PJO The Lightning Thief Movie Article: Adults playing kids

posted by miss_athena

OK, so people have been complaining that in the new Percy Jackson movie, the actors are very old in comparison to the characters the movie. Yes, there are young actors that would be good to play their parts, but its not that easy to do. It is a very hard thing for young kids to be actors. First of all, it can be very strssful for them to work every day. And then comes the money issue. They are too young to be given that money legally, so it's put into the parents accounts. A lot of the time, the parents keep the money for themselves and force their kids to keep working, which is very sad. So let's just give these actors a chance, am i right?! :)

houie99 likes this

paintsellers No, not really. We don't really have a choice whether we give them a chance or not, they're in the movie and casted as their characters, the movie's finished by now, all there is left to do is wait. It's up to us to be critics and decide whether we think they'll do a good job or not, but we're all entitled to our own opinion about whether or not we think they'll do a good job. And sure, it's stressful for kids to be actors, but that's their job, and if they don't like what they're doing, then well, they shouldn't be actors anymore. What we all mean when we complain about the casting is that we wish they could have casted people who would have played the role better, yes, this has something to do with age, but there are other reasons too. You can go ahead and pretend that they casted most parts well, by all means. But I'm not happy with the choices, and frankly, that has nothing to do with young children and their money issues.

houie99 Amen to that.