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Why did they take a 30 year old woman to play a 17 year old?

posted 10 years ago by amar-d90
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Or 18 year old....whatever the case may be in this movie. I have nothing against Maggie Grace. She is a beautiful woman. But the keyword being woman. I just think it's weird to see a woman her age skipping around like a 12 year old girl. There are like a million actresses in the US who would sell their mothers for this role so I just think it's weird that they couldn't find someone more age appropriate and better suited to play Liam Neesons daughter.

[–] redban (6776) a month ago

She was 17 in the first one, which was released 4 years prior to this movie. She was only about 24 at time of filming for Part I. So she was able to pass for 17

Here - she was 28-29 at time of filming , so she might’ve been too old to play a 17 year old (though she a wasn’t that unconvincing). The other option would be to recast her, but that would’ve been more distracting