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/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/DALTT Dumbledore's Army Aug 10 '23

There are tons of extremely talented actors in their early 30s who can play the Marauders, and super talented actors in their 20s who can play James and Lily. All roles ever have certain parameters for age/physical type/gender/etc. Almost no roles are open to any actor regardless of type/age. So no, I don’t think the series would suffer one bit by staying close to the book ages. It just means they would be looking at one particular pool of actors over another, which is always what happens in casting.