"I'm 37. I'm not old."

[sigma7]

Found while be-bopping through Wikipedia, traversing the bio of Shirley Henderson, whose most notable role is of "Moaning Myrtle" in the Harry Potter movies:

During the filming of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), Henderson was the oldest actress (at age 37) to portray a Hogwarts student.

*spittake*

Comments

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

Heh. Not only was she playing "glasses ugly", she was playing "pigtail young".

[paradisacorbasi.livejournal.com]

Yah, they picked her because her features aren't likely to change much more with age.

And if they do change much they can youthen her with makeup.

[phrogg.livejournal.com]

I caught her on an episode of Doctor Who, actually. Episode was called Love and Monsters (Season 2, episode 10, if you're curious), and i was absolutely shocked that she appeared so much older.

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

She was about the only part of that particular episode I enjoyed. Her final fate was...disappointing. And I figured she'd be, at most, ten years out of her age range. But...damn.

[begstodiffer.livejournal.com]

As near as I can tell, 30 is the new 18. As a 32-year-old, I am enjoying the second crack at 20, only this time I might actually do it right.

[ravenskye8.livejournal.com]

hear! hear!

[ravenskye8.livejournal.com]

Woohoo! *wiggle* Hey - at 32 I get mistaken for a high-schooler/college student from time to time... if I was really trying to make myself look like a student...

[jenny0.livejournal.com]

I would have to respectfully disagree about her most notable role: did you see how wide her hair was in Charles II, that miniseries, in which she played Catherine of Braganza (Portuguese, queen, wide-haired).