Character Aged with the Actor: Difference between revisions

 

* [[Star Trek: The Motion Picture|The first]] ''[[Star Trek]]'' movie, made 10 years after the series ended, attempted unsuccessfully to cover up how much the actors had aged. [[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan|The next installment]], however, plunged full-force into this, even making it a major plot point (to the point where [[William Shatner]] has admitted he absolutely did not like the idea at first and "had to be dragged in kicking and screaming"). This wasn't emphasised quite as much in the later films, though they continued to make no effort to hide the actors' ages. This makes a certain amount of sense, as advanced medical technology would likely extend human lifespan (and probably working lifespan) significantly.

** It's also actor [[Brent Spiner]]'s rationale for Data's death in ''[[Star Trek: Nemesis|Nemesis]]''; in that case, of course, the actor's aging couldn't be handwaved or worked into the plot, since Data is an ageless android.

*** Remember Data's offscreen spoken line over the comm in the ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise|Enterprise]]'' finale? They wanted him to appear on screen but he refused because he felt he was too old to look like Data anymore.

* The later part of [[Clint Eastwood]]'s career has been [[Cool Old Guy|him playing the over-the-hill, but still extremely badass, hero]]. For a more concrete example, he noticeably ages throughout the ''[[Dirty Harry]]'' series (and it's lampshaded).

** Indeed, Clint has stated that there won't be another ''Dirty Harry'' movie, because at his age, Harry would be retired.

* ''The [[Road To]] Hong Kong''

* ''[[Tron: Legacy]]'', which was also notable for featuring ''both'' old [[Jeff Bridges]] as Flynn and [[Conspicuous CGI|CGI-made]] young Jeff Bridges as his program.

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