Why not? What does "mental maturity" have to do with it? Actors haven been playing younger and older than their actual ages since acting began.
Spoilers Supergirl - Season 2
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Show me one example where someone in their late 20s was able to convincingly portray someone in their mid-30s (or even older).
This is a silly objection. There's tons of examples of actors playing older than themselves - 'mental maturity' is one of the least important aspects for what's actually on the screen.
I hope Ray Palmer will get to interact with this so-called Superman!
Matt Bomer voiced Superman in the animated movie Superman: Unbound, and his Lois was Castle's Stana Katic. I could easily see both of them reprising those roles in Supergirl.
I really doubt that is going to happen because the entire arc of season 1 was having Kara become a hero in her own right and not have to be in the shadow of her cousin. In fact, this is also part of the the feminism theme of the first season. I've been rewatching the season with my daughter have noticed that practically every episode has a serious feminist message and often a little speech by Cat Grant or Kara to stress the point. Especially in the first few episodes this message is often written as how Supergirl is treated differently than her cousin.
The show is not going to spend an entire season exploring this issue only to undo it in the second. When Superman shows up, it will be as an equal of Supergirl. Even better, most likely Kara will need to be somebody for him to lean on emotionally rather than the reverse.
Lea Tompson. Back to the Future.
Like I said, show me one example of someone in their late 20s convincingly portraying someone in their mid-30s.
He apparently does one in Bastille Day.
Oh, yeah, one year makes all the difference. Or another two weeks, as is the case with Madden, who's birthday is on June 18.
That, too.
Back when it was still in development, the show was specifically looking for 26-year-old actresses to play a 24-year-old character (Kara). If it were as easy to 'play older' as you guys are suggesting, there would've been no reason for them to put the "26 years old" minimum age cap in place when searching for their "Girl of Steel".
Jennifer Lawrence, twice. Silver Linings Playbook (early 20s playing 30s) and Joy (mid-20s, playing mid-30s).
This is a recent picture of Tom Welling.
http://s1.ibtimes.com/sites/www.ibtimes.com/files/2016/02/04/tom-welling-supergirl.jpg
Call me crazy, but that guy doesn't look like what Superman would look like on this show.
http://s1.ibtimes.com/sites/www.ibtimes.com/files/2016/02/04/tom-welling-supergirl.jpg
Call me crazy, but that guy doesn't look like what Superman would look like on this show.
He's plenty mental.
The dude's done like Shakespeare and shit.
(He's actually currently in Kenneth Branagh's production of Romeo & Juliet with Derek Jacobi and Dame Judi bloody Dench so he ain't even available but that was a silly complaint on your part)
In this scene, the mid-20 Hayley Atwell plays Peggy Carter in both her mid-30s and her mid-90s.
Hmm.
I still can't see them putting out a casting call for actors younger than their mid-30s, though.
Sure, they may well not but it's still a silly to thing to say people can't 'play older.'
In fact there's a whole trope on it! http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HollywoodOld
I was clearly putting more emphasis on "mental maturity" than was warranted.
It entirely depends on the actor. Some actors read younger than they really are, some read older.
Some seem to hit 50 in their mid-30's and stay there until they reach 70 or so (see: DeForest Kelly, Max Von Sydow et al.)
Whoever they go with, I don't think there's any danger of them getting Welling to reprise the role. Maybe if they need someone to play one of Superman's robot drone duplicates, or say, a plank of wood he'll get the call.
If Lois shows up too, it needs to be someone that can go toe-to-toe with Kat Grant's character. If they want to have fun with the ironic stunt casting, I think Lucy Liu might just make a very good Lois Lane.
Some seem to hit 50 in their mid-30's and stay there until they reach 70 or so (see: DeForest Kelly, Max Von Sydow et al.)
Whoever they go with, I don't think there's any danger of them getting Welling to reprise the role. Maybe if they need someone to play one of Superman's robot drone duplicates, or say, a plank of wood he'll get the call.
If Lois shows up too, it needs to be someone that can go toe-to-toe with Kat Grant's character. If they want to have fun with the ironic stunt casting, I think Lucy Liu might just make a very good Lois Lane.
