Talk:Beautiful Creatures (Movie)/@comment-208.83.190.71-20130211225654/@comment-4567170-20130212071703

I get your point, but I as well understand the casting directors. What you would you have chosen if you were them: actors looking just like the characters but without the talent to portray them, or the contrary, actors who may not be the perfect portrayal but who could still embody the character perfectly? If I understand what you're saying, you think that Alden isn't good-looking? Well, Alden isn't ugly ; he may not be a model or your kind of guy, but he has some charisma at least. And Thomas Mann is a really perfect Link for what I've seen.

Concerning Ridley, she is indeed a teen (in the movie as well, just slightly older than in the books). Emmy Rossum looks young enough to portray Ridley, and what you may think makes her look old is the style Ridley gives herself in the movie. The age of actors is often a problem; because 15/16 year old teenagers are not always prepared to have what it takes to be actors. If you look at it, Alice is 18, Zoey is 17 or 18, Alden is 23, Thomas Mann is 21 ; it could have been worse. ;)