47 Actors Cast To Play The Younger Versions Of Characters Who Look Scarily Identical To The Older Ones

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DNA tests need to be done, because these actors have GOT to be related.

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...:

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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...:

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...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:

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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:

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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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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:

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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:

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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:

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28. Elijah in The Originals, played by Perry Cox as a kid...:

...and Daniel Gillies as an adult:

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29. Rebekah in The Originals, as played by Callie McClincy as a kid...:

...and Claire Holt as an adult:

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30. Marcel in The Originals, played by McCarrie McCausland as a kid...:

...and Charles Michael Davis as an adult:

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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:

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33. Tahani in The Good Place, played by GraceAnne Pullappally as a kid...:

...and Jameela Jamil as an adult:

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34. Young Eleanor in The Good Place, played by Avery Hayes as a kid...:

...and Kristen Bell as an adult:

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35. Mia in Little Fires Everywhere, played by Tiffany Boone as a college student...:

...and Kerry Washington as an adult:

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36. Elena in Little Fires Everywhere, played by AnnaSophia Robb as a young adult...:

...and Reese Witherspoon as an older adult:

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37. John in Ted, played by Bretton Manley as a kid...:

...and Mark Wahlberg as an adult:

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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:

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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:

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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:

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44. Sirius in Harry Potter, played by James Walters as a teenager...:

...and Gary Oldman as an adult:

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45. Jordan in Little, played by Marsai Martin as a kid...:

...and Regina Hall as an adult:

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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:

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