Why on earth do we need new actors in the future???

[heathernmoore]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "norsecode" <norsecode at y...> wrote:
> I keep hearing people say that if the movies aren't filmed one a 
year 
> for the next seven years, that we won't be able to use the same 
> actors (i.e. Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson).  
Some 
> even suggest that they'll have to be recast before book 4 or 5 are 
> put on film, even if they DO film one a year.
> 
> I don't understand this.  Dan was 11 when he played 11-year-old 
Harry 
> last year.  He's 12 now and is currently playing 12-year-old 
Harry.  
> What is the problem here?  Why on earth is it a problem that he is 
> going through puberty and his voice is changing??  OBVIOUSLY boys 
DO 
> mature at that age if Dan is doing it.  Who's to say Harry didn't 
do 
> so at age 12 too??
> 
> And Rupert Grint is one year older that what he's been playing (he 
> was 12 when he played 11-year-old Ron, and is 13 as he now plays 12-
> year-old Ron) and Emma Watson is one year younger (she was 10 when 
he 
> played 11-year-old Hermione, and is 11 as he now plays 12-year-old 
> Hermione).  Will one year more or less make that much of a 
> difference??
> 
> Moreover, I fail to understand why people are so worried about 
these 
> actors "aging."  I mean, look at all the actors over 20 out there 
who 
> are playing teenagers.  Prime example: Tom Welington, who plays 13-
> year-old (!!!) Clark Kent on "Smallville," is 24 years old!!!  
> Granted, he certainly doesn't LOOK 13, but he can get by.  Or, look 
> at Scott Wolf who played 15-year-old Bailey on "Party of Five" when 
> he was in his late twenties!  At the same time, Matthew Fox, who 
> played Bailey's 19-year-old brother was in his mid-twenties.  Look 
at 
> all the actors on just about any teenage laden prime time soap.  
> In "Beverly Hills 90210," Gabrielle Cartis was over 30 when she 
> played a teenager, and most of the rest of the cast were in their 
> 20s.  Playing younger than one is has never been a problem in 
> Hollywood.
> 


  Urhm... Clark drives a truck on SMALLVILLE. He's a 16 year old high 
school sophomore.  Yar, yar, I know, it doesn't detract from your 
point -- just being LOONy, I suppose.