This article was republished with permission from Refinery29.
There are plenty of people who never seem to age. Usually, though, it's thanks to the work of a very skilled cosmetic surgeon or photo editors who airbrush the life out of every magazine cover.
For these 14 stars, though, it's casting choices that have them forever stuck in time (though having a perpetually youthful complexion certainly doesn't hurt). One actress may be saddled with mom roles well before her time. Another may be playing teenagers while she's closing in on 30. And how could Jared Leto possibly be in his 40s?
Of course, if Hollywood went strictly by an actor's age, Tom Cruise might be playing AARP card-waving grandpas instead of action heroes who look to be anywhere between 30 and 50. Shailene Woodley and Jennifer Lawrence would be out of the YA racket, and viewers would have to accept that Viola Davis really isn't actually that old. Can you imagine?
Behold, 14 celebrities who seem to be stuck in time. Think there's some cryogenic chamber we don't know about?
Jena Malone
According to the Hunger Games wiki, Johanna Mason is in her late teens/early 20s. The actress playing her, Jena Malone, is 29, but her most memorable characters have all been teenagers. Consider this: Donnie Darko was filmed 13 years ago.
Forest Whitaker
Here you have an actor who can basically play any age. And, Whitaker did just that in last year's Lee Daniels' The Butler, playing the title character from a young man to a senior citizen. In real life, the Oscar winner falls somewhere in the middle, at age 52. Still, his looks and characters haven't changed much since starring in 1992's The Crying Game.
Jared Leto
Though the Jordan Catalano era and the man-bob are long gone, Leto hasn't really progressed past the 20-something characters he's played in films like Fight Club and Requiem for a Dream. Perhaps that's thanks to the actor's still-boyish good looks. The 42-year-old may have won an Oscar for playing a transgender woman in Dallas Buyers Club, but it's hard to imagine him portraying a doting father of five or middle-aged professor.
Toni Collette
Need a mom who's struggling to keep it all together? Toni Collette's your gal. Though she's only 41 (younger than Jared Leto!), the Australian actress has carved out a career of playing mothers thanks to roles in The Sixth Sense, About a Boy, Little Miss Sunshine, United States of Tara, and last year's Hostages. Never mind the fact that she's just over a dozen years older than the actors playing her children.
Justin Long
With or without the facial hair, it's hard to believe that Justin Long could be anything but underage. His current characters might not be quite as youthful as those he played in 2005's Waiting and 2006's Accepted, but they're not much older. Case in point: In the upcoming film Tusk, the 36-year-old's best friend is played by Haley Joel Osment. Yes, that Haley Joel Osment.
Natasha Lyonne
Litchfield-inmate Nicky Nichols may not be stressed about bras or losing her virginity, but she's not much older than the wise-cracking young women the 35-year-old Lyonne played in late-'90s films like Slums of Beverly Hills and American Pie. Will the Orange Is The New Black star ever grow up?
John Leguizamo
Go on, guess. John Leguizamo is what, 35? Try 49, not that you'd know it from his string of seemingly ageless film characters. From 1993's Carlito's Way to this year's Ride Along, the man hasn't really budged from the mid-30s bracket.
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