4. Kirsten Dunst - Interview With The Vampire
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Age is one of the hardest things to pull off convincingly, which is why actors are frequently cast as younger rather than older. They can remember being a certain age and access that frame of reference to inform their performance. A younger actor, on the other hand, hasn't experienced that part of their lives yet, and will most likely have a harder time in the role. So when you ask a 12-year-old actress to play a vampire who's been around for a century...well, that's not something just anyone can do. Kirsten Dunst knocks it out of the park in Interview with the Vampire. She perfectly portrays an adult woman in the body of a child, and her chemistry with co-stars Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise would put to shame actresses three times her age. You can see her playing a woman who is both frustrated by the fact that she can't age yet still uses an appearance of wide-eyed innocence to her advantage, and it's honestly some of the best work Dunst has ever done.