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Date Posted: 19:57:34 07/23/15 Thu
Author: Islandgirl
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Actors vs. characters ages

I see this on a lot of TV shows -- mostly with actresses/female characters, but occasionally with actors/male characters, too: The really unbelievable discrepancy between the age of the actor and the age the character is supposed to be.
Like they have a 30-year-old portraying a character who is supposed to be a teenager or a 45-year-old portraying a character who is supposed to be in her late 20s. TV producers need to understand that even great genetics, talented makeup artists and terrific lighting can only do so much. A good-looking 30 year-old *might* be able to pass for 22, but not for 17. A good-looking 45-year-old *might* be able to pass for 36, but not for 29.
Plastic surgery can do a little bit more to make people look younger than they actually are, but if the actor is at all well-known, it then becomes a matter of the viewers' knowledge. If you see an actor you used to watch on TV in the 1990s (and the actor was portraying an adult character, not a teenager, back then) you have to work *really* hard to suspend your disbelief and accept that the character they are portraying in 2015 is in his/her "late 20s".

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Re: Actors vs. characters ages -- CW, 18:50:19 07/25/15 Sat
- Re: Actors vs. characters ages -- BDM, 17:51:48 08/05/15 Wed
  - It also matters. . . -- Islandgirl, 06:14:19 08/07/15 Fri
    - Another example. . . -- Islandgirt, 17:32:32 09/09/16 Fri
      - Re: Another example. . . -- CW, 16:40:06 10/01/16 Sat