Just wondering if someone was committed enough to make such a movie

  • chunkystyles@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    55·
    8 个月前

    There’s the “Seven Up!” series by the BBC. They filmed a bunch of kids at age 7, and then again at 14, 21, 28, etc.

    The first was filmed in 1964 and 63 Up was filmed in 2019.

  • codenamekino@lemmy.world
    52·
    8 个月前

    It’s not as impressive as some of the other projects mentioned here, but there was a one-year hiatus during the filming of Cast Away to allow Tom Hanks to lose all (and more) of the weight he had gained for the first part of the movie. His beard and tan were earned honestly during that time as well.

    • pelletbucket@lemm.ee
      1·
      8 个月前

      the percentage of body weight that Disney made Carrie Fisher lose to come back for the sequels put her at a much higher risk for dying the way she did.

  • Björn Tantau@swg-empire.de
    322·
    8 个月前

    Not a single movie but that happened with several actors in both Star Wars and Star Trek. Or in Harry Potter. Puberty was good to Neville’s actor.

    It has also happened in many TV series where you can see a kid grow up to adulthood.

    It could have happened with the movie Coffee and Cigarettes which started filming in 1986 and was released in 2003. It consists of several short episodes. But as far as I recall none of the actors of the earlier episodes came back for one of the later episodes.

    • pingveno@lemmy.mlEnglish
      11·
      8 个月前

      Puberty was good to Neville’s actor.

      Dudley’s actor, Harry Melling, also got a fair bit more attractive. Maybe not as much as Matthew Lewis (Neville), but I’ve seen him in a couple of other roles where the makeup department isn’t actively sabotaging his appearance.

  • I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.worldEnglish
    241·
    8 个月前

    Flight of the Navigator.

    David Scott Freeman was 12 at the start, and still with us eight years later…

  • kakes
    15·
    8 个月前

    A bit off-topic, but apparently this is one of Denis Villeneuve’s reasons for wanting a hiatus before making a third Dune movie. Besides just wanting a break, he said he would also like to have the actors age a few years for the next one.

  • SanguinePar@lemmy.world
    13·
    8 个月前

    Not really what you’re after OP, but sort of similarish - David Lynch’s Eraserhead took about 5-6 years to make due to start-stop funding issues.

    The story goes that Jack Nance kept his hair like this throughout that whole period.

    • red_pigeon@lemm.eeOP
      3·
      8 个月前

      Yes if it was intentionally and carefully planned according to the actors age. I understand it takes a lot of commitment, but wondering if there is such a movie out there where it is an important part of the plot as well.

      • Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeEnglish
        4·
        8 个月前

        Oh. Erm, never mind then. I only know of examples of “I took footage from earlier that wasn’t planned but we realized was usable”.