20+ Times Hollywood Totally Nailed the Younger Versions of Characters

Being a casting director can be an incredibly challenging task, especially when the goal is to find an exact double of the lead actor. Research indicates that the odds of discovering someone who looks identical to another person are as rare as 1 in a trillion. Despite these staggering odds, real professionals in the movie industry have managed to achieve the impossible. Their impeccable work in finding perfect doppelgängers for lead actors deserves our admiration, as evidenced in the following films and TV series.

1. Taylor Henderson and Bette Midler as Winifred in Hocus Pocus 2

2. Jaidan Jiron and Hannah Simone as Cece in New Girl

3. Kyra Adler and Sydney Sweeney as Cassie in Euphoria

4. Gianni Ciardiello and Penn Badgley as Joe in You

5. Mckenna Grace and Kiernan Shipka as Sabrina in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

6. Sadie Byron and Tanya Reynolds as Lily in Sex Education

7. Alexandra Kyle and Judy Greer as Lucy in 13 Going on 30

8. Henry Thomas and Timothy Hutton as Hugh in The Haunting of Hill House

9. Bailee Madison and Ginnifer Goodwin as Snow in Once Upon a Time

10. Jack Dylan Grazer and James Ransone as Eddie in It: Chapter Two

11. Lulu Wilson and Elizabeth Reaser as Shirley in The Haunting of Hill House

12. Walker Scobell and Ryan Reynolds as Adam Reed in The Adam Project

13. Sophia Lillis and Jessica Chastain as Beverly in It: Chapter Two

14. Hannah Zeile and Chrissy Metz as Kate in This is Us

15. Saoirse Ronan, Romola Garai, and Vanessa Redgrave as Briony Tallis in Atonement

16. Béla Gabor Lenz and Peter Benedict as Alexander Tiedemann in Dark

17. Wyatt Oleff and Andy Bean as Stanley in It: Chapter Two

18. Tipper Seifert-Cleveland and Emma Stone as Cruella in Cruella

19. Finn Wolfhard and Bill Hader as Richie in It: Chapter Two

20. Emily Evan Rae and Evangeline Lilly as Kate in Lost

21. Mila Kunis and Angelina Jolie as Gia Carangi in Gia

While some casting directors conduct extensive auditions to discover the child or teenage actors who can portray a perfect younger version of a character, others choose an alternative route by casting the children of movie stars, as it’s almost always a win-win.