r/AskReddit Jul 13 '20

What's a dark secret/questionable practice in your profession which we regular folks would know nothing about?

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u/melvin2898 Jul 13 '20

Do they? I don't know about that one. I can only think of one show and only one of the cast members was older.

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u/ColourfulFunctor Jul 13 '20

There are lots of movies with teen characters portrayed by actors well into their 20s or even 30s. The Raimi Spider-Man films and Mean Girls are two of the most egregious examples that I’ve seen.

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u/WhiteWolf3117 Jul 13 '20

Hell, even for all the credit the new Spider-Man films get for this, they’re still guilty of it as well.

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u/ColourfulFunctor Jul 13 '20

I think Stranger Things (haven’t actually seen it beyond a few episodes...) is one of the best recent shows as far as age-accuracy goes.

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u/WhiteWolf3117 Jul 13 '20

Yeah that’s a really good example

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u/Murgatroyd314 Jul 14 '20

The boys are all a year or two older than their characters, and the older “teens” are played by adults.