The actor was cast at only 10 years old and was supposed to appear younger even as the characters grew older. He had to hides signs of puberty and essentially had his teen years on set.
before their eyes. In 2017, when Season 2 premiered, Ross told The Wrap,"At first we were, you know, frustrated by—you just want to stop them from growing. But you look at something like, and it's exciting to grow up with these kids, so I think you use it to your advantage."
Matt added,"I tell them this: They need to not grow while we're shooting. It's about six months, so inevitably there's a little bit that happens. The voice changes, the voice gets deeper. Next year's going to be driving on set—and I'm not even joking—which is, like, highly disturbing."The Hollywood Reporter. There were three years between the release of Season 3 and Season 4 due, in part, to the COVID-19 pandemic.
"The pause benefited the writing, because we were able for the first time to see exactly how much the kids had changed," Matt said."Also, for the first time, we were able to complete all the scripts before shooting. [The aging] was not as dramatic as you would think, even with that six-month gap. The Season 2 to Season 3 jump was the one that jolted us the most."
Ross agreed that Season 2 to Season 3 surprised them the most when it came to the cast looking older."For Season 4, we just assumed, 'They're going to be older than whatever we can imagine.' And so we wrote to that, and we aged them up even beyond [their real ages]," he said."As shocking as it is to show up every year, it was less shocking than Season 3, because that was really when they went through big changes.
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