Wednesday 4 January 2012

Too old to be a high school bully #1

Watching Stephen King's 'Christine' (1983) last night for the trillionth time, it occurred to me how often films set in American high schools contain vile bullies who are clearly not of school age....unless, of course, high school in America ends in your 20's and I am just being very stupid.

Either way, below is a selection of some of my favourites so far:

Buddy Repperton in John Carpenter's 'Christine'. Repperton is great but looks about 35. He was 22 years old during shooting.

Trevor Snarr as Don in 'Napoleon Dynamite' (2004). If Trevor looks too old to be in high school it's because he is. He was 26 at the time of shooting.

Though not strictly a bully, William Katt's Tommy Ross in 'Carrie' (1976) still takes Carrie White to the prom under false pretense and we all know what happened to her there. Regardless, Katt was 25 when the film was shot and in possession of a fine curly mane.
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  1. Zena12 January 2012 at 03:47

    i think the bullies are old because often they are academically not the brightest so they have to keep repeating years- yes? and this compounds their pre-existing tendencies towards the torment of other weedy kids because their physical superiority and general life-experience imbalance the scales irresistibly in their favour..who doesn't like winning? R

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