Why do they keep casting grown adults as teenagers?

[Soundbwoy]

I get it gives them a pass to add sex scenes but watching Euphoria after watching Kobra Kai where the actors at least look their ages I can’t help but notice it promotes the agenda

 

[Matt504]

"it's just entertainment"

 

[humminbird]

less liability
teen actors are not as good

 

[jdubnyce]

None of the cobra Kai main teens are actually teens

Is that what you're trying to say?

 

[Payday23]

I get it gives them a pass to add sex scenes but watching Euphoria after watching Kobra Kai where the actors at least look their ages I can’t help but notice it promotes the agenda

Probably labor laws

 

[AquaCityBoy]

Because of child labor laws and kids having to go to school a certain number of hours a day.

A young looking 19- or 20-year-old can work a full 14-hour day of filming.

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

For the more dramatic roles, directors claim that teen actors aren't ready or experienced enough to execute those roles.....

 

[Umoja]

What do children have to attend by law? How binding are contracts signed by minors? What do skills require?

There are more hurdles to clear when dealing with child actors.

 

[L0Qutus]

There's been some postings online showing that mf'ers actually used to look like adults in high school going back to the 1980's and earlier.

 

[paperbag]

Ironically Ralph Macchio was like 22 when he played Daniel Larusso in the original

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

 

[⠀X ⠀]

Because the producers and directors can fvck the 20 somethings, without getting in trouble.

 

[RawDogBandit]

Can’t have the kids participating in sexual or heavily dramatic scenes that the writers or directors include in their films/shows

Probably apart of it. Especially a show like Euphoria or even 13 reasons which we are starting to see a lot more of. People love that graphic shyt

 

[Gold]

Child actors are more difficult.

You have to work with the parents often
Child labor laws
They are usually in school so the scheduling is harder
They are often worse actors
And you get in trouble (as you should) for sexualixing them.

Think MTV skins or Netflix Cuties

 

[Luke Cage]

Child actors are more difficult.

You have to work with the parents often
Child labor laws
They are usually in school
They are often worse actors
And you get in trouble (as you should) for sexualixing them.

Think MTV skins or Netflix Cuties

Yep, and child actors eventually grow up too, which can be unpredictable on the body. hard to pretend to be a teen for 7 seasons if you change drastically over the seven years. and age badly or grow a foot taller then needed.
Have some Greg Oden looking breh playing a senior in highschool, because he really was in highschool when you started.