A lot of people grow up being told they look just like their parents. Maybe we wouldn’t give much of a thought but for many people will be getting paid just because they look so much alike to their famous parents.
When movie companies run out of actors to play the role I bet there is always a backup person who can be a replacement. Most of the time these replacements are children of the most famous actors in the industry.
They will be playing their younger version to fit the role perfectly in this case casting directors need not look further when searching for a person to play their younger selves.
Now scroll down to see the cases where your favorite actor has a child as a twin!
1. For Red’s age 20 mugshot in The Shawshank Redemption, they photographed Morgan Freeman’s son, Alfonso.
2. On the wedding episode of 30 Rock, Tina Fey’s daughter Alice Richmond played Liz Lemon in a childhood flashback.
3. In Evening, Mamie Gummer played the 1950s version of Lila Wittenborn Ross, while her mother Meryl Streep played the present-day version.
4. Susan Sarandon and her daughter, Eva Amurri Martino, play the same role as Mary McGarricle in That’s My Boy.
5. O’Shea Jackson Jr. played his dad Ice Cube in the biopic Straight Outta Compton.
6. James Cromwell’s son John played a younger version of his father’s character, Arthur Arden, in American Horror Story: Asylum.
7. In Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Indio Falconer Downey played the 9-year-old version of his dad Robert Downey Jr.’s character Harry Lockhart.
8. Mark Harmon’s son, Sean Harmon, played a young Gibbs a few times on NCIS.
9. Ever Anderson played the younger version of Alicia Marcus, her mother Mila Jovovich’s character, in Resident Evil: The Final Chapter.
10. Melissa McCarthy’s daughter, Vivian Falcone, played the younger version of Lydia in Thunder Force
11. Glenn Close’s daughter Annie Starke plays the younger version of Joan Castleman in The Wife.
12. Quinn Dempsey Stiller voiced the younger version of Alex the lion, who’s played by his dad Ben, in Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa.
13. Former Phillies GM Rubén Amaro Jr. played his dad, former MLB player Rubén Amaro Sr., on two episodes of The Goldbergs.
14. Sophia Loren played both her mother Romilda Villani and herself in Sophia Loren: Her Own Story.
15. Vin Diesel’s Son, Vincent Sinclair, plays the youngest version of Dominic Toretto in Fast And Furious 9.
16. A real-life daughter and mother team of Jennifer Ehle and Rosemary Harris playing the same character across a six-decade storyline in Sunshine.
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