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Originally Posted by ROCKSTAR
What is it with slashers and "aspiring" teen/young adult actors?? Are slashers the easiest movies to make?
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These are the career milestones most actors (regardless of age) take if they want to be well known and mainstream. It means exposure and it's also because of the way Hollywood pigeonholes roles by age.
Actors don't just do movies like "Million Dollar Baby" or "The Piano" unless you are the likes of Anna Paquin or Hilary Swank their first time out... Especially, when they are young... Because that is not what Hollywood is looking to offer young actors as far as parts.
If you are under 30, in HW and look young you either get:
1) The high school student
2) The college student
3) The newbie who just-graduated college and is in the world for the first time
4) The psycho-killer fodder -- Mainly, actresses
And if they're "lucky" they get all four in ONE movie
But again, it is all about exposure and career path (not to mention nice five or six figure paychecks) and that is why you see talented actors in movies like this...
However, more and more young actors are taking a different career path and not doing the typical "teen slasher" like Anna Paquin and Hilary Swank to name a few.