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20 Actors Who Were Much Older Than Their Characters
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Jennifer Grey as Frances “Baby” Houseman in ‘Dirty Dancing’ (1987) Real age at the time: 27 - Character age: 17
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Alan Ruck as Cameron Frye in ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ (1986) Real age at the time: : 30 - Character age: 18
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Stockard Channing as Betty Rizzo in ‘Grease’ (1978) Real age at the time: 34 - Character age: 17
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James Buckley, Simon Bird, Joe Thomas and Blake Harrison in ‘The Inbetweeners 2′ James Buckley (Jay) 26, Simon Bird (Will) 29, Joe Thomas (Simon) 30, and Blake Harrison (Neil) 29.
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Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale in ‘The Wizard Of Oz’ (1939) Real age at the time: 16 - Character age: 11
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Shirley Henderson as Moaning Myrtle in ‘Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets’ (2005) Real age at the time: 35 - Character age: 15
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Emma Thompson as Elinor Dashwood in ‘Sense And Sensibility’ (1995) Real age at the time: 36 - Character age: 19
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Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker in ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ (2012) Real age at the time: 26 - Character age: 17
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Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly in ‘Breakfast At Tiffany’s’ (1961) Real age at the time: 32 - Character age: 18
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Leonardo DiCaprio as Frank Abagnale Jr. in ‘Catch Me If You Can’ (2002) Real age at the time: 28 - Character age: 16
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Dustin Hoffman as Benjamin Braddock in ‘The Graduate’ (1967) Real age at the time: 30 - Character: 21
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Ralph Macchio as Daniel LaRusso in ‘The Karate Kid’ (1984) Real age at the time: 23 - Character age: 16
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Sally Thomsett as Phyllis Waterbury in ‘The Railway Children’ (1970) Real age at the time: 20 - Character age: 11
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Kevin Spacey as Bobby Darin in ‘Beyond the Sea’ (2004) Real age at the time: 45 - Character age: 22
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Julie Harris as Frankie Addams in ‘The Member Of A Wedding’ (1952) Real age at the time: 27 - Character age: 12
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Leslie Howard as Romeo Montague in ‘Romeo And Juliet’ (1938) Real age at the time: 43 - Character age: 16
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Stacey Dash as Dionne Davenport in ‘Clueless’ (1995) Real age at the time: 29 - Character age: 17
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Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker in ‘Spider-Man’ (2002) Real age at the time: 27 - Character age: 17
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Sissy Spacek as Carrie White in ‘Carrie’ (1976) Real age at the time: 26 - Character age: 17
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Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly in ‘Back To The Future Part III’ (1990) Real age at the time: 29 - Character age: 17