TikTok’s increase in popularity has caused many celebrities to use the platform to promote their upcoming projects, connect with fans, and show more of their personal lives. However, users have also been seeing a lot of familiar faces that they haven’t seen in a long time. Child stars are taking over TikTok and bringing a whole lot of nostalgia with them.
13 Going on 30 is an iconic movie with a recognizable cast and even more recognizable clothing department. Actor Christa B. Allen played the younger version of Jennifer Garner in the hit film and created a TikTok dressing up as her older costar. She wears the legendary striped Versace dress and recreates the montage scene where Garner is getting ready for a party to Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance with Somebody.” Allen also duetted a group of dancers and danced to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” just like Garner did in the film and lip-synced to some of the lines from the film.
Fellow castmate, Alexandra Kyle duetted Allen and they both dressed up in their costumes from the birthday party scene. Kyle played young Lucy “Tom-Tom” Wyman, the leader of the mean girls in the film. Although it’s been over fifteen years since the two starred side by side, they look exactly like their characters in the film.
Shelby Young took part in the “Watch Me Grow” challenge on TikTok but added her own twist. She decided to showcase how she grew up as a child actor, posting photos from various sets and projects she’s worked on. Most people recognize her as Stephanie, the pink-haired girl from Lazytown. Others recognize her from clips with Emma Roberts in the hit film Wild Child. She also added photos and videos from American Horror Story: Murder House where she played Violet’s bully.
However, not all child stars on TikTok are bringing entertaining and nostalgic content to the app. Paul Butcher once played Jamie Lynn Spears’ little brother on Zoey 101, but his content is definitely not family-friendly. Most of his videos are sexual in nature and are criticized by fans. Not only is it strange for him to behave this way because of his past television character, but it’s inappropriate behavior in general. He makes it even worse by wearing PCA merch and referencing the very innocent show.
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