# Celebrities Who Look(ed) Significantly Different than Earlier in their Careers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 18, 2018, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869 "2018-01-18T01:44:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/81 "2018-01-19T15:34:42Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > He seems to be playing the same kind of character he did in **Aliens** – a happy, empathetic guy you can relate to, but he works for the Big Bad Company. I think that, just as in Aliens, ST2 Paul Reiser will ultimately be shown to be nasty underneath that fun exterior. I was expecting that, too. Turns out not to be the case. I mean, yeah, he was protecting The Company Secret, but only because he didn’t fully understand what was going on, and because he thought the genie could be stuffed back into the bottle. When it came down to the wire, though, he protected people that Burke would have gleefully fed to the aliens. Also, he took a mauling for the good team. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/82 "2018-01-19T15:43:02Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > [Grace Slick](http://www.bestinshowdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/GRACE-SLICK-THEN-AND-NOW-600x437.jpg). > > [Shelley](http://nitratexposed.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/shelly_duvall.jpg) [Duvall](http://www.etonline.com/sites/default/files/images/2016-11/1280_shelley_duvall_youtube_111716.jpg). :eek::eek::eek::eek: ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/83 "2018-01-19T17:19:54Z")
[Jan Hooks](http://www.designingwomenonline.com/Photos/DWT041.jpg) when she joined the cast of\* Designing Women\* in 1991. [Jan Hooks](https://www.dailydot.com/wp-content/uploads/9fb/43/cf38572fc728490af17f578d0b90d31c.jpg) in 2010. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/84 "2018-01-19T17:59:05Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > [Jan Hooks](http://www.designingwomenonline.com/Photos/DWT041.jpg) when she joined the cast of\* Designing Women\* in 1991. > > [Jan Hooks](https://www.dailydot.com/wp-content/uploads/9fb/43/cf38572fc728490af17f578d0b90d31c.jpg) in 2010. Alcohol, cigarettes and cancer. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/85 "2018-01-19T18:28:27Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > [Grace Slick](http://www.bestinshowdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/GRACE-SLICK-THEN-AND-NOW-600x437.jpg). > > [Shelley](http://nitratexposed.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/shelly_duvall.jpg) [Duvall](http://www.etonline.com/sites/default/files/images/2016-11/1280_shelley_duvall_youtube_111716.jpg). If I remember correctly, not long after that first picture would have been taken Grace suffered severe facial injuries in a car crash on the Golden Gate Bridge, and looked quite different for a long time afterward. ---
**Author:** ![cgg419](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cgg419/32/2847_2.png) [@cgg419](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cgg419)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/86 "2018-01-19T18:38:56Z")
[Scott](http://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/daily/vulture/2015/12/07/07-scott-weiland.w529.h352.jpg) [Weiland](http://media.extratv.com/2015/12/04/spl1189323-001-510x600.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/87 "2018-01-19T18:47:54Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > For a less cruel comparison, here he is [at, IIRC, eighteen](https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/heyarnold/images/a/aa/Hjo.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20160630174243) (maybe twenty) and here he is [last year](https://nyppagesix.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/haley.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1200), age 29. Also, here’s a still from [the new X -files](https://imagesvc.timeincapp.com/v3/mm/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fewedit.files.wordpress.com%2F2018%2F01%2Fxf-s2_206_scn30-32-sh_0216-21.jpg&w=1100&q=85). The problem with Osment is that his face hasn’t changed ENOUGH. He still has the same face he had as a six year old kid, and it looks ridiculous on a grown man, even when covered by an epic beard. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/88 "2018-01-19T20:51:38Z")
[Dennis](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PJW3Jpqjx5s/hqdefault.jpg) [Quaid](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/07/27/13/36A19C1B00000578-3710587-Randy_Quaid-m-12_1469622168226.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/89 "2018-01-19T21:41:02Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > The problem with Osment is that his face hasn’t changed ENOUGH. He still has the same face he had as a six year old kid, and it looks ridiculous on a grown man, even when covered by an epic beard. I saw a movie from the late 90’s which featured a bit part with Michael Cera as a 10-year-old boy. His face looked EXACTLY THE SAME as it does now, which was rather freakish. :eek: In general, though, using child actors as examples is cheating, since they usually change quite a lot. For example: [Macauley Culkin.](http://memoryglands.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/HomeAlone.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/90 "2018-01-19T21:56:03Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > [Dennis](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PJW3Jpqjx5s/hqdefault.jpg) [Quaid](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/07/27/13/36A19C1B00000578-3710587-Randy_Quaid-m-12_1469622168226.jpg) Randy Quaid. But both pictures are him, so the point still stands. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/91 "2018-01-19T21:58:22Z")
