18 Celebs Who Became Famous As Little Kids, And We Blinked And They Grew Up
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Every day on the internet makes me feel just a teeny bit older — and the most recent thing that made me contemplate my retirement plan was seeing how much Jacob Tremblay grewliterally just in the time it took from The Little Mermaid production to its theatrical release.
Jacob was only 12 when he first landed the role of Flounder — and now he's 16! And just like Jacob, there are so many talented young actors and singers who've been on the scene for so long that now they're teens and twentysomethings. Let's take a look back:
1.Here's Jacob Tremblay when he burst onto the scene in Room (2015):
Here's Jacob Tremblay now at age 16, promoting The Little Mermaid:
And here's a side-by-side:
2.Here's Mckenna Grace in 2013:
Here's Mckenna Grace now at 16:
And here's a side-by-side:
Adorably, McKenna and Jacob are close friends, and she recently supported him at The Little Mermaid premiere.
3.Jacob's not the only Little Mermaid star who's been famous for a while! Here's Halle Bailey when she rose to fame in 2012 winning Disney's Next Big Thing alongside her sister, Chloë — she was 12 at the time, so the age that Jacob was when he voiced Flounder...
And here's Halle — now a literal Disney princess at age 23 — on The Little Mermaid red carpet:
And here's a side-by-side:
4.Here's Chloe Bailey — aka Chloë — when she rose to fame along with Halle in 2012:
And here's Chloë now at 24:
And here's a side-by-side:
And of course, here's a side-by-side of Chloë and Halle together:
5.Here's Anna Cathcart when she played Lara Jean's younger sister Kitty in 2018's To All the Boy's I've Loved Before:
And here she is promoting her spin-off series XO, Kitty now at age 19:
And here's a side-by-side:
In extremely cute news, her To All the Boys costar Noah Centineo came to support her in XO, Kitty and recreated a cute behind-the-scenes photo from the original movie:
6.Here's Sophia Grace and Rosie in 2011, after they rose to fame on Ellen:
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