This will make you feel better about being awkward in high school. Teens on screen are always played by graceful twentysomethings.
In Smallville, Tom Welling played a character 10 years younger than himself. Here's Tom's actual teenage yearbook photo.
I get that he's Superman, but I'm 27 and I'm still not as put together as 14-year-old Clark or any of his high school freshman friends. Neither was the guy playing Clark.
How about Mean Girls?
Regina George is intimidatingly graceful as a Mean Girls' ringleader. At that age, Rachel McAdams was nothing like that.
Kevin Tang
The Fonz: original greaser rebel RUDE TEEN.
No wonder The Fonz is still cooler than anyone I know.
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And Pitch Perfect?
Late twenties Anna makes a plausible college freshman. But still.