I think it's important to remember in these discussion that 45-50 in 1950 is not the same as 45-50 today. A 45-50 year old woman today can be glamorous, youthful, in her prime whereas back then she may have been seen as faded and over the hill. Even to get more scientic, the life expectancy in 1950 was 65 years old, so at 45-50 you are pretty near death (lol, that sounds ominous). Today it's 80, so at 45-50 you have a lot of life still in front of you.
I think the better way to look at these things is to cast someone who is believably a faded star, knowing that actors type as they read on stage can vary greatly from their actual real life ages.
It is one of my least favorite things (not directed at the poster here) when people go and google an actor's age then proclaim they aren't right for a certain part because of that number. LOL. This is true at the other end of the spectrum as well. I mean Taylor Trensch can still play a teenager and he's maybe 34. |
