47 Actors Cast To Play The Younger Versions Of Characters Who Look Scarily Identical To The Older Ones
1.Mary in Hocus Pocus 2, played by Nina Kitchen as a kid...:
...and Kathy Najimy as an adult:
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2.Sarah in Hocus Pocus 2, played by Juju Brener as a kid...:
...and Sarah Jessica Parker as an adult:
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3.Winifred in Hocus Pocus 2, played by Taylor Henderson as a kid...:
...and Bette Midler as an adult:
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4.Princess Leia in Obi-Wan Kenobi, played by Vivien Lyra Blair as a kid...:
...and Carrie Fisher as an adult:
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5.Sabrina in The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, played by Mckenna Grace as a kid...:
...and Kiernan Shipka as a teenager:
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6.Nathan in Uncharted, played by Tiernan Jones as a kid...:
...and Tom Holland as an adult:
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7.Ben in The Umbrella Academy, played by Ethan Hwang as a teenager...:
...and played by Justin H. Min as an adult:
Here they are side by side:
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8.Allison in The Umbrella Academy, played by Jordana Blake as a kid...:
..and Emmy Raver-Lampman as an adult:
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9.Dorothy in Golden Girls, played by Lynnie Greene as an adult...:
...and played by Bea Arthur as an older adult:
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10.Kurt in Glee, played by Adam Kolkin as a kid...:
...and Chris Colfer as a teenager:
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11.Brittany on Glee, played by Loryn Shay Charbonnier as a kid...:
...and Heather Morris as an adult:
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12.Artie on Glee, played by Landon Zakhar as a kid...:
...and Kevin McHale as an adult:
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13.Horace in Cruella, played by Joseph MacDonald as a kid...:
...and Paul Walter Hauser as an adult:
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14.Jasper in Cruella, played by Ziggy Gardner as a kid...:
...and Joel Fry as an adult:
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15.Kate in Lost, played by Emily Evan Rae as a kid...:
...and Evangeline Lilly as an adult:
Here they are side by side:
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16.William in This Is Us, played by Jermel Nakia as an adult...:
...and Ron Cephas Jones as an older adult:
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NBC
17.Kate in This Is Us, played by Mackenzie Hancsicsak as a kid...:
...Hannah Zeile as a teenager...
...and Chrissy Metz as an adult:
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18.Kevin in This Is Us, played by Parker Bates as a kid...:
...Logan Shroyer as a teenager...
...and Justin Hartley as an adult:
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19.Randall in This Is Us, played by Lonnie Chavis as a kid...
...Niles Fitch as a teenager...
...and Sterling K. Brown as an adult:
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20.Margot in Paper Towns, played by Hannah Alligood as a kid...:
...and Cara Delevingne as an adult:
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21.Cece in New Girl, played by Jaidan Jiron as a teenager...:
...and Hannah Simone as an adult:
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22.Emma in Once Upon a Time, played by Abby Ross as a teenager...:
...and Jennifer Morrison as an adult:
Here they are side by side:
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23.Snow in Once Upon a Time, played by Bailee Madison as a kid...:
...and Ginnifer Goodwin as an adult:
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24.Cora in Once Upon a Time, played by Rose McGowan as a young adult...:
...and Barbara Hershey as an older adult:
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25.Caroline in The Vampire Diaries, played by Mckenna Grace as a kid...:
...and Candice Accola as a teenager:
Here they are side by side:
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26.Maddy in Euphoria, played by Keilani Arellanes as a kid...:
...and Alexa Demie as an adult:
The two side by side:
27.Cassie in Euphoria, played by Kyra Adler as a kid...:
...and Sydney Sweeney as a teenager:
Here they are side by side:
28.Elijah in The Originals, played by Perry Cox as a kid...:
...and Daniel Gillies as an adult:
Here they are side by side:
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29.Rebekah in The Originals, as played by Callie McClincy as a kid...:
...and Claire Holt as an adult:
Here they are side by side:
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30.Marcel in The Originals, played by McCarrie McCausland as a kid...:
...and Charles Michael Davis as an adult:
Here they are side by side:
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31.Tanya and Rosie in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, played by Jessica Keenan Wynn and Alexa Davies as young adults...:
...and Christine Baranski and Julie Walters as older adults:
Here they are side by side:
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I had to put these two together because they're equally amazing.
32.Bill in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, played by Josh Dylan as a young adult...:
...and Stellan Skarsgård as an older adult:
Here they are side by side:
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33.Tahani in The Good Place, played by GraceAnne Pullappally as a kid...:
...and Jameela Jamil as an adult:
Here they are side by side:
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34.Young Eleanor in The Good Place, played by Avery Hayes as a kid...:
...and Kristen Bell as an adult:
Here they are side by side:
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35.Mia in Little Fires Everywhere, played by Tiffany Boone as a college student...:
...and Kerry Washington as an adult:
Here they are side by side:
36.Elena in Little Fires Everywhere, played by AnnaSophia Robb as a young adult...:
...and Reese Witherspoon as an older adult:
Here they are side by side:
37.John in Ted, played by Bretton Manley as a kid...:
...and Mark Wahlberg as an adult:
Here they are side by side:
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38.Peter in To All the Boys I've Loved Before, played by Hunter Dillon as a kid...:
...and Noah Centineo as a teenager:
Here they are side by side:
39.Loki in Thor, played by Ted Allpress as a kid...:
...and Tom Hiddleston as an adult:
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40.Sasha in Always Be My Maybe, played by Miya Cech as a kid...:
...and Ali Wong as an adult:
Here they are side by side:
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41.Jean Gray in Dark Phoenix, played by Summer Fontana as a kid:
...and Sophie Turner as a teenager:
Here they are side by side:
42.Diana in Wonder Woman, played by Lilly Aspell as a kid...:
...and played by Gal Gadot as an adult:
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43.Snape in Harry Potter, played by Alec Hopkins as a teen...:
...and Alan Rickman as an adult:
Here they are side by side:
44.Sirius in Harry Potter, played by James Walters as a teenager...:
...and Gary Oldman as an adult:
Here they are side by side:
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45.Jordan in Little, played by Marsai Martin as a kid...:
...and Regina Hall as an adult:
Here they are side by side:
46.Theo in Haunting of Hill House, played by Mckenna Grace as a kid...:
...and Kate Siegel as an adult:
Here they are side by side:
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I know Mckenna is on this list a lot, but she really is a chameleon.
47.And finally, Shirley in Haunting of Hill House, as played by Lulu Wilson as a kid...:
...and Elizabeth Reaser as an adult:
Here they are side by side:
What's your favorite casting of the younger version of a character? Let us know in the comments below!