It has been several years since we watched teen movies like High School Musical or Mean Girls, sang at the top of our minds to Backstreet Boys songs, or were wowed by other talented young people of our generation.
As you probably know, some of them have achieved spectacular fame, while many others have taken a fleeting step in the entertainment world, but that does not mean that we forget them. In fact, it is just the opposite.
We put together a new selection of celebrities who were very popular during the first decade of the 2000s to show how they look today, compared to the first time we saw them in movies and on television.
Zac Efron

Chad Michael Murray

Jesse McCartney

Jesse Metcalfe

Milo Ventimiglia

Robert Pattinson

Wentworth Miller

Ben Affleck

Which celebrity did you admire the most in the 2000s? What did you like most about actors or singers of that time? Let us know in the comment section!
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