Other mistake: Talia has connected earlobes, but the child version of her does not.
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
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Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman, Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard
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Question: When Commissioner Gordon is talking to the crowd about Harvey Dent, he takes out a speech and is about to read about what really happened to him but then chooses not to as he wants the people of Gotham City to remember Harvey as a hero who stood up for justice while letting everybody believe that Batman was a killer. Even though he never read his speech, why didn't he simply tell people that contrary to what many people believed in the second movie, that Batman was innocent and didn't kill anybody? Why not just blame everything on the Joker who was truly responsible for the murders of so many people?
Answer: He was about to admit Harvey Dent is responsible for multiple murders, but he realised that would end his career and probably bring back the old days with the mob and gangs running wild. Even though indirectly the Joker was responsible, the public would still see Dent as a murderer and still cause the system to collapse. Batman was able to be blamed for the murdering Dent and those other people instead of the Joker, who was already in custody and couldn't have killed Dent.
Suggested correction: I think there are a lot more differences in appearance between Marion Cotillard and Joey King besides the ear lobes. They are different people after all. It's not a mistake to have two different people play the same character at a different age. It's inevitable.
lionhead
Sure, but a person's facial features can change in many different ways as they age. However, a person couldn't have disconnected earlobes that eventually fuse to their jawline.
Phaneron ★
Explaining why a mistake occurred doesn't change the fact that it's still a mistake.
TedStixon
It's not a mistake if nothing went wrong, though. You can't expect them to find a young actress that is completely similar in appearance to the adult version of that character. That you can see it's not really the same person, only younger, is not a mistake. I think something can be said about eye colour or hair colour, maybe, but earlobes, not so much. Their mouths and noses are different too; you can make a list of mistakes then. They can only get it as close as they can get it, so it's not a mistake.
lionhead
You're literally admitting they don't look alike, thus creating a continuity gaffe... which is a movie mistake... and then trying to claim it's not a mistake. Yes, it's true that finding a child actor that looks the same would be difficult, but that doesn't nullify the fact that earlobes can't change that radically from childhood to adulthood. That's a completely different thing than face/nose shape, eye colour, and hair colour, which can in fact subtly change with age.
TedStixon