣
Sarah Desjardins is 31 and plays a high schooler in Yellowjackets!
Yellowjackets is a good show for examples of this phenomenon, two of the teen timeline actors, Liv Hewson and Jasmin Savoy Brown are 29 and 31 respectively
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I thought he was too young to play a 17 year old… Turns out he was 22!
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She was in her forties and played a student in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
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Cathy Ang from And Just Like That… will be 30 in 4 months.
The 17-year-old heroine of the legendary drama “Dirty Dancing” was played by Jennifer Grey, who at the time of filming was 10 years older than her character.
I have to admit, I would not have thought that when I saw it.
Sincerely
Skeletor 💜
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Rachel True played Rochelle in “The Craft” (1996). The movie was released a few months before she turned 30, so she was in her late 20s during filming.
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OK I hate to be that person but something all these women (most of them are) have in common are round cheeks and fuller faces and not the super chiseled structured look everyone is going for these days, often times with help of some cosmetic work.
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Bruce Willis played a baby in “look Who’s talking”. He was in his early 30’s at the time
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How has no one said Luke Perry playing Dylan McKay yet? He didn’t fool anyone, he actually looked even older than his actual age sometimes, but it sure as hell WORKED.
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Ralph Macchio was playing teenage Daniel Larusso until he was almost 30.
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Ginny is supposed to be 15. She is 27.
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Gabrielle Union was also 27 when she was in 10 things I hate about you.
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Charisma Carpenter was around 27 when she started playing the high schooler, Cordelia, in Buffy.
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easily bianca lawson! she was convincingly playing a teenager for decades
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I think Olivia Newton-John mostly looked young because every other “high schooler” in the movie looked straight up middle aged. Sonny, Kenickie, and Rizzo especially all looked like they should be dropping their kids off at school, not attending it themselves.
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Nicola Coughlan is still wild to me. She looks amazing.
I can’t remember the name of the actress but wasn’t the middle daughter in 8 Simple Rules in her mid 25s and she was playing a character younger than Kaley Cuoco. I remember being surprised at that.
ETA: Amy Davidson played Kerry.
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stacey dash was 27/28 years old in Clueless (1995)
Loving that one whole pixel for the picture of the wee lesbian
I just don’t get the issue?
People complain if we put actual teenagers in films and tv shows doing teenage shit as unnecessary and exploitive and than people complain if we put young adults in those roles because they don’t look like children while they do raunchy stuff?
https://preview.redd.it/k76ny4nqu7mf1.jpeg?width=400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3b7c8e5cc91fac30f84bc4203cd6a68daba1fb52
Margarita Levieva was mid-30s when she played a 20-year-old on “The Deuce.”
Most of the actors who played teenagers in Ginny & Georgia are in their late 20’s by the last season and it’s mind boggling lol
I’d say Shirley Henderson. She played a 14 year old at the age of 37.

She will probably be 40 by the time we get the next Euphoria season.
Jason Earles in Hannah Montana was 30 yet played a 16 yr old. He’s the same age as John Cena in real life.
Busy Phillips/Sara Bareilles/Renee Elise Goldsberry play their flashback selves in Girls5eva
Bre-Z was 31 when All American started in 2018. I think they were all meant to be juniors and seniors in high school during the first handful of seasons. She’s 38 now and I think All American is now them all being in college. She just hasn’t aged yet🤣
Bianca Lawson erasure
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Sarah Desjardins is 31 and plays a high schooler in Yellowjackets!
Yellowjackets is a good show for examples of this phenomenon, two of the teen timeline actors, Liv Hewson and Jasmin Savoy Brown are 29 and 31 respectively

I thought he was too young to play a 17 year old… Turns out he was 22!

She was in her forties and played a student in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
Cathy Ang from And Just Like That… will be 30 in 4 months.
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big ups gabrielle union for the goat detective jane seever iykyk (more people do not know)
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The 17-year-old heroine of the legendary drama “Dirty Dancing” was played by Jennifer Grey, who at the time of filming was 10 years older than her character.
I have to admit, I would not have thought that when I saw it.
Sincerely
Skeletor 💜
Rachel True played Rochelle in “The Craft” (1996). The movie was released a few months before she turned 30, so she was in her late 20s during filming.
OK I hate to be that person but something all these women (most of them are) have in common are round cheeks and fuller faces and not the super chiseled structured look everyone is going for these days, often times with help of some cosmetic work.
Bruce Willis played a baby in “look Who’s talking”. He was in his early 30’s at the time
How has no one said Luke Perry playing Dylan McKay yet? He didn’t fool anyone, he actually looked even older than his actual age sometimes, but it sure as hell WORKED.

Ralph Macchio was playing teenage Daniel Larusso until he was almost 30.


Ginny is supposed to be 15. She is 27.
Gabrielle Union was also 27 when she was in 10 things I hate about you.
Charisma Carpenter was around 27 when she started playing the high schooler, Cordelia, in Buffy.

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Danielle Harris was 30 when she played a high schooler in the 2007 Halloween remake.