James Casting and New Scene (WAS HUGE problem with the casting)

[Joywitch M. Curmudgeon]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., hp_lexicon at y... wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "Cindy C." <cindysphynx at h...> wrote:
> > Saitana wrote:
> > 
> > > My problem with James is..he's too old.  James was in his late 
> > twenties
> > > early thirties when he died...
> 
> James and Lily were in their EARLY twenties when they died, if we 
> are to believe JKR when she identified Snape as being about 35. 
> Snape was a contemporary of James and Lily, which means that if 
they 
> were still alive they would also be about 35, and this is well over 
> ten years later. We don't know if Snape was in the same year as 
> James et al., but he must have been fairly near to them in age to 
be 
> such a big part of their school lives, I would think. 

Actually, we DO know that Snape was in the same year as James et al., 
at least he was in the same year as Lupin.  From PoA18:

"Severus was very interested in where I went every month." Lupin told 
Harry, Ron, and Hermione.  "We were in the same year, you, know, and 
we - er - didn't like each other very much."

There was some speculation that the actor playing James Potter is 
actually Daniel Radcliffe's father.  Does anyone know for sure?  Do 
the credits indicate anything about this?

Amanda (or was it Cindy, or both?) speculated that it makes sense for 
the Mirror of Erised James and Lily to look about 35 years old, since 
Harry is imagining what it would be like if he had a family.  But the 
photograph James and Lily definitely should have looked 11 years 
younger.  However, it's hard to get actors to look both 25 and 35 -- 
but not impossible, and it seems like they didn't even try with James.

--Joywitch, who rarely gets to correct Lexicon Steve and is enjoying 
it greatly