Too OLD to be playing a teen
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Nikki Blonsky
karsten_nord — 16 years ago(March 22, 2010 09:13 PM)
So apparently she'll be a part of a wretched ABC tv series that will feature teens at a "fat camp." Great. Television finally sets out to feature curvy girls, and what does it do but show them at a starvation camp. Heaven forbid that a show might actually depict them feeling, you know, GOOD about themselves.
But to the point - Blonsky is supposed to be starring as one of the teens. How appalling. She didn't even look like a teenager when she was a teenager. Now she's going to look like the other girls' mom, not like a teen herself.
The U.S. is filled with pretty girls who are curvy. Surely ABC could have found SOMEONE more age-appropriate for this role. -
OldHollywood_Glamour — 16 years ago(March 23, 2010 02:45 PM)
She's 21! She WAS a teen a couple of years ago. How is she too old when usually there are 28 year olds playing freshman in high school and people in their thirties playing college students? She is perfectly age-appropriate.
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harlowgold86 — 16 years ago(March 24, 2010 10:00 AM)
Not sure if you know this, but Nikki Blonsky's character, Will, does feel good about herself in the script. She is perfectly content with her size, its her parents that force her to go to fat camp.
Also, Abc Family put out and open casting call for plus size people all over the country to audition for this ages 14-24. It probably just ended up being that Nikki was the best.
Being the correct age for high school is a moot point for TV and movies, as long as you look the age and I think Nikki does look like she could be in high school. -
Luv2151986 — 16 years ago(March 30, 2010 07:27 PM)
"Also, Abc Family put out and open casting call for plus size people all over the country to audition for this ages 14-24. It probably just ended up being that Nikki was the best. "
Actually, they didn't watch most of the tapes/online submissions that came in. It was all a publicity scam to get fat girls excited to watch the show. They were gunning for the biggest names they could get the entire time (not that Nikki Blonsky or Haselhoff's daughter are big names in any way, but I guess in Hollywood if you want someone over size 4 who isn't America Ferrera, you take what you can get).
It's really upsetting, not only as the OP said about the content of the show itself, but because there are so many talented actresses out there who happen to be bigger, and they will never get their chances to shine because you've either got to be born famous, or a size 00. -
BellaNoche — 15 years ago(April 12, 2010 09:21 PM)
I agree ABC could've found another girl and there's no way she's 21 . in an interview she said she was 24 or 25 or something not that long ago, her age was changed so she came across as closer to the role's age.
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tlavairt-1 — 15 years ago(June 06, 2010 07:59 PM)
Eric Christian Olsen played a high school student on
Fired Up!
and Justin Chon is doing the same thing on the
Twilight
movies and you have the guy on the
Hannah Montana
show (don't know his name right off) so this is quite common. -
TrangPak2 — 15 years ago(June 07, 2010 04:16 PM)
Yeah but Eric Christian Olsen, Justin Chon and the guy from Hanna Montana are not 4 feet and weight 320 pounds, I'm sorry but if a film were ever made about Edith Massey, Nikki could easily slip into the role with very little make-up, Hell she could play the cheated on Mom in a remake of She-devil!
No way could she play a teen, Mother of teen, yes! cafeteria Lady, yes! Teen, NO! -
YourAgent — 15 years ago(February 11, 2011 01:56 PM)
TrangPak, she looks like a teen so yeah, she can play one just fine. And that Edith woman's skin looks red/tan, aged, wrinkled, and scarred, whereas Nikki looks quite nice with smooth, porcelain, youthful, skin. They look nothing alike. And that Edith woman is much larger. I think you're exaggerating because you're bias and dislike Blonski, perhaps among other things, for being fat.
I met Cinderella once she's actually kind of a bitch.