“Diary of the Wimpy Child” star Robert Capron has turned 28 — and practically three a long time after a meme from the film went viral, followers are surprised by his transformation.
X account Pop Crave shared side-by-side pictures of Capron as his franchise character Rowley Jefferson, and the absolutely unrecognizable, practically 30-year-old grownup with darker hair and a match physique.
Within the feedback thread, followers had been in disbelief, with one particular person writing, “the glow up is critical lol” and one other gushing, “Oh, he’s so lovely!”
A 3rd follower lamented, “Bro didn’t must develop up,” whereas a fourth remarked, “Wait a minute! Who’re you?”
A fifth particular person enthused, “Rattling, Rowley grew up good-looking. Good for him.”
“Rowley all grown up is making a whole era of millennials and Gen Z really feel historical proper now,” yet one more wrote.
Capron famously performed Rowley within the franchise motion pictures between 2010 and 2017. However it was a second from 2011’s “Diary of a Wimpy Child: Rodrick Guidelines” that caught the eye of a whole era.
Within the viral clip, entitled “Rowley Waves and Appears Down,” Capron’s character sees pal Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon) strolling into church with a pink scarf masking a chocolate stain on his pants.
Rowley waves cheerfully earlier than wanting down on the scarf with a doubtful expression.
Throughout social media, followers regarded again on the meme on Thursday in honor of the actor’s birthday.
“Thanks for the meme,” one particular person wrote, whereas one other chimed in, calling the meme “unforgettable.”
Rowley as soon as shared that, regardless of starring in 4 of the beloved motion pictures based mostly on writer Jeff Kinney‘s 2007 guide, his favourite half has been the memes.
“From the underside of my coronary heart, my favourite half now, actually,” Capron mentioned in a 2024 interview with Function First.
“As someone who went to highschool and despatched round some goofy GIFs and all of that, it’s so pleasant to me that I’m now being despatched round as a response GIF, presumably in a whole lot of completely different excessive colleges,” he mentioned.
Elsewhere within the interview, Capron added, “Folks speak about successful an Oscar and various things. I believe just like the goofball teenager in me could be very proud to be part of the meme pantheon that means, it’s very bizarre however I’m grateful for it. It’s sort of wild.”
