Here's What 17 Child Actors Looked Like In Their First Major Role Vs. Now,Time has flown by fast!
Here’s What 17 Child Actors Looked Like In Their First Major Role Vs. Now
It’s pretty wild how quickly people grow up before your eyes. Here’s a look at Asian former child stars in some of their earliest TV and movie roles vs. now:
1. To start, Brenda Song played London Tipton in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.
© 20th Century Fox Film Corp. / Courtesy Everett CollectionAnd here’s what she looks like now.
Theo Wargo / Getty Images for Armani beauty3. Vanessa Hudgens played Tintin in Thunderbirds.
© Universal / Courtesy Everett CollectionAnd here’s what she looks like now.
Jamie Mccarthy / Getty Images4. Anna Cathcart played Kitty in the To All the Boys film series.
© Netflix / Courtesy Everett CollectionAnd here’s what she looks like now.
Steve Granitz / FilmMagic5. Ki Hong Lee played Minho in The Maze Runner franchise.
Ben Rothstein / © 20th Century Fox Netherlands / Courtesy Everett CollectionAnd here’s what he looks like now.
Steven Simione / Getty Images6. Olivia Rodrigo played Paige in Bizaardvark.
Carol Kaelson / © Disney Channel / Courtesy Everett CollectionAnd here’s what she looks like now.
Kevin Mazur / Getty Images for The Met Museum / Vogue7. Sydney Park played Gabby Phillips in Instant Mom.
Bonnie Osborne / © Nickelodeon / Courtesy Everett CollectionAnd here’s what she looks like now.
Lisa Rose / © Nickelodeon / Courtesy Everett CollectionAnd here’s what he looks like now.
Kelsey Mcneal / Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty ImagesAnd here’s what he looks like now.
Josh Ethan Johnson / © A24 / Courtesy Everett CollectionAnd here’s what he looks like now.
Monica Schipper / Getty Images11. Tenzing Norgay Trainor played Parker Rooney in Liv and Maddie.
Eric McCandless / © Disney Channel / Courtesy Everett CollectionAnd here’s what he looks like now.
Robin L Marshall / WireImage12. Hudson Yang played Eddie Huang in Fresh Off the Boat.
Richard Cartwright / Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty ImagesAnd here’s what he looks like now.
Jon Kopaloff / Getty Images13. Maitreyi Ramakrishnan played Devi Vishwakumar in Never Have I Ever.
Lara Solanki / © Netflix / Courtesy Everett CollectionAnd here’s what she looks like now.
Monica Schipper / Getty Images14. Janel Parrish played Jade in Bratz: The Movie.
© Lionsgate / Courtesy Everett CollectionAnd here’s what she looks like now.
Ron Tom / © ABC / Courtesy Everett CollectionAnd here’s what he looks like now.
Amanda Edwards / FilmMagic16. Dev Patel played Jamal Malik in Slumdog Millionaire.
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Eric Zachanowich / © A24 / Courtesy Everett Collection17. Finally, Hailee Steinfeld played Mattie Ross in True Grit.
Wilson Webb / © Paramount Pictures / Courtesy Everett CollectionAnd here’s what she looks like now.
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