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Annoyed by Randall's casting

Only because the actor who plays him looks AT LEAST five years older than the other three 36 year olds (Kate, Kevin and Jack). Does anyone agree?

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I thought you might say you were annoyed because his acting ability leaves everyone else in his dust.

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right? personally i don't think he looks particularly older. i think his character is just far more mature and put togegher than the other two, so his clothing and mannerism make him seem older. even if i did think he looked older though, i would excuse it because he is a phenomenal actor.

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gaucho8791>>>>>>I agree! I love Sterling K. Brown's acting. I started watching him when he was on Supernatural and he steals every scene he's in. Loved him on The People vs. OJ Simpson as well. Love him!!!

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Agree-- he is tremendous. The first time I ever saw him was in the People vs OJ Simpson and he just blew me away. He looked just like the real Chris Darden.
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I'd never heard of Brown before I watched THIS IS US (saw him give a thoughtful acceptance speech at some awards show over a month ago---he won an award for the OJ film, I think) but his scenes from the show were part of the reason I wanted to watch it to begin with. He reminds me, with his look, acting style, and presence, of a younger Courtney Vance (an awesome actor who played the captain on SVU:CRIMINAL INTENT, and has been in many other films and everything else---haven't seen him on anything lately,though.) I love THIS IS US though, and wish Kate and Kevin would get their s*** together, and that Randall and Kevin get past their issues with one another, especially after that silly-a** fight they had.

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Interesting. FYI Courtney Vance's also starring in the People V. OJ mini series.

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I had never heard of Sterling until People vs OJ. Wow, amazing job and so glad he and Sarah won Emmys. Looked up his other credits and he was on things I didn't watch. Now he's part of a great ensemble cast and he brings it every week!

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He was PHENOMENAL on that show. Even better than Courtney B. Vance who pulls of Johnnie Cochrane, but more because he looks a lot like him, not to say he wasn't great as well. But I thought Sterling K. Brown was just simply incredible especially when on screen with Sarah Paulson.

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i thought u were gonna mention how young randall and adult randall look absolutely nothing alike
bc that annoys me

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Yes, I can't see them as one and the same at all. Teenage Randall looked like Adult Randall a bit more, but that little boy looks so different from them it's hard to ignore... He's very cute though!

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I agree about the young Randall being very cute. I think he is adorable and a good actor - even if he doesn't look anything like grown up Randall.

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I agree. The casting of young Randall is not the greatest. The show did so well with the Kate and Kevin children casting though, so I will forgive them.

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Also thought this thread was about the casting of young Randall. It's obv they went for cute rather than finding a kid who actually favors Sterling K. Brown (who is pretty hot btw).

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Yea they got a mixed kid to ay a black man. -__- the teenage Randell was well cast. They could get get. Dark skin tall black child actor to play Randall?

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Ummm....the kid that plays 9 y.o. Randall is not mixed (https://www.instagram.com/p/_OIW_By1LA/?taken-by=lonniechavis <<him with all 4 of his bio grandparents). The fact that they have different complexions doesn't bother me, nor is it distracting. The only problem I have is while Lonnie is precious, he's the least convincing of the child actors. Which is funny because Sterling is the best of the adult actors.

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He still looks nothing like Randal. They did an amazing job casting the younger actors for kate and Kevin even teenage kate and Kevin look good. But the young Randall looks nothing like him not in features skin tone or even hair texture. They could have done better if they had casted young kate as a blonde girl with brown eyes, yall would flip. If they had casted young Kevin as a red head yall would be complaining.

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I couldn’t agree more! I love the show and one of the greatest things is the casting. They paid close attention to physical details in casting. The best examples of this Beth, Keven, Kate, Deja and Jack’s characters. I think they really nailed it with Tess!!! Even Jack Damon looks like the baby actor who portrays him! They really dropped the ball with Randall’s character: Young Randall in particular. I cringe at those scenes because I just don’t imagine this kid as Randall.

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Thanks for posting. Lonnie is adorable. As to his acting, I think it is a far more difficult role to play than the other two children. Kevin just has to be angry. Kate just has to be sad and wistful. But Lonnie's role is a bit more complex in that he has to convey ambivalence, sadness and joy It's a tough thing to act.

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Skin tone can become browner as one ages. I know for a fact that can happen as well as I know that under certain climate your skin tone can also lighten.

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Here we go... Just because the child is a lighter shade of brown does not mean he's mixed. I can't believe this is something that still has to be explained in 2016.

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Actually, the fact that his skin is lighter does imply that he is in fact mixed. And while both of his parents may be black. He probably has grand parents/ or great grandparents or great great grandparents who were mixed. The reason African americans come in so many different shades is due to mixing of the races in the past. Not only during slavery, but when europeans were invading Africa as well.

So technically, if you are light brown you are mixed. Most Black people in America are something like 25% european.

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Blah, blah, blah. He's black. Lighter skin doesn't imply that you're "mixed". Sterling could possible have more "European" blood in him than Lonnie for all we know or for all I care tbh. Anyway, their different complexions is a little /silly thing to fixate on. Which was basically the point of my post.

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I was replying to the poster that said the kid is not "mixed". I mean the majority of African Americans are mixed. And yes the lighter your skin tone the more mixed you are. Africans are not light brown. Where do you think the milk chocolate skin tone came from?

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So if you have two siblings and one is lighter does that mean the lighter sibling has more European ancestry?

