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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "stardancerofas" 
<glcherry at b...> wrote:
> Gulplum wrote: Christian was pretty good but there is simply no way 
that
> he looked 16.
> 
> Now me ,(Lorrie )throwing my two knuts in: 
>snip< 
> Now, IMHO...How many people here have seen old photos from say 50
> years ago, and not went "there's no *way* that is so-and-so! And
> there's no *way* they were 16, they look at least 25...Am I 
right? :)
> I have a photo of my grandmother when she was 18 years old. I swear
> she looked 30! My point is (finally) that I think Christian was
> perfectly right for the 16 year old Lord V. Different, and lets face
> it harder times, made young people look a lot older than they really
> were.

Anna says;

Ah, the great "actor's" age vs. "character" age debate again.

For me, I somewhat agree with "stardancerofas", in that I had a hard 
time believing that Christian Coulson was playing a 16 year old.  
Although, seeing how his scenes were filmed sans color, it made it 
look a little more believable. And, as Lorrie mentioned, yes, some of 
the older pics do tend to age the person up a bit.  My father left 
home when he was fifteen, and had his passport pics done (we're 
talking 1930's or so), and he did not look anything near 15!  Of 
course, people tended to "dress up" more than we do in this day and 
age, which again, does make you look older.  But Christian, and for 
that matter, the actress who played Moaning Myrtle (her name escapes 
me) were a little too old for their parts IMO.
 
In another example, as dropdeadgorgeous as Tom Welling (Smallville) 
is, I definately have a hard time seeing him as a high school kid;  
the actor himself just seems to exude a certain amount of maturity 
that a 16 year old wouldn't have IMO.  Maybe I just need to hang 
around high school boys more . . .(er, I'm just kidding here; I'm not 
MaryKay Leterneau!) 

I guess I'm not really good at debating this issue as I tend to take 
each case individually.  I really think you have to look at the whole 
picture; the actor, the role he is playing and the context in which 
the role is being played.
But I do like to use these cases, for example, when the issue comes 
up that Dan/Rupert/Emma's age will not coincide with the characters' 
age.  I mean, how much closer to JKR's characters can they get?  Do 
people honestly  believe that they will outgrow their characters?  
Not because I think the actors were cast perfectly, but I don't see a 
problem with them continuing to play the characters for the next few 
movies.  I suppose the further we get into the books, the harder it 
will be for them, but I think we'll just have to wait and see.



>
> 
> To Anna: I do not know you, but I am very sorrow about the loss of
> your father-in-law, you are in my thoughts.


Thank you!
I am very grateful to those of you who thought of me and/or sent me a 
note. It was a very pleasant surprise.
 
This is going to be a long week for us, as things aren't even 
happening till next weekend.  Circumstances have not allowed us to 
proceed in a timely fashion;(relatives coming in from all over US, 
Memorial Day, etc.), so it's been rather difficult, although it has 
given us a lot of time to be together as a family.

But, thanks again to the wonderful people in this group! You are all 
the best!

Anna . . .