[HPFGU-Movie] Daniel's age

[Moonstruck]

Jo wrote:
>>>>>Now it's possible that he may be 15 instead of 14
for the GoF movie, since we don't yet know when that
one will be shot, but there is not a huge amount of
difference between 14 and 15 year old boys who are
often in the same school year class.
So where is the problem?>>>>>

Now Me:
Precisely the question I've been asking all this time.
Let's keep in mind that all four of the primary
children in the cast -- Dan Radcliffe, Rupert Grint,
Emma Watson, and Tom Felton -- vary in ages by a year
or two, yet there is no noticable maturity difference
between them. 

Strangely, no one seems to be at all bothered by the
fact that Tom Felton, at fourteen, is, technically,
two years too old for the part of Draco. That's
probably because TWO YEARS ISN'T ENOUGH TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE!!!! I mean, I don't watch Tom Felton and
Dan Radcliffe, who's two years younger, in the same
scene and think "Geez! They're *clearly* not the same
age! I'm having touble taking this scene seriously
because these two characters have been seriously age
miscast." 

Honestly, unless Dan or Rupert start sprouting
moustaches or losing their hair, I don't foresee the
disparity of a year or two -- or even three -- between
their real ages and the ages of their characters
disrupting my enjoyment of the movies.

And since when did Hollywood begin to get so
consciencious about age-honest casting? I think
someone on the list mentioned the movie "Grease" as an
example of wildly inaccuarate casting that worked out
quite successfully. 

Besides, can we say Tom Riddle? Why are the Potter
producers sweating out the age of their leads when
they cast a 24 year-old in the very pivotal role of 16
year-old TR? Not that I'm complaining, BTW -- am
**quite** looking forward to Christian Coulson's take
on the role *wink*. Still, if the producers trust us
to believe Coulson as Riddle, why wouldn't they trust
our loyalty to these young actors -- no matter how
much they age -- whom we've grown to love (or love to
hate) as Draco, Ron, Hermione, and Harry?

-Jessica



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