they never use actual teenagers to play teenagers because they have to obey child labor laws. Kids can only work like 6 hours a day.
idk, I worked on one movie where there was like one kid under 18 and she was in like two scenes, and a very large percentage of the production schedule revolved around the fact that she was under 18. When you can hire young-looking 18-24 year olds to play teenagers, it just makes it a lot easier/cheaper to film your work and adhere to the law.
this is actually part of the reason I'm so impressed with the Game of Thrones adaptation. The shrewd thing to do (which would have also totally ruined the story) was to make it about the adults, even though it was always kind of about the kids. I'm glad the creators resisted that urge and really let us get to know Bran/Arya/Sansa, even though I think Britain's child labor laws are more strict than the US's.
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Date: 2011-08-26 01:10 am (UTC)idk, I worked on one movie where there was like one kid under 18 and she was in like two scenes, and a very large percentage of the production schedule revolved around the fact that she was under 18. When you can hire young-looking 18-24 year olds to play teenagers, it just makes it a lot easier/cheaper to film your work and adhere to the law.
this is actually part of the reason I'm so impressed with the Game of Thrones adaptation. The shrewd thing to do (which would have also totally ruined the story) was to make it about the adults, even though it was always kind of about the kids. I'm glad the creators resisted that urge and really let us get to know Bran/Arya/Sansa, even though I think Britain's child labor laws are more strict than the US's.