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THESE CELEBRITY OFFSPRING PLAYED YOUNGER VERSIONS OF THEIR PARENTS' CHARACTERS

- PENELOPE CLIFTON

Mark Consuelos & Michael Consuelos Riverdale

Michael, 28, has said it was a "bucket-list moment" when he first stepped in to play the younger version of his father's character, Hiram Lodge, in the teen drama series back in 2018.

When Michael returned in 2021 to shoot another episode, Mark, 54, took to Instagram to thank the show's creator, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, "for giving me and my family a memory that will last a lifetime".

Melissa McCarthy & Vivian Falcone Thunder Force

Falcone was just 8 years old when she played a junior version of her mother's character in The Boss (2016). After that small role, it seems the now 18-year-old caught the acting bug-in 2021, she stepped in again to fill the shoes of McCarthy's character's younger self in Thunder Force. "We've kind of kept Vivian out of acting, but she's very good at it," her father, Ben Falcone, said during the film's junket, adding that she's just like her hilarious mum.

Chris Hemsworth & Tristan and Sasha Hemsworth Thor: Love and Thunder

"It felt sort of like a one-off, fun family experience," Chris, 42, told Indiewire of his three kids making cameos in the Marvel film. "I don't want them to now go and be child stars and actors.