

What do Hugh Dancy, John Malkovich, Anna Kendrick and JLaw have in common? Answer = YA.

Come on, we can’t be the only ones noticing familiar faces popping up all over the spectrum of adaptions. So we did a little bit of research and it turns out there’s a very ‘6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon’ quality about the young adult movie talent pool. We’re starting to think there’s an elite group of actors who’ve made it their life’s goal to work with one another specifically in YA book adaptions. Yes, that sounds ridiculous, but there is proof!

We suggest clicking on the image below in order to view this image at full size and scroll through to see all of the connections! A complete list of the actors, which movies they starred in and their roles can be found below!



Note: There is only one non-YA movie on this chart and that is X-Men First Class and we added it because Jennifer Lawrence is in it with Kevin Bacon and this chart would really be incomplete if Le Bacon wasn’t included.







YA Cast List

Nina Dobrev

Elena in The Vampire Diaries

Candace in The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Emma Watson

Sam in The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Hermione Granger in Harry Potter

Robert Pattinson

Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Edward Cullen in Twilight

Jamie Campbell Bower

Young Gellert Grindelwald in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows (P2)

Caius in Twilight

Jace in The Mortal Instruments

Kristen Stewart

Bella Swan in Twilight

Melinda Sordino in Speak

Anna Kendrick

Jessica Stanley in Twilight

Stacey Pilgrim in Scott Pilgrim vs the World

Johnny Simmons

Young Neil in Scott Pilgrim vs the World

Brad in The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Mae Whitman

Bianca in The Duff

Roxy Richter in Scott Pilgrim vs the World

Mary Elizabeth in The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Ellen Wong

Knives Chau in Scott Pilgrim vs the World

Jill ‘Mouse’ Chen inThe Carrie Diaries

Michael Cera

Scott Pilgrim in Scott Pilgrim vs the World

Nick in Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist

Logan Lerman

Charlie in The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Percy Jackson in Percy Jackson

Jennifer Lawrence

Katniss Everdeen inThe Hunger Games

Raven/Mystique in X-Men First Class (with Kevin Bacon!)

Stanley Tucci

Caesar Flickerman in The Hunger Games

Mr. D in Percy Jackson

Jake Abel

Luke in Percy Jackson

Mark in I Am Number Four

Alex Pettyfer

John in I Am Number Four

Kyle Kingson in Beastly

Erik Knudsen

Trey in Beastly

Crash in Scott Pilgrim vs the World

Ben Barnes

Tom Ward in Seventh Son

Young Dunstan Thorn in Stardust

Julianne Moore

President Alma Coin in Mockingjay

Mother Malkin inSeventh Son

Jeff Bridges

Master Gregory in Seventh Son

The Giver in The Giver

Cameron Monaghan

Asher in The Giver

Mason in Vampire Academy

Joely Richardson

Queen Tatiana in Vampire Academy

Ms. Sophia in Fallen

Zoey Dutch

Rose Hathaway in Vampire Academy

Emily Asher in Beautiful Creatures

Jeremy Irons

Macon Ravenwood in Beautiful Creatures

Brom in Eragon

John Malkovich

Galbatorix in Eragon

Grigio in Warm Bodies

Thomas Mann

Link in Beautiful Creatures

Aaron in It’s Kind of A Funny Story

Greg Gaines in Me and Earl & the Dying Girl

Masam Holden

Ill Phil in Me and Earl & the Dying Girl

Ricky in The Spectacular Now

Viola Davis

Amma in Beautiful Creatures

Dr. Eden Minerva in It’s Kind of A Funny Story

Major Gwen Anderson in Ender’s Game

Asa Butterfield

Ender Wiggin in Ender’s Game

Jacob Portman in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

Eva Green

Miss Peregrine in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

Serafina Pekkala in The Golden Compass

Allison Janney

Dr. Golan in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

Lydia Martin in How to Deal

Dottie in The Duff (not pictured in chart above)

Mandy Moore

Halley Martin in How to Deal

Lana Thomas in The Princess Diaries

Anne Hathaway

Mia Thermopolis in The Princess Diaries

Ella in Ella Enchanted

Hugh Dancy

Char in Ella Enchanted

Aiden in Blood and Chocolate

Dayo Okeniyi

Marcus in The Spectacular Now

Thresh in The Hunger Games

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Holly in The Spectacular Now

Ramona Flowers in Scott Pilgrim vs the World

Brie Larson

Cassidy in The Spectacular Now

Envy Adams in Scott Pilgrim vs the World

Miles Teller

Sutter in The Spectacular Now

Peter in Divergent

Shailene Woodley

Aimee in The Spectacular Now

Tris Prior in Divergent

Hazel in The Fault in Our Stars

Ansel Elgort

Caleb Prior in Divergent

Gus in The Fault in Our Stars

Nat Wolff

Isaac in The Fault in Our Stars

Quentin Jacobsen in Paper Towns

Ray Stevenson

Marcus in Divergent

Murlaugh in Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant

Willem Dafoe

Van Houten in The Fault in Our Stars

Gavner Purl in Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant

Don McManus

Mr. Shan in Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant

Masked Man in The Maze Runner (yes, it’s a stretch, but this still counts!)



***Not featured on chart***

Teresa Palmer

Number 6 in I Am Number Four

Julie in Warm Bodies

Josh Hutcherson

Peeta in The Hunger Games

Steve in Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant

Zoe Kravitz

Christina in Divergent

Nia in It’s Kind of a Funny Story





List of YA Books the Movies are Based On



The Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

The Carrie Diaries by Candace Bushnell

Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist by David Levithan and Rachel Cohn

Scott Pilgrim series by Bryan Lee O’Malley

The DUFF by Kody Keplinger

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Stardust by Neil Gaiman

The Last Apprentice series by Joseph Delaney

I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore

Beastly by Alex Flinn

The Giver by Lois Lowry

Fallen by Lauren Kate

Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

Eragon by Christopher Paolini

Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion

It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

How to Deal by Sarah Dessen

The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot

Ella Enchanted by Gail Garson Levine

Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

The Spectacular Now by Tim Tharpe

Divergent by Veronica Roth

Paper Towns by John Green

Cirque du Freak series by Darren Shan

The Maze Runner by James Dashner





Are there more connections that we missed? Tell us in the comments below!

(For example, we tried so hard to get If I Stay and The 5th Wave both starring Chloe Grace Moretz in there but we just couldn’t find a connection!)

