26 Times Teen Dramas Actually Cast Teen Actors

[just444]

Still shocked Alexis Bledel was NINETEEN when she played Rory. https://t.co/n1ZQ8t16yW
- BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) January 3, 2021

source5/26 Examples Of Teen Dramas Casting Teen Actors That Will Open Your Eyes To How Many Times They Don't

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[mandramoddle]

Technically 19 is a "teenager" but that doesn't count to me. Or maybe I'm picky. Lol

[laminy]

I'm with you. I know obviously the word 'teen' is literally right there but I've never considered a 19-year-old a teenager.

[xtinkerbellax]

I mean, technically I guess but it's not like 19 year olds are way more mature or in vastly different places, they're just living in dorms going to school instead of living with their parents.

[xtinkerbellax]

IDG the Alexis surprise lol

[yami_no_hoshi]

Yeah lol, I’m more surprised that Lane was 27!
Unless they’re trying to say they can’t believe a 19-year old looked 16?? idg

[jinxeh13]

I just did a GG rewatch and she comes off as much younger than 16 in the first season, so I'm legitimately surprised she was 19. I would have thought she was in the 14 - 15 range at best. Lane being 27 is a legit surprise, lol. She's 47 now! She would have been in her mid-40s for the revival and she looked great.

[anolinde]

I was shocked when I found out her age after watching the first season of Gilmore Girls, I legit thought she was 12.

[numara]

[peddlestools]

His agent said he was 18 after shredding his birth certificate and forging a new one

[stuffedpanda]

he looks 18 here
https://i.insider.com/5b9fbf2f3cccd15e008b45b3?width=700&format=jpeg&auto=webp

[elvasle]

he still looks at least 25

[laminy]

I was surprised that Michelle Williams was the youngest. I'm not sure why, maybe she just has a more serious face or something. She seems older.

Also I don't want to care, but I don't think Derek Hale is supposed a decade older than the rest of them, is he? I did not know Crystal Reed was that much older than the other cast members, though.

[euraylie]

Yeah I also thought Michelle was older than the rest of her cast...maybe just the way her character was written or her "aura"

[elvasle]

her character was written in a way where she came off older

[fimh]

they also styled her older then the other ones because she was edgy and from the city~~~

[numara]

i'm also grateful that i grew up watching the n bc it totally normalized seeing actual teenagers for me: degrassi, radio free roscoe, caitlin's way, south of nowhere, etc

[theactualworst]

Oh man I haven't thought about Caitin's Way in forever. What a throwback.

[anolinde]

I was obsessed with that show, I thought it was so ~edgy lmao.

[sadteenager]

the original horsegirl!!!