In Reply to: I promise I was sober! Hailee Steinfield ("True Grit") is posted by tinear on April 25, 2011 at 07:35:33:
...the only problem with these young actresses is in your head - I think you need your eyesight and hearing checked. Seriously. You can't tell the difference between a 14 year old and a 21 year old???
Better be careful, that can get you arrested in some states.
Note to Tin: all thin young women do not look alike. Not all women with brown hair look alike. These two actresses aren't ringers and aren't interchangable.
The main thing the two characters have in common is that neither actress wore much "obvious" make-up to play them - Mia because Jane is supposed to be "plain" and Hailee because Mattie is a kid.
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The characters as played are not especially similar. They are both set in the 19th century, and it is pretty much a given that young femail heroines - males for that matter - may be "spunky" (although I wouldn't describe Jane or Mia's portrayal of her as "spunky", which just shows how easy it apparently is for you to miss the point). But the resemblance as written and portrayed ends with the barest of superficialities. Hailee's Mattie and Mia's Jane are not much alike other than being strong females, and their quests and characters are very different.
Aside from the age difference, these two young actresses don't look that much alike to me. Hollywood hasn't made either of them what they are, although certainly their careers have and will continue to involve them in American studio produced films. No one in tinseltown manufactured these two young women to be in the same mold - the studio system has been GONE for 40+ years, Tin.
For future reference:
Mia Wasikowski is a 21 year old Australian with a long string of credits starting in 2004, primarily in TV and film down under. She had a bit part in Amelia, got a break in Tim Burton's Alice and her only other American movie to date has been surprise hit independent film The Kids Are All Right, not exactly a big Hollywood production.
Hailee is a 14 year old whose major debut was in True Grit, shot when she was 13. She's done shorts and some minor roles on TV.
I'm guessing, since her hair was blonde, you don't mix up either of these with Jennifer Lawrence?
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Follow Ups
- Are you sure? Tin, truly ... - Harmonia 08:26:33 04/25/11 (7)
- "Jane Eyre" is not spunky. She was so played, your - tinear 11:27:43 04/25/11 (3)
- Piffle... - Harmonia 11:49:25 04/25/11 (2)
- Yes, and I remember when Matthew McConnaughey was touted as the new Newman. nt - tinear 07:45:21 04/26/11 (1)
- I say again... - Harmonia 17:09:06 04/26/11 (0)
- Mia was also very good in the HBO series In Treatment - PhilJ 09:35:33 04/25/11 (0)
- Mia... - Harmonia 08:54:23 04/25/11 (0)
- Hailee... - Harmonia 08:42:02 04/25/11 (0)