Ben Platt (L), Gabrielle Union (C) and Chase Stokes (R) are just a few of the stars who played teens way past when they were that age. | Photo Credits: Angela Weiss/Getty Images, Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Piaget and Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic
Stockard Channing as Rizzo in “Grease” (1978)
Actresses and co-stars Stockard Channing, left, and Olivia Newton-John ready themselves for their roles in the movie version of “Grease,” in Los Angeles, Aug. 30, 1977. | Photo Credit: AP Photo/Nick Ut
Rizzo was head of the Pink Ladies in Grease and a high school senior getting ready to graduate. While we loved Stockard Channing performing the hilarious “Look at Me, I’m Sandra Dee” and the emotional “There Are Worse Things I Could Do,” she was 34 by the time the film premiered and would have been out of Rydell High for 16 years.
Kevin (he/him) is a two-time graduate of Lynn University and has a Creative Writing Master's from American College Dublin. When not writing about pop culture, he is constantly opening his worldview by consuming different types of media and traveling around the globe.
Kevin (he/him) is a two-time graduate of Lynn University and has a Creative Writing Master's from American College Dublin. When not writing about pop culture, he is constantly opening his worldview by consuming different types of media and traveling…
