David Fury says in his DVD commentary for 5.02 Real Me that Dawn was originally supposed to be much younger than she ended up - about 12 years old. When Michelle Trachtenberg came to read for the role they decided she was perfect, and made the character older so they could cast her. This explains why Dawn is unusually bratty for a fourteen year old.
Related episodes: 5.02 Real Me
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Jet on October 15th, 2006 at 10:18 am
Unusually?
Not really. My sister is similar.
Wild_horses on October 16th, 2006 at 7:38 pm
Wasn’t she a friend of Sarah Michelle Gellar’s? And it’s weird how in season 7 she is supposed to be the same age as Cordy , Xander and even Buffy, were in season 1, yet they look so much older. I guess that’s just television for you.
doublegrr on October 17th, 2006 at 3:40 am
All that I heard about her being cast was she was a huge fan and begged for a part.