It’s safe to say that acting, more often than not, is a life-long career among many in the industry. So life-long that many spend 50 or more years doing it, having started as mere kids.
But it is those same kids playing more or less key roles in older movies that we often miss and then end up surprised to learn that our now-famous favorites have actually starred in films we watched, but didn’t register their roles in them?
This is that list. Bored Panda presents a handful of movies and series from the good old days where now-famous actors played important roles that you may have missed when watching because they were kids.
And while you’re checking the list out, why not leave upvotes and comments on the submissions you remember watching back in the day!
Note: the images are presented with the actor's role when they were kids on the top, and one of their more recent roles at the bottom for comparison.
#21 Aaron Taylor-Johnson As Charlie In Shanghai Knights (2003)
Not all movies in this list are from the past century—take, for example, Shanghai Knights, a light action-adventure comedy released in the early aughts. Besides the likes of the legendary Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson, you also had Aaron Taylor-Johnson (credited as just Aaron Johnson) playing the role of a young Charlie Chaplin. Since then, Aaron went on to bigger games like starring in Kick-Ass (2010-2013), Nocturnal Animals (2016), and Nowhere Boy (2009).
30points
#22 Elisabeth Moss As Lucky (Age 6) In Lucky Chances (1990)
Mini-series as a medium have been gaining popularity in the last several years, with masterpieces such as Chernobyl (2019) and the Queen’s Gambit (2020) being prime examples of it; it's not like the genre hasn’t existed before.
Back in 1990, we had a mini-series of just 3 episodes called Lucky Chances. It is based on romance novelist Jackie Collins’ books Chances (1981) and Lucky (1985) (see what they did there?). It revolves around one Gino Santangelo in the casino industry in Las Vegas. His daughter, Lucky, who is portrayed by then 8-year-old Elisabeth Moss, grows up to inherit his ‘gambling empire’ and the story follows her struggles with maintaining it.
30points
