...Yet they still have her in these roles where she's essentially playing a 15-year-old whining about her mom. She was in a movie 2 years ago where she did a porn scene for crying out loud! Was she miscast in this one due to her age do you think?
shareThat giant underpants cop-out barely counted.
shareShe's 4ft11 and young looking, when this was filmed she was 20-21 years old. She's still fine for playing those teenage roles at the moment.
shareIt's called ACTING.
shareShe's believable as a teenager.
shareOver dramatic much? She was 20/21 during filming and looks the part. Are you simply crying just to cry?
shareHollywood has always done this... even with actors in their late 20s/early 30s.
Why? Mostly due to restrictions regarding the amount of hours children can work.
Ortega still looks the part (to me) so I have no issue.
Wasn't Rizzo in her thirties when she played a high schooler in Grease?
shareShe was 33.
shareYeah. Adults playing older teens is pretty common. They don't have to worry about the laws for child actors, so there's a big incentive for it.
Ortega looks closer to a high school junior or senior than a lot of actors have in other movies who played that age as adults.