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Sheffer Was Far Too Old For His Role


He looked at least 30, perhaps older. He's a decent actor but was horribly miscast.

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For some reason he always seems to get cast as someone way younger... in Some Kind of Wonderful, he was like 27 portraying a high school senior.

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My God, you're right! In River Runs Through It Is another one where he just looked too old to be Brad Pitt's brother.

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Haha, yea, you guys are pretty right. He does seem to get cast in quite a few roles that make you at least scratch your head. Nothing against his acting ability... he's a fine actor. It's my guess that Craig is just one of those dudes that has probably always looked slightly older than his true age once he hit puberty. Like, he was the handsome guy in high school already getting college chicks, buying beer without worrying about getting carded... stuff like that.

Funny enough, the Andy Warhol 1982 photograph of him in front of the American flag makes him look like Dirk Diggler kinda. Once he cut that boyish 80s "MacGyver" hair, he looked like he aged like 5-10 years, at least to me.

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Some Kind of Wonderful, he was like 27 portraying a high school senior.


That's why the sister said: "Hardy Jenns is a man for Christ's sake!"

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Craig Sheffer was 33 when he played in the movie. And even though he is 9 to 10 years older than the average college football player, I can't picture anyone else but Sheffer giving this famous line: "Let's put the women and children to bed and go lookin' for dinner!"


Also remember that he was in his mid to late 20's when he played in those high school movies in the 80's.

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I remember being a teenage kid in 1993 watching this movie and thinking no way in hell is this dude around my age. But this was common back then as it is today. 901210 (the original) was notorious for casting people over 25 or over 30 in high school/young college roles.

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I agree, terrible choice for the role

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