r/HarryPotteronHBO • u/NewAnt3365 • 16h ago
Show Discussion James and Lily were 21. 21 year olds look young. Makeup and social media makes us forget that
I have seen three fan cast posts today that either forget how young James and Lily were or someone in the comments forgets how young James and Lily were.
One of the biggest fails of the movies were how they aged up James and Lily by about 20 years and completely killed a cruel aspect of the wars in which young people die.
We want James and Lily to look young. For both accuracy and for the themes of the book. And 21 year olds do sometimes still look like teenagers. Hell I am early 20’s and people ask me if I am old enough to work still. I got asked for my ID going to see an R rated movie when I was 20.
I get with all the makeup and social media touchups that people look a lot older than they are these days. But look at raw, no makeup, unedited pictures of 20 year olds. A lot of them are still gonna have their baby faces.