The age of Harry's parents...

[Theresa]

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> laurenmcoakley <laurenmcoakley at y...> wrote:        It is my opinion 
that ghosts would appear the age they were when 
>   they died.  Isn't that true for Moaning Myrtle & Nearly Headless 
>   Nick et al?  I just thought it seemed out of place that James 
Potter 
>   seemed like he was gray and balding.  I would expect him to be  
young like the photo Harry has of him next to his bed in PoA.  IMOH
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>   Does anyone agree with me on this one?
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>   akh adds:
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>   I was a little taken aback by JP's appearance in GOF, for the 
very  reason that makeup DID make them look age-appropriate in POA.  
I  can only think that they presumed the "foggy" nature of the scene 
would  obscure that he's losing his hair.  Perhaps they didn't take 
IMAX  into account, although you can see a receding hairline on a 
normal  screen, too.  
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>   We'll just have to wait for the director's commentary on the DVD 
(yippee!  if the reports are true).
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>   akh, who tries to be careful when commenting on men's hairlines 
(they're so sensitive...)
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I have always wondered why they chose actors that were around mid-30s 
late 40s for Harry's parents. I understand why they picked Gary 
Oldman and David Thewlis so they would look age appropriate and 
somewhat match Alan Rickman as Snape and their characters are all 
around the same age. My issue with Harry's parents has always been 
that they died in their early 20s so they should not look the same 
age as Snape, Sirius and Remus. Plus I have never really thought Alan 
matched Daniel so it wasn't like Harry looks just like his dad. Too 
bad they haven't replaced him. After all they replaced the Patil 
twins between PoA and GoF - why not him? 

Oooh and YES I think they should have Daniel play both parts in OotP. 
That would be so cool. I think he could pull it off quite easily.

Theresa