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Old 31-08-2014, 15:42
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According to the new TV WEEK issue, Matt Little (who played Paige's brother Ethan in Neighbours) has joined the show as VJ Patterson.. WHAT??? He's a bit too old to play 15 year old VJ.
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Old 31-08-2014, 15:50
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And VJ is actually only 13 this year. He has already been SORAS-ed
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Old 31-08-2014, 16:01
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I knew this was coming and it is completely ridiculous. They have recast a child with a man!

He is twice the size of Felix Dean, who has played the part for years and could have been the new Sally, a child growing up on screen to become a adult, I just hope the actor decided to quit rather than them getting rid of him for this guy.

He is going to tower over Leah and Jett, who is VJ's age and only friend.

Clearly it is who you know (He is Dan Ewing's (Heath) brother in law), because there is no way that if VJ did have to be recast that he was the best of the bunch.
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Old 31-08-2014, 16:36
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Felix Dean is 17 according to the interwebs.
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Old 31-08-2014, 17:58
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that means now we not going to see him in neighbours could they recast his character we need him popping up in paige storyline
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Old 31-08-2014, 18:03
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How old is he, early 20s? this is absurd! it has to be a joke surely?

Not to mention its inappropriate. They are casting a good looking man as a 14 year old boy. The logic in that itself is so wrong. What type of audience are they aiming the character at?

Felix might be 17 but at least he was a teenager and worked as VJ. This is just
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Old 31-08-2014, 18:05
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I genuinely thought this was about Joe Mangel!
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Old 31-08-2014, 18:12
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Wasn't he the guy in neighbours who played Paiges brother Ethan? He looks just like him.
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Old 31-08-2014, 18:24
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Wasn't he the guy in neighbours who played Paiges brother Ethan? He looks just like him.
yes it is
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Old 31-08-2014, 18:43
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I genuinely thought this was about Joe Mangel!
lol what was his name ''..........'' Little...Stuart Little would be good
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Old 31-08-2014, 18:44
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Well that's ridiculous. Ethan looked about 25 Now he's meant to be playing a 15 year old? Why couldn't they cast someone who actually looks like a teenager?
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Old 31-08-2014, 18:48
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This could be the most ridiculous casting ever. Even worse than when hollyoaks recast holly cunningham with someone that was supposed to playing a 15 year old but looked in mid 20's. Although the girl playing her at the moment is 19 I think but looks younger.
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Old 31-08-2014, 19:43
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Don't forget Ben Price supposedly playing early thirties, lol.
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Old 31-08-2014, 19:45
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lol what was his name ''..........'' Little...Stuart Little would be good
Stuart would be great!
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Old 31-08-2014, 19:56
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I don't watch home and away anymore but I do remember little VJ and this new actor is way to old to play a young teenager it will just luck so weird onscreen
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Old 31-08-2014, 20:14
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How old is VJ supposed to be as the actor Matt is 21.
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Old 31-08-2014, 22:41
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That's Soras-ing on speed!!! What a shame, he was great on Neighbours. Ethan had potential to be a complex character and I lived his brotherly relationship with Paige.
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Old 31-08-2014, 22:42
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alright, confess! Who like me read it and thought HO Max was heading to Oz?
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Old 31-08-2014, 22:45
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alright, confess! Who like me read it and thought HO Max was heading to Oz?
Your not the only one who thought that as well.
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Old 31-08-2014, 22:55
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So they have rapid-aged a character AGAIN who was already rapid-aged a few years ago? I can't even pretend to be disappointed to be honest. I'd have to have some kind of expectations in order to be disappointed. But I don't. What a horrible, horrible show Home and Away has become.
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Old 31-08-2014, 23:28
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alright, confess! Who like me read it and thought HO Max was heading to Oz?
Me

Great job Home And Away, clearly going by the Coronation Street school of casting and recasting someone who looks more like Leah's brother than her son (see recast Ryan Connor)
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Old 31-08-2014, 23:43
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This is just silly. A 21 year-old playing a 13 year-old...I know he's been SORASed previously when Felix was cast, but this is just really silly. Ada certainly doesn't look all of her 37 years, it's going to be difficult to believe the two as mother and son. And not that he ever would but god help if Ryan Kwanten ever returned (forgetting the stupid off-screen death), how he could possibly play father to a man in his twenties...

Is it all about who you know to get cast in Home and Away. After hiring Steve Peacocke's girlfriend and now Dan Ewing's brother-in-law I'm starting to wonder.
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Old 31-08-2014, 23:46
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It really is ridiculous. I remember when they wanted Duncan to do more serious storylines in the 90s, the wrote him out on a break in a similar way, then returned him a few months later with an older actor more capable of playing serious storylines (and a bit of a villain). But despite the age change, he was STILL A LITTLE BOY!

This... this is just hideous.
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Old 31-08-2014, 23:57
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I stopped watching H&A a few years ago, but isn't VJ supposed to be a kid? What is he like 13 now?
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Old 01-09-2014, 01:50
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Home & Away have made a massive mistake with this casting then. Matt is far too old to play a 13/14 year old. He looks like he's at least in the 21-25 age bracket.

Considering he's the same age as Jett and his best friend it's going to look so weird tbh.
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