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Univerze
They aren't too old are they? I mean.. HP and the sorcerer's stone is from 2001. HP is supposed to be 11 then, so born in 1990. The actor that plays James Potter was 32 then, and the actrice that plays Lily Evans was 23. I don't know how odl your parents were when you were born, but these ages are not quite uncommon.

I am talking about the ages they were meant to be portraying, not the actors themselves.
Geraldine Somerville was born 19 May 1967, which would have made her 33/4 when the movie came out, but Lily Evans died at the age of 22/3, so Geraldine as Lily Evans was too old.
And Adrian Rawlins was born 27 March 1958, which would have made him 42/3 when the movie came out, but James Potter was also 22/3 when he died, so again, he is too old.
And I'm not quite sure where my parents come into it - this has nothing to do with the age of parents when their children are born, just the ages the actors were supposed to portray.