23 British Celebrities On Their First Red Carpets Compared With NowSkip To ContentHomepageSign InSearch BuzzFeedSearch BuzzFeedlol Badge Feedwin Badge Feedtrending Badge FeedCalifornia residents can opt out of "sales" of personal data.Do Not Sell My Personal Information 2022 BuzzFeed, Inc PressRSSPrivacyConsent PreferencesUser TermsAd ChoicesHelpContactSitemapPosted on 6 Feb 2017 23 British Celebrities On Their First Red Carpets Compared With Now Adorable then. Adorable now. by Kimberley DaddsBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestTwitterMailLink 1 Tom Hardy Robert Mora / Getty Images Kevin Winter / Getty Images 2017 Tom is a bit hairier than 2002 Tom. 2 Robert Pattinson Chris Harding / Getty Images Joshua Blanchard / Getty Images for GO Campaign Back in 2005 at the Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire premiere, R-Patz was all about red velour suit jackets and leather trousers. 3 Keira Knightley Dave Benett / Getty Images Stuart C. Wilson / Getty Images We love early '00s Keira. 4 Benedict Cumberbatch Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images for Disney Benedict started acting in 2002, so he could have of course attended earlier red carpets. But the first one we found with his name listed was at the Gold Nymph Awards in July 2004. We're loving the sunglasses. 5 Daniel Radcliffe George Desota / Getty Images Remy Steiner / Getty Images Look how excited he looks at the first Harry Potter premiere! <3 6 Idris Elba Lawrence Lucier / Getty Images Frazer Harrison / Getty Images This is the first event photo we found of Idris, back in 2002, and it's a pretty excellent one tbqh. 7 Felicity Jones Dave Hogan / Getty Images Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images Back in 2008 she could only imagine she'd be in Star Wars and on the awards circuit. 8 Calvin Harris Gareth Cattermole / Getty Images Gareth Cattermole / Getty Images Here’s Calvin looking casual at the 2009 Brit Awards. He may have been on a red carpet before as he released his first album in 2007, but you couldn't find a better photo. 9 Tom Felton Anthony Harvey / Getty Images Kevin Winter / Getty Images LOOK AT HIM IN A SUIT IN 2001! 10 Naomie Harris Ian West / PA Archive/PA Images Neilson Barnard / Getty Images On the left: at the 2002 British Independent Film Awards. On the right: at this year's SAG Awards. 11 Gemma Arterton Gareth Cattermole / Getty Images John Phillips / Getty Images She was a bit more excited on her first red carpet, seen here during promo for 2007 film St. Trinian's. 12 Rupert Grint William Conran / PA Archive/PA Images Gareth Cattermole / Getty Images Can we all appreciate how he turned up to the Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone premiere in a hoodie? 13 Tom Hiddleston Getty Images Kevin Winter / Getty Images Always winning, always smiling. 14 Matthew Lewis Jamie Mccarthy / WireImage Ian West PA Archive/PA Images He was of course in all of the Harry Potter movies, but he was first snapped at the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban premiere in 2004. Longbottomed to the max. 15 Nicholas Hoult Myung Jung Kim / PA Archive/PA Images Nicholas Hunt / Getty Images for Sundance Film Festival Adorable then. Adorable now. 16 One Direction Gareth Cattermole / Getty Images Doug Peters Doug Peters/EMPICS Entertainment It seems like a lifetime ago that they were at the 2010 premiere of The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader. On the right: one of their last ever red carpet appearances as a fivesome at the end of 2014. 17 Millie Bobby Brown Jason Laveris / FilmMagic Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images Before she shaved all her hair off and became Eleven from Stranger Things. 18 Gerard Butler Frederick M. Brown/Newsmakers Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images He's not changed his fashion tastes much, but he has switched up the hair. 19 Colin Firth Ron Galella, Ltd. / WireImage Nicholas Hunt / Getty Images for WSJ. Magazine Innovators Awards Pre-Darcy days. 20 James McAvoy Ian West / PA Archive/PA Images John Phillips / Getty Images Back when he wore jeans to premieres. 21 Thomas Brodie-Sangster Ian West / PA Archive/PA Images Tristan Fewings / Getty Images He's come a long way since Love Actually. 22 Ellie Goulding Ian Gavan / Getty Images Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images for iHeart Seven years between the first and last picture. 23 Emma Watson Jon Furniss / Getty Images Rabbani and Solimene Photography / Getty Images She'll always be Hermione to us. Share This ArticleFacebook PinterestTwitterMailLink BuzzFeed DailyKeep up with the latest daily buzz with the BuzzFeed Daily newsletter!This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.