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** The book's notion that sexual activity becomes legal-- and practically encouraged-- at the age of 14 probably doesn't help.
* In the book of ''[[Interview with the Vampire]]'', Claudia was changed at the age of five. In [[The Movie]], Claudia was played by Kirsten Dunst, who was twelve upon the movie's release. Asides from narrowing down the [[Squick]] factor, a five-year-old would not have been able to understand the character of Claudia to give an effective performance, while a child several years older WOULD be able to play the role well (And believe you me, Dunst DID).
* None of the actors who've played [[Dune|Paul, Leto II and Ghanima Atreides, or Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen]] have been under 20. Of course, since Paul and Feyd-Rautha were 15 during ''Dune'' itself and Leto II and Ghanima were ''8'' this is understandable. Generally, Paul and Feyd's ages are not mentioned in the adaptations, which makes this arguably a case of [[All There in the Manual]] and [[Dawson Casting]], but for the [[
* In ''Picnic'' William Holden considered himself too old (he was 37) to play Hal Carter, supposedly of the same generation as [[The Chick]] played by Kim Novak (22).
* One of the biggest criticisms of the [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] movie ''[[A View to a Kill]]'' was that Roger Moore was still playing Bond at age 58 (he was 46 he was first cast as Bond in ''[[Live and Let Die (film)|Live and Let Die]]''). [[Sean Connery]] himself said "Bond should be played by an actor 35, 33 years old. I’m too old. Roger’s too old, too!".
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