concerns about PoA -Age vs Looks

[hpoldfan]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> --- 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

>From what I have heard, GOF will go into preproduction starting in 
November. It will more than likely be filmed as one and then it will 
be decided if it  should be broken into 2 parts.

This implies that it will be released Christmas 2004

WF