Fans just learning Thomas Brodie-Sangster's real age after comparing him to legendary actor

Daily Mirror

27-04-2025

Fans of movie star Thomas Brodie-Sangster, known for starring in The Maze Runner and Nanny McPhee as a child, have been shocked to learn his real age
Fans are only just learning of Thomas Brodie-Sangster's real age after being compared with another legendary actor. Sangster, an actor from London, is known for his role as Newt in The Maze Runner movie series and as a child actor, he gained recognition for featuring in the hit films Love Actually and Nanny McPhee.
He was born on May 16, 1990 so he is 34 years old. A user on X, @PicturesFoIder, posted side-by-side photos of Sangster and Scottish actor Sean Connery, known for playing James Bond, at the same age and people on the platform couldn't help but notice how different they look.
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One user said: 'One smoked cigarettes and the other did not.' Connery, who died on October 31, 2020 at the age of 90, was known to smoke both cigarettes and cigars, on and off-screen. Another added: 'Much more testosterone in men back in Connery's day compared to men today.'
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A third chimed in: 'Sean Connery, born 1930, was 34 in 1964 during his James Bond era, known for a rugged lifestyle. Thomas Brodie-Sangster, born 1990, was 34 in 2024, often cast in youthful roles like Love Actually. Lifestyle differences, like Connery's smoking, may explain aging contrast.'
A fourth claimed: 'Sean was smoking heavily from 12 years old on. Drank a lot too. Both age you quickly.'
A fifth user shared: 'I'm 55 and I am only just starting to have lines on my face like Sean at 34, and I could probably undo that without much trouble ( and without botox or surgery). Smoking and drinking age you. Smoking, in particular, messes with your skin.'
Connery was the first actor to play the fictional British secret agent James Bond in motion pictures, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983. In the original novels by Ian Fleming, James Bond is a heavy smoker, putting away between 60 and 70 cigarettes a day and on screen he doesn't match the sixty-a-day habit in the books, but he does smoke in eleven of the 23 007 films, as reported by Geist.
Much like his fictional character, Connery himself was a heavy smoker. He started his smoking habit when he was a child aged just nine-years-old, according to The Independent.
In 1971, Connery gave a candid interview to The Guardian. He told the newspaper: 'I try not to drink too much because when I do drink I drink too much and too easily. I gave up smoking three years ago' a complete cut-off; when I smoked pot I found that I didn't like it because, although it turned me on all right, it was too much like smoking cigarettes', MI6 Headquarters, the world 's most visited unofficial James Bond 007 website, reported.
In contrast, Sangster lives a private, quiet life in Hertfordshire with his wife Talulah Riley. The pair are focused on building up their farm and growing their own food, as per Hello! Magazine.