What Are Surprisingly Small Age Gaps Between Actors Who Played Parent And Child?
No one believes age is "nothing but a number" more than Hollywood casting.
We all know that Hollywood regularly casts actors with unrealistic age gaps.
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And yet, I still get surprised when I learn that two actors who played parent and child are WAY closer in age than I thought.
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Like how Elizabeth Rodriguez and Dascha Polanco played mother and daughter on Orange is the New Black, even though Elizabeth is barely two years older than Dascha.
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Or how Cher played Meryl Steep's mom in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, but IRL they only have a THREE-year age difference.
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And how In The Preacher's Wife, Jenifer Lewis was six years older than Whitney Houston when she played her mother!!!
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It just leaves me totally in awe.
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