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egyptianreader · Streetrat Joined: 16 Apr 2005 Posts: 2

I just have a quick question about Jasmine's age in the movie. Everybody always refers to her as being 16, but I don't remember them ever mentioning her name. All I remember is that they say her birthday is in three days; but the age she's turning is never mentioned. So I was just wondering where everybody gets the she's 16 thing from?

Hourglass · Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:37 pm Post subject: Re: Jasmine's Age

Guest · Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:42 pm Post subject:

I don't know, I just always thought she was suppose to be like late-teens or something but without an actual age. I guess if I had to have made a random guess in the first movie I would've said 18 when I watched it, but that might be my Western/U.S. bias (since 18=legal)

Hourglass · Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:43 pm Post subject:

AladdinsGenie · Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 11:25 pm Post subject:

I can see where you'd get she was 18, but there are books about the movie that say she was 15 turning 16 Very Happy

Hourglass · Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 7:07 am Post subject:

Husse · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 6:10 am Post subject:

They've had young-looking sixteen year olds previously, (Ariel,) maybe they're attempting to compensate.
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Nez · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 7:23 am Post subject:

Husse · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 12:06 pm Post subject:

Yeah...long-faced... Confused

For some reason, she's only attractive in the movie. Ever try to draw her? Ugh.
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starryskybc · Streetrat Joined: 11 Apr 2005 Posts: 6 Location: IL

huh. i always thought in the movie that they DID say jasmine was 16, but when i looked over the script just now, i can't see a mention of her age. well, i always just assumed she was 16 but I don't really remember why I think that!
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AladdinsGenie · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 1:57 pm Post subject:

Nope, they didn't say it once in the movie. Very Happy

Meesh · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 1:59 pm Post subject:

Jasmine was fifteen for most of the movie, but turned sixteen.

In the scene where Jasmine was introduced, the sultan says, "You must be married to a prince by your sixteenth birthday... You only have three more days!"
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Meesh · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 2:00 pm Post subject:

AladdinsGenie · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 2:05 pm Post subject:

It's "The Prophet Motive" and he said he lived on the streets for 17 years, so you can decipher that how you want. Very Happy

I personally think he meant from birth until the end of the first movie and he was looking back on it like a year or so later. Also, I just keep him and Scott around the same age because...it just makes sense Laughing

Dragonessa · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 2:08 pm Post subject: