In the UK, when I was about 18, we very briefly had Days of our Lives showing, and I remember, for example, a character called Philip Kiriakis who was presented as a high school student at that point (this was 2000) - I was trying to make sense of some of the family relationships on that show at the time, and was surprised to find out that he was supposed to have been born in 1995.
What usually happens over here with children in soap operas is that they'll use a child actor much the same age that the character's meant to be initially, and then when the character gets to about age 13, it's quite common to recast with an older actor for the purpose of more mature storylines (the character's still 13, but played by a 17 year old actor). But someone born in 1995 would never be in high school in 2000 on a UK soap opera.
The recasting thing with a new lead for police shows does happen over here as well.
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Date: 2023-08-31 10:42 pm (UTC)What usually happens over here with children in soap operas is that they'll use a child actor much the same age that the character's meant to be initially, and then when the character gets to about age 13, it's quite common to recast with an older actor for the purpose of more mature storylines (the character's still 13, but played by a 17 year old actor). But someone born in 1995 would never be in high school in 2000 on a UK soap opera.
The recasting thing with a new lead for police shows does happen over here as well.