Darren_Garrison:
Okay, maybe the movie had an unusually long time between production and release, allowing her to be 15 when it was filmed and 17 when it was released. But it is numerically impossible that that Hussey was ever 15 while Whiting was 17. There are 291 days in between their birthdays. When Hussey was 15 years and 364 days, Whiting was 16 years, 290 days. So for the movie to have been filmed when Hussey was 15, Whiting could not have been older than 16.
OK. Not sure why it matters. They main point is that they were both much closer to the characters’ ages than most productions.
clairobscur:
And also another reason : do you think that [Game of Thrones] would look remotely believable is half of the main characters of the show ruling kingdoms, winning battles, ordering around old veterans, making wise decisions, etc…were a bunch of 14 yo?
In fact, it’s not in line with the settings. Sure, people had to act as adults earlier, and there are some examples of young (but not that young) leaders during this era. But no, 16 yo weren’t elected master of the knights Templar, 15 yo recognized generals, 14 yo shrewd politicians. In my opinion, what Martin makes his young characters do is completely unrealistic, and on screen, it would look laughable.
On the other hand, Arya Stark as a 9-year-old assassin would be freakin’ awesome.
Darren_Garrison:
Okay, maybe the movie had an unusually long time between production and release, allowing her to be 15 when it was filmed and 17 when it was released. But it is numerically impossible that that Hussey was ever 15 while Whiting was 17. There are 291 days in between their birthdays. When Hussey was 15 years and 364 days, Whiting was 16 years, 290 days. So for the movie to have been filmed when Hussey was 15, Whiting could not have been older than 16.
Movies almost always take much longer to produce than you might imagine. There’s no need to go into the technical details here, but 2 or 3 years wouldn’t be unusual.