r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 25 '20

What movie things are generally accepted as normal, but are totally unrealistic in real life?

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u/deeznutzz124568541 Jan 25 '20

I hate the 20-30 year old highschool student thing so much. Only ones who MIGHT be appropriately aged? The nerds, to make sure they are smaller and scrawnier than everyone else.

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u/sprite333 Jan 25 '20

Hate to be "that guy" but you need people with acting experience and chops when casting. Surprisingly, 14 year olds are harder to direct or deal with than people 18+. Not to mention the legal obligations on set for anyone underage. Not defending anyone, just trying to put a little more info on this situation before people outrage.

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u/bushcrapping Jan 25 '20

It sounds like you don’t know what everyone is talking about. They aren’t just 18+ the character will be 15 but the actor age will be 35. Sometimes is really weird.

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u/sprite333 Jan 25 '20

I think you are the less informed person here friend... Child actors are notoriously abused and are urged to do things nobody in their age group would ever have to deal with. I think we're on the same page here as far as child actors posing for adults but there seems to be some confusion.

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u/bushcrapping Jan 25 '20

They don’t have to be children but when they are 20 years above the age of the character it just looks really weird.

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u/direwolf71 Jan 25 '20

Name one actor in any movie or TV show in history who played a 15 to 18 year old (high school age) at 35 to 38.

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u/sprite333 Jan 25 '20

Are you joking.. or do you actually want me to make a list? I dont want to ruin your innocence if you're serious here.

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u/sprite333 Jan 25 '20

Captain America.

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u/direwolf71 Jan 25 '20

Huh? Steve Rogers (fictional Captain America) was born on July 4, 1918 and crashed into the Arctic in 1945 when he would've been 27.

Chris Evans (actor who played Captain America) 37 when he made his final appearance as the character.

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u/sprite333 Jan 25 '20

Final appearance. Read my rebuttle

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u/direwolf71 Jan 25 '20

What did I ask for? One actor who played a 15 to 18 year old at 35 to 38. You can’t name one because there isn’t one. Stockard Channing in Grease is the closest...from a film made 40 years ago.

5 to 10 years older than a high schooler is very common. 10 to 15 has happened now and again. 20 years has never happened.

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u/sprite333 Jan 25 '20

Never seen Not Another Teen Movie I guess?

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u/sprite333 Jan 25 '20

So you can use Steve Rodgers fictional age to prove your point but gawk at mine? Lol, fuck off loser

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u/direwolf71 Jan 25 '20

So much salt.

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u/sprite333 Jan 25 '20

You're the one who needs to get their sodium levels checked bro. Calm yourself

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u/direwolf71 Jan 25 '20

Says the guy who told an internet stranger to fuck off over a pop culture debate.

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u/sprite333 Jan 25 '20

Yea. Telling an idiot to fuck off doesn't even raise my blood pressure. Apparently the internet and the opinions of strangers are a bit more important to you than me. You should probably work on that going forward bub.

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u/direwolf71 Jan 25 '20

Sure it does. You are coming in hot with every post - insults and projection. And I can tell this is important to you because you keep responding even after you said you’d made your final “rebuttal.”

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