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If your son was a child actor, would you agree to have him appear in this scene?

Asked by ragingloli (52231points) March 25th, 2017

From the 1989 Horror Movie “Elves”, starring Dan Haggerty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBoyAiLcUWw
What types of movies/scenes would be a no-go for you?

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Patty_Melt's avatar

I would want to say no, but my daughter has been witness to lots of things at school, in public and various places where I could not control what was going on. Sometimes I have thought that at least with an acting roll she could be paid, and I could talk about context, timing, and inappropriatness with her.
Her attempts to go into the business have been unsuccessful thus far, so we haven’t had to consider any such thing. She now sees her interest in drama as a hobby.

Rarebear's avatar

I wouldn’t have a problem with it.

Sneki95's avatar

Sure. There isn’t any actual nudity in that scene, it’s safe.

Rarebear's avatar

Even if there were nudity I wouldn’t have a problem with it. The actors are in rooms full of adults and minders and it’s a professional environment. There is absolutely nothing sexy about it.

Dutchess_III's avatar

The implied nudity didn’t bother me at all. The casual use of the F word did. However, there have been times I’ve questioned the wisdom of adults putting kids in certain scenes, especially when they’re too young to act. If they’re screaming in terror it’s because someone did something to make them scream in terror.

Rarebear's avatar

There is a scene in The Fall by Tarsem which stars a young Ukranian girl where the girl was genuinely terrified in one scene. They only did one take because she didn’t want to repeat it.

Frikking brilliant movie if you’ve never seen it, actually.

Dutchess_III's avatar

How old was she?

Rarebear's avatar

She was 9 at the time. And she was absolutely brilliant in the film. Seriously, it’s one of my favorite movies of all time. I said she was from Ukraine but she is actually Romanian.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1942458/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t1

Here is a clip of her.
http://www.imdb.com/videoplayer/vi2229666073?ref_=nm_rvd_vi_3

Rarebear's avatar

@Dutchess_III She talked about the movie in later life and loved the experience. It was just that one scene.

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