Daniel Radcliff/Emma Watson/Rupert Grint
wildirishrose01us
wildirishrose at fiber.net
Fri Jan 30 04:43:32 UTC 2009
--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
>
> Steve Van wrote:
> > >
> > > Harry/Hermione/Ron respectively are no longer the kids from
Harry
> Potter and the Sorcerers Stone but rather are all grown up. <snip>
> Except for Watson all are out of their teens. Considering the big
bang
> takes place when Harry is 17 does this not beg the question are the
> Gryffindor Three too old for their roles?
> >
> >
> Potioncat responded:
> ><snip>
> > Are they too old? Hardly. It's pretty rare an actor is the exact
age
> as his character. They are strongly identified with the roles.
There's
> no reason to have someone else play the parts at this point.
> >
> Carol adds:
>
> Just for the record, Christian Coulson was 23 when he played the
> sixteen-year-old Tom Riddle (the diary memory who nearly became
real)
> and Shirley Henderson, who played Moaning Myrtle, the ghost of a
> schoolgirl, was born in November 1965 and would have been 36(!)
during
> the filming of CoS. Since Moaning Myrtle is referred to as a "little
> girl" in the books (and cries a lot), I always thought of her as no
> more than twelve or thirteen. I can't imagine a fifth- or sixth-year
> student crying in the bathroom because someone made fun of her
> glasses. (Crying for other reasons, yes.)
>
> Anyway, as long as actors or actresses look young, it doesn't really
> matter whether they're still in their teens. Not to mention that to
> some of us, twenty or even thirty is young!
>
> All that's required if we know that, say, Tom Felton is 22 but
playing
> a sixteen-year-old in HBP is willing suspension of disbelief. If we
> can believe that these young people or Wizards (or Witches), surely
we
> can believe that they're still in their teens.
>
Marianne: Sorry I'm a few days behind. Have a cold that for a few
days have knocked me out. It's he** getting old.
Speaking of age. I work as a cashier at Wal-Mart. I've ID'd 25 year
olds for beer and cigarettes because they look like they are anywhere
from age 16 to 18. I've ID'd 16 to 18 year olds trying to buy beer
and cigarettes and they look like they are over 25. So age shouldn't
be a big factor for Daniel, Rupert and Emma.
I didn't realize that Tom Felton was that old. What else has he done?
How old was Bartie Crouch, Jr., supposed to be in GOF? David Tennant
plays Bartie Crouch in GOF, and he's also the Dr. in Dr. Who, second,
third and maybe fourth season. A bit of an age span for Tennant to
play. Shirley Henderson is also in Dr. Who. Only reason I know this
is I recognized Tennant as Bartie Crouch, and Shirley Henderson from
Dr. Who. I didn't know her name, I just knew the face.
Going back to hacking my lungs up.
Marianne
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