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* 16-year-old [[Judy Garland]] was cast as the 11-year-old Dorothy Gale in ''[[The Wizard of Oz (film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' (indeed, most people who haven't read the books don't realize Dorothy ''isn't'' supposed to be a teenager). Legend has it the studio forced her to [[Suppressed Mammaries|wear a tight band around her breasts to make them less noticeable]] during the filming, among the many other nasty things they did to her and other actors of the day.
* The movie version of ''[[The Wiz]]'' has 33-year-old Diana Ross managed to get herself cast as Dorothy, pushing out 20-year-old Stephanie Mills (who was the stage Dorothy) in the process.
* [[EllenElliot Page]] is frequently cast as a teenager (14 years old in ''[[Hard Candy]],'' 15 years old in '' [[The Tracey Fragments]],'' 16 years old in ''[[Juno]]'', and 17 years old in ''[[Whip It]]''), despite being 18 to 22 respectively at the time of theirthese films' production. Ditto for herhis roles in ''[[An American Crime]]'' (where shehe played 16-year-old Sylvia Likens) and ''[[X-Men: The Last Stand]]'' (where shehe played the teenage Kitty Pryde).
* ''[[Porky's]]'', probably the prototypical teen sex farce, featured an entire cast over 20 playing high school students, so that it could actually show nudity.
* ''[[Cry Wolf]]'' features Lindy Booth (in her mid-20s at time) as an 18-year-old.
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