# Child actors who portray victims of child sex abuse

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**Created:** [August 8, 2013, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-actors-who-portray-victims-of-child-sex-abuse/665682 "2013-08-08T04:47:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-actors-who-portray-victims-of-child-sex-abuse/665682/21 "2013-08-12T02:56:01Z")

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> [@PunditLisa](#):
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> …Filming is done completely out of sequence of the storyline, so that it’s quite possible that two actors have to film their first lovemaking scene before they film their first meeting scene. Actors are to repeat the same scene over and over again, so that they capture several different angles with different lighting. Actors of all ages are filmed in front of blue screens, and made to react to imaginary things such as t.rexes and aliens, which are created separately and spliced in.

Sex & nude scenes are usually the first one films in case the performer chickens out; that way they don’t have to reshoot a lot of footage. Remember all that controversy over Nicole Kidman sharing a nude scene with a 10 year old boy in **Birth** ; they weren’t on set at the same time and the boy was never actually naked. Same deal with the girls spying on the skinnydipping boys in **Now and Then** ; the girls weren’t on set at the same time as the boys (although the boys actually were naked except for flesh-coloured “modesty pouches”)

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**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-actors-who-portray-victims-of-child-sex-abuse/665682/22 "2013-08-12T05:24:57Z")

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> [@Zebra](#):
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> You should also realize that these kids audition for these roles. Their parents are there at the audition and the requirements of the role are known before you ever audition.
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> It’s not like the get a kid waiting inline for ice cream and say “Do you want to be on TV!”

The role being auditioned for is usually fairly vague - though I would expect that in this kind of case it is made clear, so that if there is a parental objection the time of the casting director won’t be wasted.

Parents never, ever go in for auditions. Part of the deal with kids is how they do by themselves. However, I doubt anything so disturbing would be used for audition material, so it wouldn’t matter.

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