I played a highschooler until I was 26, but then again I'm barely 5 feet tall and at the time had a younger looking body shape and still have a baby face Had one show taken off I would have been able to hide under a pair of wrap around sunglasses, I had a character worked out and everything.
A big part of the problem is "stupid kids" are still running a good part of it. They'd read my script if I was 16. But the part of Xavier was written with Chris and his cadence in mind, it's a good old fashioned horror which always sells, and there is a producer out there who wants it. At least Chris is working, he's one of the semi-regulars on Matthew Perry's new show with face time and lines, and he's been on Mad Men, Modern Family and other hit shows so he's out there.