13 Actors Who Were Far Older Than Their Teenage Characters

Real age 34, Character Rizzo 18

It’s no secret that everyone in Grease looks too old to be going to high school pep rallies and dances, but as soon as the ‘Summer Nights’ kicks in and you’ve become accustomed to the characters, all thoughts of why people clearly in their mid-late 20’s are still in school, fades away. Stockard Channing was famously one of the oldest actors on set, with a 16 year age gap between her and her ballsy character Rizzo.