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Dawson Casting is specifically about adult actors playing teenaged characters, not every instance of an actor playing a character younger than them.


* DawsonCasting: 30-year old Emilia Clarke as the 26-year old Louisa.
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* TheDanza: A last name example--Emilia Clarke as Louisa Clarke.
* DawsonCasting: 30-year old Emilia Clarke as the 26-year old Louisa.
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coincidence, Louisa was not named after Clarke


* TheDanza: Last name variety. Emilia Clarke as Louisa Clark.
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** Emilia Clarke was famous for playing a ProudWarriorRaceGirl on ''Series/GameOfThrones'', and her only other high profile role was [[ActionGirl Sarah Connor]] in ''Film/TerminatorGenisys''. Here she's playing an {{Adorkable}} CuteClumsyGirl with a ghastly fashion sense. She said that the role was extremely close to her real personality.

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** Emilia Clarke was famous for playing a ProudWarriorRaceGirl on ''Series/GameOfThrones'', and her only other high profile role was [[ActionGirl Sarah Connor]] in ''Film/TerminatorGenisys''. Here she's playing an {{Adorkable}} a CuteClumsyGirl with a ghastly fashion sense. She said that the role was extremely close to her real personality.
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** Creator/JennaColeman plays a modern-day character for the only the fourth time in her career, as since leaving the teen TV drama ''Series/WaterlooRoad'' in 2010, she had played only "period" (pre-1960s) characters in TV and film with the exception of her ''Series/DoctorWho'' character, Clara.
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* ApprovalOfGod: Jojo Moyes, author of the original book, loved the film.

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* ApprovalOfGod: Jojo Moyes, author of the original book, loved the film. (To be fair, she also wrote the screenplay.)
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** Matthew Lewis was best known as the runty nerd [[Film/HarryPotter Neville Longbottom]]. He tries his hand at playing a JerkJock who's also the RomanticFalseLead.

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** Matthew Lewis was best known as the runty nerd [[Film/HarryPotter Neville Longbottom]]. He tries his hand at playing a JerkJock who's also the RomanticFalseLead.RomanticFalseLead.
* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: Emilia Clarke and Jenna Coleman [[http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-02-03/doctor-whos-jenna-coleman-meets-game-of-thrones-emilia-clarke-in-new-me-before-you-trailer look strongly enough]] alike that they really could be sisters.

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* ApprovalOfGod: Jojo Moyes, author of the original book, loved the film.
* AwesomeDearBoy: Emilia Clarke was sent the book, as the screenplay was still being written. She read three pages and agreed instantly.
* {{Corpsing}}: Emilia Clarke called it the highlight of her career when she got to make Charles Dance corpse, though she didn't say how.



** Emilia Clarke was famous for playing a ProudWarriorRaceGirl on ''Series/GameOfThrones'', and her only other high profile role was [[ActionGirl Sarah Connor]] in ''Film/TerminatorGenisys''. Here she's playing an {{Adorkable}} CuteClumsyGirl with a ghastly fashion sense.

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** Emilia Clarke was famous for playing a ProudWarriorRaceGirl on ''Series/GameOfThrones'', and her only other high profile role was [[ActionGirl Sarah Connor]] in ''Film/TerminatorGenisys''. Here she's playing an {{Adorkable}} CuteClumsyGirl with a ghastly fashion sense. She said that the role was extremely close to her real personality.
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** Emilia Clarke was famous for playing a ProudWarriorRaceGirl on ''Series/GameOfThrones'', and her only other high profile role was [[ActionGirl Sarah Connor]] in ''Film/TerminatorGenysis''. Here she's playing an {{Adorkable}} CuteClumsyGirl with a ghastly fashion sense.

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** Emilia Clarke was famous for playing a ProudWarriorRaceGirl on ''Series/GameOfThrones'', and her only other high profile role was [[ActionGirl Sarah Connor]] in ''Film/TerminatorGenysis''.''Film/TerminatorGenisys''. Here she's playing an {{Adorkable}} CuteClumsyGirl with a ghastly fashion sense.
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* TheDanza: Last name variety. Emilia Clarke as Louisa Clark.
* DyeingForYourArt: Matthew Lewis had his legs waxed to play Patrick, at the insistence of Emilia Clarke.
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** Emilia Clarke was famous for playing a ProudWarriorRaceGirl on ''Series/GameOfThrones'', and her only other high profile role was [[ActionGirl Sarah Connor]] in ''Film/TerminatorGenysis''. Here she's playing an {{Adorkable}} CuteClumsyGirl with a ghastly fashion sense.
** Charles Dance only has a small role, but he normally pops up as imposing or intimidating authority figures. In this it's his wife who's the intimidating one, while he's the nicer of the two.
** Matthew Lewis was best known as the runty nerd [[Film/HarryPotter Neville Longbottom]]. He tries his hand at playing a JerkJock who's also the RomanticFalseLead.

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