Why so old?
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rosebud200320 — 18 years ago(January 26, 2008 02:28 AM)
It does not matter to me if the actors of the "Children of the Corn" series are older then their characters, I still think they are good actors and that goes for a lot of actors who are older then their characters.
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sinceimetjc — 20 years ago(October 29, 2005 04:00 AM)
Even if they were in their 20's I wouldn't see what the big deal is. Teens in teen movies are always played by 20 year olds and sometimes even 30 year olds. Did you really think that Freddy Prinze Jr. was 18 when he played in "She's all that?" Or that half the cast of Dawson's Creek were still teenagers? It has always been done that way. I guess because it's hard to find enough teens that can act full time so they get adults that can kind of pass as teens.
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COTCgirl — 20 years ago(December 19, 2005 11:33 PM)
I have something to add to this and my post(s) above. Fritz Kiersh the director of COTC the first film made a point that he had to be careful with the actors that he got to play the parts. Especially if they were young because with a film on a topic such as this one is with religion and murderious kids you have to be careful with the cast. Their parents will obviously be involved if they are really young such as Robby Kieger and Anne Marie McEvoy were in COTC. Also Kiersh said that the kids since they were so young couldn't really grasp what they were doing or getting themselves into. They didn't really understand the dynamics of the parts they played. So getting older actors who could grasp the concepts of the films and their parts which to me seems logical. So they were older in real life but played younger kids so there wouldn't be an issue with understanding all the elements that surrounds a film or a series of films like these. The whole cult thing, the killings, the religious fanaticism, is all something that would be hard for a younger child to understand and to comprehend. So older actors would be better for the parts. If that makes any sense.
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COTCgirl — 20 years ago(January 13, 2006 11:42 AM)
He was probably just giving an example of how he was quite older in the film and when he got an agent than he really looked. So he was giving the example that he looked like he was young when he showed up to get an agent after 6 weeks of being in California but he was actually a lot older than he looked. So he was 17 when he did the first film he was just giving an example.
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