Our executive Three have been discussing the project as something that will go on for almost 40 years. This obviously effects casting. Especially since we have a frame which ties actors to being a certain age at two quite different points in time. The actor playing Elrond this year will not look as young as he does today when he is "called back" in 2055. We could of course say that all scenes that include that actor will be "filmed" in 2016. Technically it's also possible to film someone who we cast as Aragorn in 2050 (who probably isn't born yet) and cut the film in a way that makes it look like they were filmed on the same day. But is this desirable?
This is perhaps just an example of the kind of problems that comes with time moving on that we haven't really discussed. And are there other unseen problems here? What kind of casting problems can we see connected with the passage of time? Let's try to find them, and solve them.
This is perhaps just an example of the kind of problems that comes with time moving on that we haven't really discussed. And are there other unseen problems here? What kind of casting problems can we see connected with the passage of time? Let's try to find them, and solve them.