So, when you say this character is "seventeen", you really mean...
Alan Ruck (29) and
Matthew Broderick (24) in
Ferris Bueller's Day OffOK... let's try...
Jennifer Grey (27) as Baby in
Dirty DancingStill not quite right... how about... 26?
Judd Nelson (26) as John Bender in
The Breakfast ClubNo. No. No. You're not getting this. I said "S-E-V-E-N-T-E-E-N!" I'll give you another chance. Show me a "seventeen year old":
Michael J. Fox (24) in
Teen Wolf and
Back to the Future (it was a busy year). If we want to get nit-picky, Fox was still playing 17 year old Marty McFly five years later at the age of 29 in
Back to the Future Part III.
"Oh, come on! Those are all 80's movies! We would never fall for that kind of Hollywood-voodoo-nonsense these days!"
Michelle Trachtenburg (25) and
Zac Efron (22) in
17 AgainKerry Washington (24)
Sean Patrick Thomas (31) and
Julia Stiles (20) in
Save the Last DanceI give up. I guess "teenaged" is a subjective term. And yes. Sean Patrick Thomas was really over 30, playing a senior in high school.