Robin Wright. It’s not that she’s had vast amounts of work done - I don’t think she’s had any done - or that she’s aged poorly, because she hasn’t by any means. But I have to look long and hard at her face to see The Princess Buttercup in her features. Also, Boy George. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/92 "2018-01-19T22:15:06Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > I saw a movie from the late 90’s which featured a bit part with Michael Cera as a 10-year-old boy. His face looked EXACTLY THE SAME as it does now, which was rather freakish. :eek: You might be thinking of [Frequency](https://dejareviewer.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/hey-look-its-michael-cera-and-noah-emmerich-in-frequency.jpg). And I totally agree. ---
**Author:** ![Grumbacher\_Red](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Grumbacher\_Red](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumbacher_Red)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/93 "2018-01-19T22:26:26Z")
> [@AWB](#): > > [Tom Cruise](http://heightline.com/wp-content/uploads/Tom-Cruise-teeth.jpg), admittedly because he got his teeth fixed. But he still has that one central incisor that is right in the middle. It has always freaked me out. Yes, he was rather fine in his prime, until Scientology sucked all the hot out of him. As for Shelley Duval, that’s a good example of the toll mental illness takes. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/94 "2018-01-19T23:07:20Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > The problem with Osment is that his face hasn’t changed ENOUGH. He still has the same face he had as a six year old kid, and it looks ridiculous on a grown man, even when covered by an epic beard. Maisie Williams is the same way. It’s freaky. Especially since she’s grown up nicely from the neck down. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2018, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/95 "2018-01-20T03:30:29Z")
[Jennifer](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Jennifer_Anne_Lien%2C_April_1996.jpg/800px-Jennifer_Anne_Lien%2C_April_1996.jpg) [Lien](https://pmcvariety.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/jennifer-lien-mugshot.jpg?w=1000&h=563&crop=1) ---
**Author:** ![LouiC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a3d4f5/32.png) [@LouiC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouiC)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2018, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/96 "2018-01-20T07:33:45Z")
I am surprised no one has yet mentioned the Bridges brothers. In years past, Jeff was incredibly handsome; now he looks old and grizzled. Young Beau, on the other hand, always seemed a bit "not quite " in the looks department; but as he aged he seemed to grow into his frame, face, and self well, and aged more handsomely and gracefully than his brother. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2018, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/97 "2018-01-20T07:59:34Z")
Really sad to read about Shelley Duvall’s mental illness > **[Shocking Shelley Duvall interviews leads to boycott threats for Dr. Phil](https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/shocking-shelley-duvall-interviews-leads-9282337)** > > The Shining director's daughter feels that Duvall is being exploited as she battles with her mental illness ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/98 "2018-01-21T00:13:29Z")
Says I have to answer a survey, in order to read? ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/99 "2018-01-21T03:03:48Z")
??? Paul Reiser looks as much the same a a natural aging man could, at least to me. Show me pics of him in My Two Dads or Stranger Things, it’s obviously the same dude to me. Helen Hunt looks more different from season 1 of Mad About You to later seasons than Paul Riser from before the show until now. ---
**Author:** ![LLCoolL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llcooll/32/3596_2.png) [@LLCoolL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LLCoolL)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869/100 "2018-01-23T14:21:05Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > A recent New York magazine cover featured [Bruce Springsteen](http://variety.com/2017/music/news/bruce-springsteen-politics-trump-marriage-1202576624/). He turns 70 this year, and he is not aging well. I don’t know what you’re talking about. I _hope_ I look that good at 70. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869.md?page=6)