Didn't it bother anyone else that Mulligan was way too old?

She actually looked much older than 22, so I was somewhat surprised that she was younger than she actually looked. As far as the role goes, it didn't really bother me, but that's just me.

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She looked very young to me. Voice maybe a tad mature, but not enough to really bother me.






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to be fair. a lot of 16 year olds nowadays look about 25, I suppose the same could be said here. Mulligan played the part perfectly and she did look the age in every scene, only when they dressed her up did she really look about 25.

uhhh no, she looked like a school girl. but rly mature when dressed up. unlike lets say, gossip girl, where the whole cast was suppose to be like 17 or something in the beginning when obviously they were in their 20's

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She could pass for even younger than 16 depending on the situation. My kids are middle and high school, and I'd peg her at about 14/15 judging from my kids' friends. Plunk her right down in middle school and she would not look out of place.

haha imagine if they cast an actress who was actually 16, there would have been an uproar.

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I just watched the film and thought the same thing. She acted well, but I just couldn't buy her as a 16 year old at all. She not only looked but sounded way too old for the role. I was like you and thought she looked about 25-26, so was surprised she was only 22-23 when she filmed it. She's a great actress but not that youthful looking to play a teenager.

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It's not just that the actress is too old (betrayed more by her voice than looks), but the whole character is too "old". This becomes more obvious as the film goes on. It's particularly bad in e.g. the scene with the headmistress at about the 2/3 mark.

She's supposed to be 16 but seems to spasm at times into a character dishing out world-weary advice and experience like she's in her 40s or 50s. Girls of 16 are more likely still to be swooning over pop-stars and movie actors, and comparing notes over boys in their class. The outside-school experiences of a schoolgirl in 1961 were more likely to be a dance up the town hall on a Friday, and a Wimpy whilst giggling with their girlfriends about the female teachers at school.