[HPFGU-Movie] Re:concerns about PoA -Age vs Looks

Tue Apr 22 21:30:05 UTC 2003

Well as for Wil Wheaton not getting any roles now!  He is on the board of sag 
and Melissa Gilbert.  So I don't think they going to have the time to act.  I 
know its like they still in high school and they tower over the teachers!!  
But they could always work around that!  Since Professor Flitwick is so 
small!

Kyle Longbottom 

In a message dated 4/22/03 5:13:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
bboy_mn at yahoo.com writes:

> 
> --- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, artsylynda at a... wrote:
> >In a message dated 4/21/2003 3:55:48 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
> >HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com writes:
> >
> >>can you picture 'the dream team' in their twenties, 
> >>playing school kids?
> >>
> >>~Faith~
> >>
> >
> >oh yes, absolutely! It happens all the time.  Most TV series or 
> >films in the US that feature "high school" kids (which is what our 
> >kids will be playing when they're in their twenties if they're still
> > doing HP films) are played by  actors in their twenties.  
> >"Smallville" (a TV series on the WB network) stars Tom Welling who's
> >at least 23, but he's playing 16.  
> >
> >...edited..
> >
> >Lynda 
> >* * *
> >"Don't let  the Muggles get you down." Ron Weasley PoA
> 
> 
> boy_mn:
> What destroys young actor's careers is not age but looks. Many
> incredibly cute kids pass through puberty and become only marginally
> good looking adults.
> 
> Take- 
> Tony Dow and Jerry Mathers (Wally &Beaver) of Leave it to Beaver
> (1957). Actors who once they developed their adult looks, never saw
> the light of day in the acting world again. Although, Jerry Mathers is
> still trying desparately to cash in on his 'Beaver' fame by doing
> guest shots on TV.
> 
> Fred Savage (Kevin Arnold) of 'The Wonder Years'. A heart-throb of a
> young boy who, like many dominated teen mags like '16' &'Bop'. When
> he reached his teen years his looks completely changed, and while he
> did get a short lived series playing an adult, for the most part he
> has never been heard of again.
> 
> Wil Wheaton - most famous for his role of Wesley Crusher on Star
> Trek-NG. He has over 43 credits and made two movie with Richard
> Dreyfuss, and of course, the classic "Stand by Me" with River Phoenix.
> Yet once, his appearance change, and he took on his adult appearance,
> he has struggle to find work. I've always been a big Wesley
> Crusher/Wil Wheaton fan. ( http://www.wilwheaton.net/ ). He has been
> struggling against the change is his looks and against being
> perpetually seen as Wesly Crusher.
> 
> Now take -
> Mccaulay Culkin - he still looks pretty much the same. His features
> didn't change dramatically as he aged. While, mostly due to family
> trouble, he dropped out of sight for a while, he has been doing very
> well on the London theater stage, and has been in a long running play
> in which he plays a 15 year old boy (he's 23). Keep in mind that he is
> short. 
> 
> Micheal J Fox - who because he was short and somewhat boyish looking,
> has been playing character who ages are far below his own. I think his
> first role was, at age 16 or 17, to play a boy who was age 12 on stage.
> 
> Frankie Muniz of "Malcolm in the Middle" (age 18) who plays a
> character who just this season, I believe, moved from Junior High to
> highschool. So his character is 13 or 14 and Frankie is age 18. Again
> because he is short and retained his boyish looks as he aged. 
> 
> The extreme examples of this would be Emanual Lewis and [Sorry, I'm
> drawing a blank on the other short black kid who's career is in the
> dumper since he was no longer able to play kid roles].
> 
> Point-
> Our trio of actors can and will continue to play their Harry Potter
> roles as long as they look the parts regardless of age. 
> 
> Rupert Grint has changed dramatically but not badly. He's lost his
> round little boy face and his features are sharper and more angular,
> but I still think he looks the part. But if his appearance continues
> to change, there is a good possibility he will lose the role.
> 
> Daniel Radcliffe has also lost that round little boy appearance and he
> does have a very mature look to him, but he is still short, still
> looks young, and can probably carry the role throught PoA. But if he
> has a substantial growth spurt and his facial features become more
> sharp and defined, there is a good change we will not see him in GoF.
> Remember that GoF is probably 3 and possibly 4 years away.
> 
> So age is irrelevant, the actors could be in their 30's and still play
> the parts, AS LONG AS they retain their very young childish looks. One
> of the big killers is height. It's hard to believe that a person 6 ft.
> 2 in. with sharp angular features is still in highschool.
> 
> For reference -
> Clark Kent - Tom Welling is 26
> Frodo - Elijah Wood is 22
> Justin Berfield - Malcom's older brother is 17 (Malcom/Fankie is 18)
> Kevin Arnold - Fred Savage is 27
> 
> Just a thought
> 
> bboy_mn
> 

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