10 Things Movies Need To Stop Doing IMMEDIATELY

The key reason why studios tend to be more interested in casting adults as characters trying to navigate the daily struggle of high school usually comes down to the fact that kids/teenagers are limited as to how long they can work each day on a movie set.

But it's still possible to cast these big-screen youngsters in a way that doesn't immediately break the illusion of the character in question believably being the age they claim to be during the picture.

Take Tom Holland's Peter Parker, for example. The Brit was 19-years-old when he first popped up in an MCU offering. But with the star having a very much childlike face and energy, few batted an eyelid at the idea of him being in the thick of high school throughout his time in the Marvel sphere.

The same could not be said when it came to Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield's Spideys, mind, with most fans just choosing to overlook the fact both actors were clearly around a decade older than the icon they were portraying during their time in the super suit.

Perhaps the most glaring example of bizarre high school casting pulling people out of a flick came during 2021's Dear Evan Hansen, with broadway star Ben Platt controversially stepping back into the role of the 17-year-old despite evidently being ten years older than the titular figure.

Here's hoping more films follow the Holland formula in the years to come, eh.