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Is there any movie in which the actor naturally aged and portrayed the younger and older version of character ? Not a prequel sequel thing. One movie. (lemm.ee)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by red_pigeon@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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Just wondering if someone was committed enough to make such a movie

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[–] mondoman712@lemmy.ml 110 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Boyhood was shot over 12 years following the same cast.

[–] nivenkos@lemmy.ml 9 points 6 months ago

It's a great movie too.

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)
[–] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 months ago

IT TOOK TWELVE YEARS TO MAKE!!!

I'm surprised they mentioned it in their latest BOTW, I thought they had completely forgotten it even existed by this point.

[–] red_pigeon@lemm.ee 6 points 6 months ago

Oh wow

[–] classic@fedia.io 6 points 6 months ago

Add in the Before Sunrise trilogy, also by Linklater

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[–] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 32 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

There's the "Seven Up!" series by the BBC. They filmed a bunch of kids at age 7, and then again at 14, 21, 28, etc.

The first was filmed in 1964 and 63 Up was filmed in 2019.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Not a single movie but that happened with several actors in both Star Wars and Star Trek. Or in Harry Potter. Puberty was good to Neville's actor.

It has also happened in many TV series where you can see a kid grow up to adulthood.

It could have happened with the movie Coffee and Cigarettes which started filming in 1986 and was released in 2003. It consists of several short episodes. But as far as I recall none of the actors of the earlier episodes came back for one of the later episodes.

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 months ago

Puberty was good to Neville’s actor.

Dudley's actor, Harry Melling, also got a fair bit more attractive. Maybe not as much as Matthew Lewis (Neville), but I've seen him in a couple of other roles where the makeup department isn't actively sabotaging his appearance.

[–] livus@kbin.social 13 points 6 months ago

Came in to say Boyhood.

[–] jalatani@lemm.ee 8 points 6 months ago

Sounds like the movie Boyhood

[–] flei@feddit.de 8 points 6 months ago

Pacino in The Godfather

[–] Susaga@ttrpg.network 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Aged naturally... to play both older and younger... within a single film...

Given how most films only take a few months to film at most, I don't think natural aging will have enough impact on a character to have a distinct "younger and older". If the film took years to make, then parts would seem really low quality compared to other parts. If the character was only a few weeks older, you wouldn't notice the difference between the accurate age and the reshoots.

[–] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Given how most films only take a few months to film at most

Got any sources for that claim? I was always under more of an impression that movies took at least a year and a half to make, if not 2-3 for a longer movie.

[–] Susaga@ttrpg.network 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I didn't say "make", I said "film". You don't film the actors until the script, sets and costumes are ready, and you can't edit the movie until after you've finished filming.

According to wikipedia, filming for Avengers Endgame started in August 2017 and finished in January 2018, with reshoots later that year. This was a big Marvel production with a ton of big-name actors doing complex action scenes, so I'm pretty sure this is on the high end of how much filming would need to be done.

[–] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 months ago

I imagine the average person would take the phrase "film a movie" as synonymous with "make a movie", even if they are technically distinct. If you're being more specific with your usage than the typical person in your audience, that's on you; don't blame your audience for not understanding.

[–] Admetus@sopuli.xyz 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Ha! I was going to say Tron: Legacy until you said no sequels. Damn.

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Do flashbacks count?

[–] red_pigeon@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yes if it was intentionally and carefully planned according to the actors age. I understand it takes a lot of commitment, but wondering if there is such a movie out there where it is an important part of the plot as well.

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

Oh. Erm, never mind then. I only know of examples of "I took footage from earlier that wasn't planned but we realized was usable".

[–] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

Technically, every actor ages over the course of a film and plays a younger and older version of their character πŸ€“