An actor in his or her twenties is less likely to leave a show after one season (or film series after one entry) to focus on his or her education than an actual teenager is. The pressures of stardom are harder for a teen actor to handle than a young adult.
These aren't the ideal condition when trying to meet the deadlines for finishing a film or a TV season. There are a whole string of laws that child actors are subject to, including (in the UK and the USA) education requirements and night shoot and work hours restrictions. They apply to acting just as they do any other profession. Labor laws and regulations are probably the biggest reason.This dates back to the earliest days of Hollywood, if not further, making it Older Than Television.ĭespite this trope being a prime source for ridicule, mockery, and parody, there are actually a lot of legit reasons this is done. High school students in television look nothing like high school students in real life ( well, not always), for one good reason: they're played by actors who are upwards of ten-to-fifteen years older. PAGES WILL BE DELETED OTHERWISE IF THEY ARE MISSING BASIC MARKUP. DON'T MAKE PAGES MANUALLY UNLESS A TEMPLATE IS BROKEN, AND REPORT IT THAT IS THE CASE. THIS SHOULD BE WORKING NOW, REPORT ANY ISSUES TO Janna2000, SelfCloak or RRabbit42. The Trope workshop specific templates can then be removed and it will be regarded as a regular trope page after being moved to the Main namespace. All new trope pages will be made with the "Trope Workshop" found on the "Troper Tools" menu and worked on until they have at least three examples.Pages that don't do this will be subject to deletion, with or without explanation.
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