People Are Shocked To Learn Paul Rudd Turned 50 Today

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Pop quiz: how previous is Paul Rudd? He’s been appearing for some time (Clueless was his first position, all the way in which again in 1995), which suggests he’s not a teenager anymore. But additionally, have you ever seen Paul Rudd these days? (Judging by how many individuals watched the Avengers: Endgame trailer, it in all probability hasn’t been that lengthy.) He seems to be like he’s in his early 30s. It’s the identical “affliction” that the equally ageless Michelle Pfeiffer “suffers” from. Anyway, time’s up: Rudd is 50 years previous (!).

This is the oldest picture of Rudd on Getty Images:

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And this is likely one of the most up-to-date:

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How is that this doable? He seems to be precisely the identical at the moment as he did in Wet Hot American Summer, and that film got here out 18 years in the past. “I’m 80 years old on the inside,” Rudd not too long ago joked throughout a Clueless reunion. “In here, pure darkness — and a little moisturizer.” (His co-star Breckin Meyer joked, “On Paul’s trailer, they would knock like an hour beforehand because he had to finish sucking the lifeblood out of the babies he takes in order to maintain [his youth], and then he was camera-ready.”) Edgar Wright has a special rationalization. “Happy 50th to the ever charming, ever boyish Paul Rudd,” the virtually Ant-Man director tweeted to have a good time Rudd’s nameday. “Fifty is incidentally the number of virgins whose blood he baths in per annum.”

Others are observing Rudd’s birthday with an equal quantity of “wait, really.”