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[frelling_tralk]

I've just wasted way too much time on http://actualteenadultteen.tumblr.com/ lol, they put together a picture of an actor playing 16 or 17 alongside a picture of what they actually looked like when they were were that age. It's so weird to see Hollywood's example of what passes for teenage in tv and film










I always thought Sarah and Alyson passed okay actually (well Sarah was only 2 or 3 years older than the part anyway), but Nicky and Charisma were ridiculously obvious when they were both close to 30 and still playing 16/17 wtf. And Joss did hire an actual teenager for the part of Kendra unusually, but Bianca Lawson is 31 in the second pic and still playing a teenager...

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[liliaeth]

I think the problem is that half the time when they do go with kids playing kids, people start criticizing them. (imo often without reason)

It's rare to find a series with young actors where reviewers won't start talking about how bad the younger actors are compared to the older ones.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Game of Thrones being an exception. They really lucked out with their youngsters.

[liliaeth]

Personally I think that the kid playing Carl on the Walking Dead, or the boy playing Henry on Once Upon a Time, are pretty good as well, especially since all the other actors they're in scenes with are adults. And then you come online and see people hating on both their chars and the kid's acting. Often unwarranted.

It seems that reviewers are often inclined to think negative of younger actors, whether it's actually deserved or not.