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Who Plays Ponyboy Curtis In The Outsiders?
SlashFilmStory by staff@slashfilm.com (Devin Meenan)
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The Outsiders' Ponyboy Curtis recast across film and TV, as Hollywood recycles another beloved classic
beat sheet
- Francis Ford Coppola's 1983 film adaptation of The Outsiders starred C. Thomas Howell as Ponyboy, while the 1990s TV series featured a different actor, Scott Baio, in the same role
- The recasting is a common Hollywood practice as studios look to milk nostalgia and build out IP, though fans are often divided on whether new interpretations can match the original's magic
call sheet
C. Thomas Howell, Scott Baio, The Outsiders