Famous College Kids in Movies

Inspired by the previous post, I thought that there are many college students protagonists in various movies that are worth mentioning and remembering, for they have played a fundamental role in developing and getting mature in the lives of many of us. Here is a short list of some characters that we often associate with the actors that played them.

Jason Matthew Biggs playing Jim Levenstein in American Pie 2 - a continuation of the college student’s funny misfortunes in a sexual aspect.

Russell Crowe playing John Nash Jr. in A Beautiful Mind – an ordinary student with extraordinary knowledge who develops the Game Theory at Princeton University.

Jim Sturgess playing Ben Campbell in 21 – a senior math major at Massachusetts Institute of Technology who is accepted at Harvard Medical School but is unable to pay the tuition and joins a blackjack team lead by a professor to earn the needed money.

Channing Tatum playing Greg Jenko in 21 Jump Street – a police officer who has to go back to school undercover to prevent the outbreak of a new synthetic drug and arrest the bad guy behind the scheme.

Anna Kendrick playing Beca Mitchell in Pitch Perfect– a freshman who wants to pursue a music career and upon entering college, she joins the female a cappella group the Barden Bellas.

Katie Holmes playing the President’s daughter Samantha MacKenzie in First Daughter – she enrolls in college and falls in love with another college student who does not accept her as the president’s daughter, but rather sees through her character. Eventually, he turns out to be a member of the President’s bodyguards sent undercover to protect her.

Reese Witherspoon playing Elle Woods in Legally Blonde – a sorority girl who in order to get back her boyfriend follows him to Law School.