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actors perfect for playing different age counterparts of one another?


Which pairs of actors can you think of that would be perfect for playing different age counterparts for one another?

Here's some of my ideas:

young Timothy Dalton/old Patrick Stewart
young Dane DeHaan/old Jack Nicholson
young Jessica Chastain/old Cloris Leachman

What are yours?

Please don't post ones that have been done already ala young Joseph-Gordon Levitt/old Bruce Willis

Discuss...

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Jeremy Irons
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNWUzYjUzNmYtZGYxOS00OWMyLTkyY2EtMDZlMWIzZTJmYmQyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMDM2NDM2MQ@@.CR2050,536,574,766_UY800.jpg

Michael Lewis
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/[email protected],44,798,1002_UY800.jpg

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That's probably the best one I've seen posted so far. Good eye, sir!

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That's jeremy irons twice.

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So it is! I just wanted to post Irons 🙃

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Frances O'Connor
https://media.movieassets.com/static/images/items/people/profiles/e2cfb895b55ca387eec5f3a4d2963eb1.jpg

Jessica Harper
http://www.du-hd.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Jessica-Harper-Suspiria.jpg

Anthony Ingruber as Harrison Ford.
Bonus: That one happened. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f33h8p9Bacc

Oh, and since it's also happened multiple times already, Vera and Taissa Farmiga.
http://starcasm.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/AHS-Taissa-Farmiga-Bates-Motel-Vera-Farmiga.jpg

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My God they are identical !

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I have a good one but I’ll need some help figuring it out.

My wife used to watch this show that went on for many seasons and it’s about a trashy family. There is a young guy in it and I think his name might have been Lip, and that guy looks just like a young Robert Mitchum. I think the name of the show was the family’s last name. Anyone know it?

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Shameless

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Yes!!!!!

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Jeremy Allen White and Robert Mitchum.

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The film Sleepers (1996) had some interesting casting ...
Young Shakes - Joe Perrino / Shakes - Jason Patric
Young Michael - Brad Renfro / Michael - Brad Pitt
Young Tommy - Jonathan Tucker / Tommy - Billy Crudup
Young John - Geoffrey Wigdor / John - Ron Eldard

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Jgl was stupid though, they don't look alike at all.

In labor day it was done right, josh brolin and tom lipinski look so alike, it's scary.

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Janet Kidder -- https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/arrow/images/f/f8/Janet_Kidder.png/revision/latest?cb=20160209131425

Margot Kidder -- https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTc2NDQ2MDI0OF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwMTc1MzI2._V1_UY1200_CR81,0,630,1200_AL_.jpg

Aunt and niece, but a much stronger resemblance than this would imply. The last I heard, they had wanted to do younger and older versions of the same character but never got around to it.

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