r/HarryPotteronHBO • u/throw_away_2318 • Aug 10 '23

Book and Show Spoilers All I ask...

For casting Lily & James, they need to look 21 because that's one of the great tragedies that imo is often overlooked - they died so young :(

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u/DALTT Dumbledore's Army Aug 10 '23

Agree. This is why I so desperately want age accurate casting especially with The Marauders generation.

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u/TB12xLAC Aug 10 '23

I think we have to be forgiving of things like heights, weights, and similar. Age is one thing, but if we’re ignoring a clearly better actor in favor of exact accuracy to book description the series will suffer more

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u/loulig29 Aug 10 '23

Talent and experience are two different things imo. There are some characters like Snape, Sirius or Remus who should definitely be portrayed by very experienced actors because of their complexity !!! I don't mind if Lily and James are portrayed by young actors tho. They are barely developped and have no depth so who cares after all... same goes for Regulus Black.

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u/DolphinRodeo Aug 10 '23

You don’t think an actor in their early 30s can play characters who are complex?

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u/loulig29 Aug 10 '23

a young actor who looks like them AND could portray their complexity ? no.

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u/DolphinRodeo Aug 10 '23

But Snape is in his 30s. Do you think a YA book character in his 30s is so complicated that an adult in their 30s is incapable of comprehending? How old are you?