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Calista Flockhart playing 19 at 31?! rofl.

posted 12 years ago by MisterZed
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This is the most ridiculous role I think I've ever seen - at least Jennifer Garner was only 28 playing a teenager in "Dude Where's my Car", but a 30-something playing a teen?!

[–] gilmoregirl001 12 years ago

She wasn't even 19...her parents said in the beginning she "wasn't even 18" which is even worse!

[–] parkpunk 11 years ago

She did look really young. I would have guest her very early twenties.

[–] spookyrat1 11 years ago

She did look really young.

I agree. Who cares how old she truly is, if she looks the part in the film and I think she genuinely does look like a teenager here.

[–] Minuet888 10 years ago

same thing with Dan Futterman playing Val, Dan as 32 playing a 20 year old.

[–] Michael71 10 years ago

Yeah I did think he was a little too old to be playing a 20 year old, why couldn't they just get a 20 year old actor instead?

[–] snoho 10 years ago

I missed Calista's name in the credits at the beginning so her first appearance on screen had me pissing.

[–] TMC-4 (20273) a year ago

https://www.datalounge.com/thread/29575695-performances-where-an-actor-or-actress-was-waaaaay-out-of-his-or-her-league

Callista Flockhart in The Birdcage. First, she looked like a corpse with that grey lipstick and grunge dresses. Second, she was 15 years too old for the role (31 playing 17-18 yo). And third, her acting consisted of opening her eyes very wide and scrunching the corners of her mouth which was laughable in the company of Gene Hackman, Diane Wiest, Robin Williams and Nathan Lane. One of the worst cases of miscasting I've ever seen.

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