When a person uses the term "mixed" they usually mean one parent is white and the other black. Otherwise black people would refer to themselves as mixed. It's already a given that the majority of African Americans have some European ancestry.

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yes actually. Genectics isnt a 50/ 50 split. You and your siblings dont inherit the same DNA from your parents, so one sibling very well will be more or less European than the other.

http://genetics.thetech.org/ask-a-geneticist/same-parents-different-ancestry

Doesnt make any sense. So if my parent is mixed, but my parent's spouse is either white or black. Does that make me white, black or mixed? You see how crazy your statement sounds that "african americans" are not mixed. The majority of "African Americans" are "European Americans" and African American should not be an ethnic term used to describe black people in america. Charleze theron for instance is African American but you would never refer to her as African American.

The Average "African American" for instance only has about 75% African DNA.

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I never said African Americans weren't mixed. I said that people usually used the term mixed to describe children of parents that are two different racial backgrounds.

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LOL, you named a bunch of British actors who are "born" to "Nigerian" parents and think they arent "mixed" themselves. How exactly do you think Black people arrived in London? They came on similar boats to the Africans that went to the new land.

The majority of black people in the U.S. and around the world are Nigerian because Nigeria is the largest country in Africa. The majority of slaves from AFrica came from Nigeria (3.5 million. And by point, only 350,000 slaves from the slave trade made it to the United States) Where do you think the rest of those slaves ended up?

Also, lets remember that Europeans colonized parts of Africa as well. Its not like All of Africa is "100% Africans itself." For the same reason that Many white people in the United states have "African ancestry".

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I think he tends to appear older because his entire world is so much more mature than that of Kevin and Kate. IRL he is 40, Justin is 39 and Chrissy is 37. Sterling does look older IRL if his head is shaved, but that man is totally hot!!!

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HA, agreed...I love SKB! And his funny personality IRL makes him even more handsome. ;-)

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As anbmom said Sterling & Justin are within a year of each other, with Chrissy
2 yrs younger. They were smart with casting a female & male biolgical siblings, because males & females do not necessarily age the same despite the same genes. Randall has his bio parents genes, so he looks a little older. Justin does look younger than the almost 40 he's going to be.

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no issues for me. he has a different genetic makeup so he has aged differently. and as another post said - he is more mature with family,etc, so he seems more "dad-like". PS - he is a great actor.

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Sterling K Brown(Randall)is a superb actor. He will win an Emmy or Golden Globe this year for sure for his portrayal of Randall. I love William also. Actually I like all the characters with Kate and the British chick being my least favorite.

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I like him! He's a great actor.

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No some ppl look older than their age. It's not like they are suppose to be biological

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No I don't agree at all. He looks distinguished, not older.

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According to Wikipedia (if it is to be trusted), as of today the ages of the actors are:
Sterling K. Brown - 40
Milo Ventimiglia - 39
Justin Hartley - 39
Chrissy Metz - 36
Mandy Moore - 32

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A few years ago, I looked up Justin on IMDB and I am pretty sure his Year of Birth was either 1972 or 1974 (I've followed him since his Smallville days). I remember being really surprised that he was over 40 and looked so young. It has changed since then though. Does anyone else recall this, or am I completely losing it?

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All three are close in age...born in 1976, 1977, and 1979

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he's the reason why I decided to watch this show after the people v. oj. I believe you think he looks older because he acts more mature

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Considering this is the same show adding makeup to age Mandy Moore as the mom....I don't think about the "REAL" ages of the actors. So NO, I don't think Sterling K. Brown looks too old. :)

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Little Randell doesn't look like teenage or adult, but he's adorable and good (for a young child) actor

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LOL, I started a thread about her makeup, I hate her aging makeup so much. She doesn't look like she's in her fifties or sixties at all.

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Many black males are thought to be "older looking" and it's based on a stereotype look. This is a dynamic that plays out in real life with why so many young black teenagers are shot and killed, not only by police but by civilians. Tamar Rice is one that comes to mind, the poor kid was just playing with a toy gun and police roll up and shoot him within seconds. It's an implicit bias that we aren't aware of. Read this:

White people, including police, see black children as older and less innocent than white children. A UCLA psychological study surveyed mostly white, male police officers to determine “prejudice and unconscious dehumanization of black people.” Researchers found a correlation between officers who unconsciously dehumanized blacks and those who had used force against black children in custody. The study also found that white female college students saw black and white children as equally innocent until age 9, after which they perceived black boys as significantly older — by about four and half years — and less innocent than their white peers. UCLA researcher Phillip Atiba Goff wrote, “Our research found that black boys can be seen as responsible for their actions at an age when white boys still benefit from the assumption that children are essentially innocent.” Which leads right to our next stats.

Read UCLA study here: http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2014/03/black-boys-older.aspx

The reality is there is no look to a certain age and those actors are all in their late 30's.

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I think that study is more about black youth. I think Sterling Brown looks his age, but I could believe he's 36, it's not that distracting to me.

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That's definitely true for youth (presuming that a 12 year old boy looks more like 15), but I'm not aware of it remaining true into the 30s and 40s.

If anything, the stereotype is "black don't crack" - that blacks age better than whites.

So if we were talking about young Randall looking older than his siblings, this might play a role, but that wasn't the point.

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Funny I first watched him on Army Wives many moons ago and have thought more than once that he doesn't look like he's aged.

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I am surprised everyone likes his acting. He seems to be overacting to me, and I find it really annoying.

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C'mon you gonna compare him to Milo Ventimiglia who was still playing a 15 year old when he was 24?!
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