Would You Let Your 10 Year Old Daughter Play Esther?
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MarthaJonesSmith — 13 years ago(July 14, 2012 03:14 PM)
No. I wouldn't let my daughter play a role such as Esther. It makes children grow up too fast and it just seems morally corrupt.
Cameron Bright's role in 'BIRTH' creeps me out too. I think he was way too young for such a role.
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MarthaJonesSmith — 13 years ago(July 16, 2012 02:15 PM)
No, she's no longer as innocent as she was, neither is Dakota Fanning. When children get a glimpss too soon of the adult world, it changes their thoughts, ways of thinking, how they relate to there friends and who they relate to in the future. Their non-showbiz friends may not be ready to understand why their friend had to do such things for a 'job' and money. People will start to perceive them in a more adult manner, there too much mental responsibility that they don't realize that they aren't prepared for and then they end up numbing themselves is various ways to distract their minds from thinking about the changes that they have gone through too soon. Geez, look was happened to Tatum O'Neal and Drew Barrymore! This is why therapist in California and New York make so much money.
LIZ 10:Im the bloody Queen, mate. Basically, I rule.
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MarthaJonesSmith — 13 years ago(July 16, 2012 05:54 PM)
No, actually I'm not. I didn't say that she wasn't doing 'fine'. I said that her innocence and way of thinking has changed. A child outside of the industry has a more innocent life that one who is inside the industry. No one is upset, it is just experience being conveyed. Thank you.
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cloudslide — 13 years ago(September 24, 2012 11:01 PM)
A child outside of the industry has a more innocent life that one who is inside the industry.
This is a false assumption. Many children lead hard lives that are considerably more overbearing than "pretending" in a movie.
On top of this it would appear from your standpoint that there should be no children actors outside of G and PG movies. Which is ridiculous.
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cloudslide — 13 years ago(September 26, 2012 12:09 AM)
This was always my understanding of it. That in the end, it's always presented as pretend play for kids, and even in the cases where the crew aren't as secretive about it, I think people underestimate the amount of work that goes into a scene. There could be anywhere up to 10 minutes to hours of breaks inbetween each time the camera changes from one angle to another. So even if in-movie a scene may seem traumatizing, the child would only have been acting out 5-10 second shots of the scene at a time. And they may not even be present for the parts of the sequence that they aren't even on film in.
Though there are some exceptions of course
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ilykyu — 13 years ago(July 15, 2012 11:59 AM)
I've seen way more risqu things kids have donehow do you feel about The Beguiled, which had Clint Eastwood flirting and making out with a 12 year old kid, or Julia Styles practically being her father's wife for much of Wicked, or how about the 5 year old making an internet date with a middle aged woman, telling her he wants to have uber disgusting scat games with her and then romantically kissing her in public in You, Me and Everyone We Know? Not to mention Pretty Baby.. Esther wouldn't be a problem for me. Besides, most kids aren't that innocent.
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Tracey73 — 13 years ago(July 22, 2012 12:17 PM)
I misread your thread title and first thought you were asking if we'd allow our 10 year old daughter to play with Esther lol. Anyways, as much as I respect incredible child actresses such as Isabella Fuhrman, I would not allow my own child that age to portray such an adult-type role.
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Angel_Of_My_Heart — 13 years ago(July 25, 2012 11:05 AM)
I agree with you I wouldn't let my ten year old daughter play this part, they probably shouldhave used an older actress for it and made her look younger which with the special effects they have these days is entirely possible.
Oh and just as a side note regarding Isabelle's age she was actually 12 when the film was released so I assume she may have been 11 going on 12 when she made it but thats still to young for this part in my eyes.
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zodiac12 — 13 years ago(September 07, 2012 02:31 PM)
No absolutely not cookie crumb. When people act, they become and they have to completely believe they are that character and see things from their perspective. It can be quite hard to shake off. A 10 or 12 year old are too innocent for this sort of role and the complex and dark issues. I wouldn't want my child playing a psychopath. I wouldn't mind at 16 or 17 though.
