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Post by The Girl In Question on Mar 31, 2010 17:03:54 GMT -5
How old is each main Angel character the first time they appear on the show? We know how old Angel, Cordy, and Faith are because their ages were established on Buffy, and we know Connor's age. But what about the rest of them? Fred, Wes, Gunn, Lorne, etc?
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Post by Eric on Mar 31, 2010 17:17:45 GMT -5
My guesses:
Gunn was probably in his early to mid 20's. Fred too. Wes seemed to be early to mid 30's. Lorne is hard to tell because we don't know how his species ages and such.
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Post by The Night Lord on Apr 1, 2010 1:08:55 GMT -5
Gunn is 26 at the end of the Angel series. Wesley, I'd say, is older than Gunn by a few years. Fred is probably around the same age as Gunn or younger
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Post by Wyndam on Apr 1, 2010 1:35:22 GMT -5
No official age was given for any man characters (except Cordy and Connor), on Angel, so this is all guess work.
Fred was actually around 28-29 by the time of her death. She was in Grad School in 1996, when she was sent to Pylea. That makes her at least 21 in 1996, which means she was born in 1975. Amy Acker was born in 1976, so I imagine the writer's conceived her and Amy to be around the same age.
To make a case for a younger Fred though, that would entail Fred attending and finishing college at a younger age. It's certainly possible, considering she is a genius. But just going by normal college age, dates, etc., she was 28-29.
Alexis was born in 1966, but I imagine the writer's imagined Wesley a bit younger than Alexis. If Wesley was born around 1966, that would make him 33 when he first appeared on Buffy and 38 at the time of his death. Just based on his inexperience on Buffy, I'd place him closer to 30 in 1999 and 35 at the time of his death.
So my picks for everyone's ages: Angel - 277 years old in 2004 (Official) Cordelia - 23 years old in 2004 (Official) Connor - 19 years old in 2004 (Official) Wesley - ~35 years old in 2004 (Not Official) Gunn - Mid to late 20's (Not Official) Fred - 28-29 years old in 2004 (Not Official) Lorne - Who knows
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Post by The Night Lord on Apr 1, 2010 4:54:10 GMT -5
So my picks for everyone's ages: Angel - 277 years old in 2004 (Official) Cordelia - 23 years old in 2004 (Official) Connor - 19 years old in 2004 (Official) Wesley - ~35 years old in 2004 (Not Official) Gunn - Mid to late 20's (Not Official) Fred - 28-29 years old in 2004 (Not Official) Lorne - Who knows With Gunn, he was seventeen when he made his deal. The flashback subtitle said 'seven years earlier', which put his age about 24. Two years later in 2004, that would put his age at about 26. On Wikipedia, his birth year is 1978, again, putting his age at 26
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Post by henzINNIT on Apr 1, 2010 6:25:21 GMT -5
^ Nice deduction. That all sounds reasonable.
I never really thought about ages much, except noticing that Cordy ages ridiculously fast over the course of the show. Anyone buy that she's only 21 in season 3?
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Post by Wyndam on Apr 1, 2010 10:19:16 GMT -5
Ah yeah, I forgot about Gunn's deal for his soul. Sweet, we have an official age for him then!
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Post by jellymoff on Apr 1, 2010 11:04:16 GMT -5
^ Nice deduction. That all sounds reasonable. I never really thought about ages much, except noticing that Cordy ages ridiculously fast over the course of the show. Anyone buy that she's only 21 in season 3? Well, it makes sense if you figure that in Angel Season 1 she is 18-19 since she just graduated from high school.
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Post by The Girl In Question on Apr 1, 2010 12:29:23 GMT -5
Thanks everyone! I always wondered but could never do the math (math hates me). These answers put an end to my curiosity. For some reason Alexis being the same age as my mom kind of weirds me out, though.
I think what henzINNIT might have meant was that Cordy looks way older than 21 in Season 3. I blame the hideous haircut.
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Post by Wyndam on Apr 1, 2010 12:56:40 GMT -5
Plus, Charisma was 10 years older than the character she played.
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Post by jellymoff on Apr 1, 2010 14:01:05 GMT -5
Plus, Charisma was 10 years older than the character she played. Yeah, I didn't realize how old everyone was until I saw that Aly just turned 36. That means when she started playing Willow she was 23. She was pretty beleiveable as a high school student!
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Post by The Night Lord on Apr 1, 2010 18:43:24 GMT -5
Thanks everyone! I always wondered but could never do the math (math hates me). These answers put an end to my curiosity. For some reason Alexis being the same age as my mom kind of weirds me out, though. I think what henzINNIT might have meant was that Cordy looks way older than 21 in Season 3. I blame the hideous haircut. Yeah, I think her short hair made her look older than she really was, plus, going alongside what Wyndam said about Charisma's age
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Post by Eric on Apr 3, 2010 4:36:46 GMT -5
Angel - 277 years old in 2004 (Official) Am I mistaken or is this wrong? I saw this a few days ago and thought it didn't sound right, but I'm watching "Dear Boy" (season two, episode five) right now and Angel specifically says he's 247.
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Post by Wyndam on Apr 3, 2010 12:01:31 GMT -5
Angel - 277 years old in 2004 (Official) Am I mistaken or is this wrong? I saw this a few days ago and thought it didn't sound right, but I'm watching "Dear Boy" (season two, episode five) right now and Angel specifically says he's 247. Oh yeah, I always forgot that Angel doesn't count his human years when he tallies his age. He's technically been alive for ~277, but has only been a vampire for ~250-251 in 2004.
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Post by BenTaylor3907 on Apr 3, 2010 14:34:42 GMT -5
Wow. Cordelia is younger than Fred? I never saw that coming. Thanks for posting! ;D
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Post by Hallow Thorn on Apr 3, 2010 16:04:26 GMT -5
Lol, Well I always knew that Fred was much older than Cordelia. I always think what Cordelia would be like if she was played by Bianca Lawson (black for one thing lol) I think I read that Lawson was 18-19 when she won the first role as Cordelia. As much as I am happy she lost it they always could have brought her back as a main role later on and not kill her off after 3 episodes. :/
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Post by The Girl In Question on Apr 3, 2010 18:05:18 GMT -5
Agreed. One thing I did know was that Fred was older than Cordy, because she was in college/grad school when she went to Pylea and Cordy was still at Sunnydale high at the time.
Bianca was a good mean girl in "Sister, Sister", but I'm also gald Charisma got the role. I also wish Kendra got more screen time. I think her character could have been developed more, and her death could have been less lame.
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Post by Eric on Apr 3, 2010 22:18:24 GMT -5
Am I mistaken or is this wrong? I saw this a few days ago and thought it didn't sound right, but I'm watching "Dear Boy" (season two, episode five) right now and Angel specifically says he's 247. Oh yeah, I always forgot that Angel doesn't count his human years when he tallies his age. He's technically been alive for ~277, but has only been a vampire for ~250-251 in 2004. Oh, my bad. I think it's a little annoying he doesn't count his human years, but it makes sense considering his feelings of being cut off from humanity is a recurring theme throughout both shows.
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Post by dtoccs on Dec 4, 2010 1:32:58 GMT -5
Angel is actually 377 years old. People seem to forget that he spent 100 years in Acathla's hell dimension before returning.
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Post by The Night Lord on Dec 4, 2010 1:47:04 GMT -5
That's something else he doesn't add to his age.
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