Well, I'm just a modern guy...

[primroseburrows]

There's been discussion both on taradiane's and rakshi's LJs of whether Daniel Radcliffe and Elijah Wood resemble each other.

Now, I figured my bringing this subject up might bring about a bunch o' objections. So, I thought I'd do a little test. Decide for yourself, y'all.



...from rakshi's LJ



Probably the best way to figure this out is to look at pictures of both of them at the same age. Daniel will be fifteen in July of this year (kill me now for knowing that, k?).


This picture of fifteen-year-old Elijah is from 1996, a screencap from Flipper:



This picture of not-quite-fifteen-year-old Dan is from a recent Roadshow magazine:




There's certainly a resemblance, and I think they could easily be mistaken for brothers. Still, there's a lot of pics of both of them that don't look at all alike (By this I mean lots of separate pictures. I don't actually know if they've ever met. Anyone know?). When they smile, they look totally different, however. Dan's doesn't have the gap in his teeth, and their facial expressions aren't alike.

Still, especially in these two shots, yeah. I see it.[/copy/paste]

It's interesting to see the reactions to the comparison on each LJ.

This one is mostly fans of Elijah and this one is mostly fans of Tara's w00blet.

Rak and Tara are both lovely in their own right, o'course. *hugs them*


I'm not even going to tell y'all how long it took me code all this. Life? Moi?.

Comments

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Ha! I'm one of those who DO see the resemblance, but since I'm such a H/D fanatic and I prefer the movie counterparts live up to my expectations of them-- I really hope Dan will "grow out of" the Elijah-look-alike stage SOON. I mean Elijan is of course cute and lovely, but he looks too much a kicked puppy for my liking.

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

Elijah is very lovely, but I think the growing-up phase is still in process with him. He's all angles and gangly limbs at this point, even at his advanced early twenties age. He was ethereal in his youth, and I think he'll be unclassically beautiful in his maturity. Doesn't matter much, really, because Elijah just exudes Sweet, Cool Guy vibes. I'll still love him if he gains a hundred pounds and dyes his hair orange.

Daniel's all potential. He doesn't have the angular features hidden in the teenage bones that Elijah had. Maybe he'll fly straight through the awkward phase. He also gives off the same Nice Guy energy. *hugs him*