Jennifer Jason Leigh was in fact 22 when she made this movie. She just had a childlike look.
Your missing the point. It dossn't matter what the age of consent is ANYWHERE. This movie is set in the 13. century. Back then ppl got married very young, because they didn't live that long.
15th Century, not the 13th. Otherwise you're right.
Hellen (of Troy) was 10 when she was married to King (forgot his name). And she ran away to Troy with the younger Prince of Troy when she was 13. He btw. was 17.
If you mean Helen of Troy (actually Helen of Sparta), she was married to King Menelaus. I hope you're aware that these are literary characters, not historical figures. Do the ages you quote come from
The Iliad? I confess I've never read the whole thing.
Gunivere (SP?) from the Arthus legend was 12 when she was given to Arthus as wife by her father who needed Arthus help against invading forces. And Arthus was like 40 at that point!
Again, these are literary characters. Which source do these ages come from -- Nennius, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Chretien de Troys?
Same thing with Bonnie & Clyde: She was 16, he was 19. The plate at the beginng of the the movie that she was 21, was just done so they could have "sex"scenes on screen. So haveing Beatty and Dunaway play them is ridicilous.
These, on the other hand, were real people. When they met, Bonnie Parker was 19, not 16. Clyde Barrow was 20.
The stuff they don't tell you in history class is the most interessting...
Evidently.
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Tank-the-Hatchet
19 years ago
> Jennifer Jason Leigh was in fact 22 when she made this movie.
No she wassn`t. She admitted in an interview in 1999 that she made herself 4 years older so she could appear in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
What she said in that interview was that "...she played a 14 year old pretenting to be 18, despite she was a 14 year old pretenting to be 18 playing a 14 year old. ...".
If you count from that she must have been 17 going on 18 when the movie was shot in Spain.
>> Hellen (of Troy) was 10 when she was married to King (forgot his name). And
>> she ran away to Troy with the younger Prince of Troy when she was 13. He
>> btw. was 17.
> If you mean Helen of Troy (actually Helen of Sparta), she was married to King
> Menelaus.
Forced to marry.
> I hope you're aware that these are literary characters, not historical
> figures.
Just as in our times some personalities have to be protected. They may be fictonal names, but they are based on ppl who actually lived in that time.
> Do the ages you quote come from The Iliad?
No. I remeber them from history class cause we had a big discussion with our teacher back then, because some of the girls in our class where around that same age.
>> Gunivere (SP?) from the Arthus legend was 12 when she was given to Arthus as
>> wife by her father who needed Arthus help against invading forces. And
>> Arthus was like 40 at that point!
> Again, these are literary characters.
Based on ppl who actually existed.
> Which source do these ages come from
My history teacher. Don't know where she got them from.
>> Same thing with Bonnie & Clyde: She was 16, he was 19. The plate (...)
> These, on the other hand, were real people. When they met, Bonnie Parker was
> 19, not 16. Clyde Barrow was 20.
Wrong. She was 16 going on 17, had allready been maried, divorced and even had a 3 or 4 year old child. He was just fresh out of prison somewhere around 19/20. Thats why he was released so early despite the charge (Manslaughter AFAIR) because he was a juvenile when he went in.
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