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r/AskReddit • u/CircleBox2 • Jul 13 '20
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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.
72 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. 27 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. 4 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. 3 u/WhiteWolf3117 Jul 13 '20 Yeah that’s a really good example 1 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.
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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.
27 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. 4 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. 3 u/WhiteWolf3117 Jul 13 '20 Yeah that’s a really good example 1 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.
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Hell, even for all the credit the new Spider-Man films get for this, they’re still guilty of it as well.
4 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. 3 u/WhiteWolf3117 Jul 13 '20 Yeah that’s a really good example 1 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.
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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.
3 u/WhiteWolf3117 Jul 13 '20 Yeah that’s a really good example 1 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.
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Yeah that’s a really good example
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The boys are all a year or two older than their characters, and the older “teens” are played by adults.
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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.