These Actors Played Much Younger Characters Onscreen

Andrew Garfield

There are many examples of older actors playing much younger characters but this is arguably the most famous in recent years. Garfield played Peter Parker in The Amazing Spider-Man and tried to convince everybody that he was a teenage boy. He was touching 30 at the time so it involved a massive suspension of belief.

Meanwhile, his co-star Emma Stone was 22 so she was only six years older than her character, Gwen Stacey. Compared to Garfield, they were effectively the same age. Despite this, Garfield did a decent job as the New York superhero but the movies didn’t have the same gravitas as Tobey Maguire’s (via People).