I am astonished at how much Madison Lintz has grown up. She is stunning and looks nothing like Sophia anymore.

 

I have heard that's indeed why they killed her off. Even in the barn scene, it's clear Lintz was going through quite a growth spurt; as a walker they were able to use make up to distort her appearance, but you could still tell even then that she looked much older.

 

You're right. I never thought about that, but looking back in my mind's eye...lol....she was taller and had more adult looking facial features. Jeez and that was just in half a season.

 

It is also why - when they introduced another "long term teenage girl" they cast Emily Kinney who was what 28 playing 16? I forget exactly but she was definitely in her later 20's and already out of college etc. That way they could be sure they wouldn't have any unexpected "blossoming". They could go with Brighton Sharbino for Lizzie cause they knew she wouldn't be around long enough for it to matter, but even she has grown considerably.

 

That's interesting (and sad, too), that they would kill off a younger character because of the actor's/actress's growth. I never even thought of it like that.

 

Yeah, it seems like it wouldn't be good for her career. In Madison's case though, she said she was glad when they killed her off, because she was homesick for her family.

 

Was she really? I guess that's understandable, being that she was young and all.

 

Carl is important enough to the plot, that I think they would have mitigated any damage a growth spurt might have done to the continuity by adding longer time jumps. They could have made the time jump's between S2/S3 and S3/S4 each a couple of years if they had wanted, without really changing the plot.

Although I don't think they are paying it much mind. Even as it stands now, Carl looks at least 3 to 4 years older than his character should be. If they were really concerned about this, they could have fixed it with time jumps. I think the growth of actors is just one of those things viewers have to accept. I wouldn't worry about it going forward.

 

This discussion reminds me of a conversation I had on TSDF facebook maybe 6 months ago or more. A woman asked in the comments how much time has passed since the outbreak, and I made the mistake of trying to explain the answer on a facebook page. Immediately a poster accused me of being 'stupid' and that 6 years had actually passed. I asked if 6 years have passed, then how is Judith still a baby seeing as she was conceived around the time they were still at the Atlanta Camp, right after the outbreak. She told me that Judith only appears to be a baby because she is severely malnourished. Because that's what happens to a 5 year old when they are malnourished. They become a happy, healthy, pink infant.

 

Well, yeah, didn't you know that? I mean, my 8 year old is totes confused for a toddler all the time. She's super malnourished, but toddler clothes are just so much cheaper. Plus I'm saving so much money at the grocery store, it's insane. (side note for anyone who even tries to take me seriously: I am being unbelievably sarcastic here, both of my kids are in tip top shape, supremely healthy, not a hint of malnourishment or ailments anywhere. Not even a single damn cavity.)

Will say though, the idea of having a rational, logical discussion on Facebook is amusing. There are more coherent discussions here on the forums than there in the comments, and that's including threads about turning the women into breastmilk producing livestock and how dare they slaughter pigs. It's more fun here though. There's gifs.

Back to the actual subject: Madison Lintz is so beautiful. I can't even recognize her are Sophia from the early seasons.

 

I know it's been 6 seasons, but Chandler Riggs has done his fair share of spurting on his own. lol Hell he's almost as tall as Rick. When I look back at how he looked at the beginning.....wow he's changed.

 

LMAO. Classic FB response. I love them over there. They are special kind of special.

 

100% this. There was an EW cover that had several now dead cast members on the front. There were a couple I had a hard time recognizing because they were just shot weird.....but I could NOT figure out who Madison Lintz was. It took some comments here to finally make the lightbulb go off. I was stunned.

 

kids deaths i these kinda shows always give me a double feeling, on one side, it's a dead kid, on the other, they very rarely show kids deaths which kinda feels off, i mean, we saw tons of other characters being torn to pieces, but in pretty much every horror movie/series i see kids either die of screen or not at all

 

According to Gale Ann Hurd Sophia was killed off largely because the actress playing her had decided she didn't want to act anymore at that time. Reportedly she's since changed her mind.

 

Yes our boy has certainly grown up hasn't he?! But he has to be more than 5'4". I found this picture and it looks pretty recent and he's almost as tall as Glenn, who is listed as 5'9". He definitely is looking more like an older teen than a 14-ish year old.