Top 10 Younger Versions of Characters in Movies
Top 10 Young Versions of Characters in Movies
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Who would you cast to play your younger self in the movie? WatchMojo lists the most impressive performances by actors who portray the earlier years of a character’s life in your favourite films.
List rank and entries:
#10. Josh Brolin as Agent K“Men in Black 3” (2012)
#9. Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater“Titanic” (1997)
#8. Saoirse Ronan as Briony Tallis“Atonement” (2007)
#7. Mackenzie Foy as Murph“Interstellar” (2014)
#6. Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins“The Hobbit” trilogy (201214)
#5. Zachary Quinto as Spock“Star Trek” franchise (1966)
#4. Ewan McGregor as ObiWan Kenobi“Star Wars” franchise (1977)
#3, #2 & #1: ?
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For this list, we’re taking a look at the best performances by actors who play a character during the younger years of their life. To qualify for this countdown, the younger character must exist within the same timeline as their older self.
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Oh shit, interstellar got me fucked up.
what about the young forrest gump? that was amazing
I was fucking afraid about number 1 but watchmojo are the best
The list is good, but feels mixed up. I'd have put Kare Winslet and Mackenzie Foy as #1 and #2, X-Men as #3, and Spock as #4.
I don't agree with De Niro in Godfather 2. Sure it's a great film, but De Niro was neither the standout actor, not better than many others on this list (see the ones I mentioned above). Sticking him at the top of the list, just because it is from a Godfather movie, seems like a massive shoe horn.
Also, what about the younger cast of the classic film version of Stephen King's It? That was one classic movie where the younger versions of the characters were superior to their adult counter-parts.
Would Boyhood be excluded since the same actor played the younger version? Ellar Coltrane played the same character for 12 real life years. Should've been an honorable mention.
Ewan McGregor was the best thing about the Star Wars prequels.
11:15 C'mon, River Phoenix should be talked about. Why did he have to be an honourable mention?
Yes!! They got number 1 right!!
there was room on that God damned door! fuck you rose you murderer
Why do they pronounce it like Lensherr is english? xD Even the actor, its german, its pronounced like "lehnse-hair"
Anthony Ingruber as William Jones in The Age of Adeline. He is a young Harrison Ford.
Where's Lex Luthor in BvS?
The kid who did Austin Powers in Goldmember.
6:53 You have got to be kidding me. Zachary did fucking shit, and the guy who did Bones was spot on, far better than that shitty petty Spock.
I'm dating myself here, but who can forget William Katt(T.V.'s "Greatest American Hero") as the young Sundance Kid to Robert Redford's portrayal of the classic Sundance role
Christa B. Allen in 13 going on 30 as an honorable mention…
Welp, your uninspired and often politically driven lists have made me want to flip a table at times. But this video was entertaining. Thanks for that.
I swear Josh Brolin was channeling Tommy Lee Jones as "Agent K"
top to yonder versions as characters on tv with
1. ginnifer goodwin and bailee madison once upon a time
No matter the theme, Watchmojo will find a way to put a Nolan movie in it. Gross
curious case of benjamin button
where river phoenix at tho
those Interstellar scenes always make me crack the fuck out of me. Anytime </3
titanic but….. but why?
Soo no Saving Private Ryan fr?
There are no "aristocratic" americans.
James Mcavoy should have at least gotten a mention especially for Days of Future Past
Stop doing the most iconic and start doing the best
Benjamin Button?
I saw Martin freeman im here.
Why is he speaking so fucking fast?
i prefered Ewan Mcgregor over the original Obi Wan
Anton Yelchin as Kyle Reese,
Vote pale lack qpedsc that limited gradually derive drink.
You totally forgot young Kirk! Other than that the list was (of course) perfect
Good list but I would have put James McAvoy over Michael, as much as I love him in the movies I think James does a fantistic job especially in Days Of Future Past, he has a scene with his older self, no one else on this list could say that. Or at least put both of them on the list!
Dominic Cooper as Howard Stark, Sophie Turner as Jean Grey