[HPFGU-Movie] Re: Casting, etc (largely OT)

[heather]

about [HPFGU-Movie] Re: Casting, etc (largely OT) ...

> Comments on several posts in one.
>
> Another issue. It's common for people to compare the casting of the HP
> kids
> to Beverly Hills 90210, but there's one major difference. I get the
> impression that throughout BH90210 (I never watched it) they were just
> pretty much generic older (American) teenagers and what they got up to
> was
> far more important than what they looked like. Besides, from my limited
> knowledge of the series, it wasn't really a "character" piece. It's also
> hardly the only US TV series to be centered on older teenagers who are
> set
> at a permanent age of about 17-19 for a whole multi-season series. The
> classic Happy Days and the current Buffy are more examples.

Buffy is a realistic series age-wise. The characters all went through
school at the proper rate and Buffy herself has a yearly birthday episode
where her age is mentioned. Coincidentally, she was born in 1981. One of
Buffy's friends is now in her third year at university and, despite some
leeway with career ladders, the two other lead characters left school in
the right time and got jobs. They even pay plumbing bills.

The only slight deviation is the current school-year of Dawn, but she's
not real and so doesn't count anyway ;)

The actors are almost all older than the characters, and one is a Beverley
Hills 90210 alumna, but they do try to be realistic on the timescale.


"heather"