Would You Let Your 10 Year Old Daughter Play Esther?
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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.
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brittannie19 — 9 years ago(January 18, 2017 12:55 PM)
This is not true and I'm guessing you don't have personal experience with acting. Some actors are character actors and choose to stay in role through the duration of filming, but most actors do not do that. Movie/television acting requires much less time in character than being in plays because as previously mentioned, many segments are filmed for just a few minutes and pieced together at the end. Sometimes an actor might only deliver one line and then filming is cut. There are many breaks in between.
Also, many middle school-aged kids aren't as innocent as you would think. I remember closely following the OJ trial when I was in middle school. I loved horror movies and had seen several by that age. You are not destroying a child's innocence at that age. They have slowly been learning about the ways of the world at that point.
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danhollow — 13 years ago(October 04, 2012 07:40 PM)
I would if they wanted to sign up for the part. Isabelle Fuhrman did a truly terrifying job as Esther, but she's as nice a person as you'd ever meet in real life. Although she can scare the sh*t out of you with one good glare.
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ambercatgoddess-484-733898 — 13 years ago(October 09, 2012 06:09 PM)
This would depend on my child's comprehension of the world around her. Does she know the difference between reality and acting as many people simply do not. There is a difference and some can handle it and some cannot.
This is not real but can my child tell the difference. That is the question. Also does she want to play the part? If yes then I would support her dreams. Not try and protect her from what I perceive as a threat.
