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94.2.177.192
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03:13:21 PM Apr 5th 2010
Just so I understand, this isn't about 29-year-olds playing 22-year-olds, is it?
60.50.15.79
08:20:35 PM Aug 28th 2010
edited by 60.50.15.79
Only if they don't look like people in their early 20s.
KJMackley
01:02:39 PM Jan 8th 2011
The trope isn't about simple age discrepencies, but usually hovers around the 18 year old margin, or high school to early college range. The reason is that the actuality of a character playing the exact same age as themselves is rather slim, so we would have several million examples if some groundrules aren't layed down. One is that it should be at least a 3 year difference and the other is "teenger played by an adult" because of general Hollywood law on minors. Playing Hamlet and Playing Gertrude are the adult versions of this trope.
60.50.15.79
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08:21:33 PM Aug 28th 2010
Why is the cast of iCarly given as an example? It clearly states in the post that "Also, examples should be a truly dramatic difference; an 18-year-old actress playing a 16-year-old isn't Dawson Casting." when the cast are literally 17-18 year olds playing 16 year olds, AND they do look very young for their age. I'm removing it.
splitscreen
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07:47:06 PM Jan 5th 2011
This is just about every single movie and TV show that I've ever seen.

WillBGood
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11:59:41 AM Sep 7th 2011
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[redacted for derpiness]
Zappedfan
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10:56:08 AM Feb 8th 2012
The High School Characters in "Zapped!" were played by actors ranging in age from a 29 year old Irwin Keyes as the opposing school's star pitcher "Too Mean Levine" down to 17 year old Felice Schachter playing Bernadette Holland, Scott Baio's Girlfriend. Heather Thomas, the cheerleader prom queen, was 24 during filming and already portraying an adult stunt woman, Jody Banks, on the network TV show "The Fall Guy."
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