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    33 TV Actor Side-By-Sides That Are Simply Brilliant And Prove Casting Directors Deserve More Credit

    Karen Gillan met her cousin for the very first time after she was cast as a young Amy Pond on Doctor Who.

    1. First, Sophie Nélisse and Melanie Lynskey as Shauna from Yellowjackets

    2. Samantha Hanratty and Christina Ricci as Misty from Yellowjackets

    3. Jasmin Savoy Brown and Tawny Cypress as Taissa from Yellowjackets

    4. Louis Hofmann and Andreas Pietschmann as Jonas Kahnwald/The Stranger from Dark

    5. Matilda Lawler and Mackenzie Davis as Kirsten Raymonde from Station Eleven

    6. Darnell Besaw and Alaqua Cox as Maya Lopez from Hawkeye

    7. Mamadou Haidara and Omar Sy as Assane from Lupin

    8. Izabela Vidovic and Melissa Benoist as Kara Danvers from Supergirl

    9. Olivia Nikkanen and Chyler Leigh as Alex Danvers from Supergirl

    10. Barrett Carnahan and Martin Kove as John Kreese from Cobra Kai

    11. Nikki Roumel and Brianne Howey as Georgia Miller from Ginny & Georgia

    12. Daelo Jin Walton and Javon "Wanna" Walton as Ashtray from Euphoria

    13. Kyra Adler and Sydney Sweeney as Cassie Howard from Euphoria

    14. Kaylan Teague and Jessie Mei Li as Alina Starkov from Shadow and Bone

    15. Jaidan Jiron and Hannah Simone as Cece Parekh from New Girl

    16. Colin Ford and Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester from Supernatural

    17. Brock Kelly and Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester from Supernatural

    18. Caitlin Blackwood and Karen Gillan as Amy Pond from Doctor Who

    19. Lucas Booth-Clibborn and Regé-Jean Page as Simon Basset from Bridgerton

    20. Mckenna Grace and Kiernan Shipka as Sabrina Spellman from The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

    21. Mckenna Grace and Kate Siegel as Theo Crain from Haunting of Hill House

    22. Lulu Wilson and Elizabeth Reaser as Shirley Crain from Haunting of Hill House

    23. Rachel Hilson and Susan Kelechi Watson as Beth Pearson from This Is Us

    24. Mackenzie Hancsicsak, Hannah Zeile, and Chrissy Metz as Kate Pearson from This Is Us

    25. Dasany Kristal Gonzalez and Dascha Polanco as Daya Diaz from Orange Is the New Black

    26. Ashley Jordyn and Henny Russell as Carol Denning from Orange Is the New Black

    27. Elisha Henig and Ramy Youssef as Ramy from Ramy

    28. AnnaSophia Robb and Reese Witherspoon as Elena Richardson from Little Fires Everywhere

    29. Tiffany Boone and Kerry Washington as Mia Warren from Little Fires Everywhere

    30. Ethan Hwang and Justin H. Min as Ben Hargreeves from Umbrella Academy

    31. Bailee Madison and Ginnifer Goodwin as Snow White from Once Upon a Time

    32. Cailey Fleming and Sophia Di Martino as Sylvie from Loki

    33. And finally, Ben Savage and Mandy Patinkin as Jason Gideon from Criminal Minds and Saul Berenson from Homeland

    We can't fit everyone into one post, so what other younger vs. older TV castings are phenomenal? Tell us in the comments below!