James Potter

[artsylynda at aol.com]

Adrian Rawlings plays the ADULT James Potter.  They hired a young guy  to 
play the 15 year old James.  Hiring an adult to play a ghost (Myrtle)  makes a 
LOT of sense - she won't "age" the way a teenager would while playing  Myrtle in 
however many movies they use her in.  Alan Rickman is far too old  to play 
Snape, who's SUPPOSED to be the SAME AGE as Sirius, Remus and  James.  Rickman 
is a lot older than all of the actors playing those parts,  but who could 
better portray Severus Snape?  Sometimes they have to cast  someone who isn't the 
"right age" because that person is the best one for the  part.
 
As for 18 year olds playing the trio - those kids were the right age when  
the films started.  It isn't their fault it takes 18 months to make the  films.  
They don't look too old for their parts, and it's economically  better to use 
kids over 16 so they don't have to film only so many hours a day,  which is 
true when using younger people, nor do they have to worry about school  for the 
older kids (except for those like Emma who want to continue their  schooling 
beyond what's "required").
 
I would have LOVED to see Dan play both Harry and James, but I've seen the  
still of him watching James and Lily facing off while James must have Severus  
hanging upside down out of camera range.  Harry's shocked, James and Lily  are 
arguing, and if they'd had Dan play both parts, it might've looked  odd.  
James and Harry don't look EXACTLY alike - Harry has Lily's  eyes.  So hiring 
someone to play Young James makes sense, 
 
Lynda

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