We asked the BuzzFeed Community to tell us the most bizarre age gaps between actors in TV shows and movies, and it turned out a lot of the submissions were about women. Here are the wild results.
1.In Mean Girls, Amy Poehler played Rachel McAdams' "cool mom," but the actresses were only seven years apart.
2.In Grease, Stockard Channing and Olivia Newton-John played SENIORS in HIGH SCHOOL when in reality, they were in their thirties.
3.In Bring It On, Gabrielle Union was actually 28 when she played Isis, high school cheer captain of the Clovers.
4.In Wild, Laura Dern was Reese Witherspoon's mom, but she's only nine years older than her IRL.
5.In The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Janet Hubert (the original Aunt Viv) was only 10 years older than Karyn Parsons (Aunt Viv's daughter, Hillary).
6.In The Preacher's Wife, Jenifer Lewis — who was only six years older than Whitney Houston — played her MOTHER.
7.In Grey's Anatomy, Ellen Pompeo is only 12 years younger than her TV mom, Kate Burton.
8.In To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Janel Parrish was 30 years old playing a freshman in college.
9.In Breakfast at Tiffany's, Audrey Hepburn was actually 31 years old when she was supposed to play a 19-year-old Holly Golightly.
10.In Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Cher played Meryl Streep's mother, when in real life, she's only a few years older!
11.In West Side Story, Rita Moreno was a grown-ass 31-year-old woman playing iconic teen Anita.
12.In The Golden Girls, Bea Arthur (Dorothy) was one year OLDER than Estelle Getty (Dorothy's firecracker mother, Sophia).
13.In Dirty Dancing, Jennifer Grey played 17-year-old Baby Houseman when she was 27.
14.In Pretty Little Liars, Bianca Lawson — the Queen of looking like a high schooler — was actually 31.
15.In Gilmore Girls, Keiko Agena acted as a teen who lived in a small town, but she was really 27.
16.And in Selena, Jennifer Lopez was only FOUR YEARS YOUNGER than Constance Marie, who played her mother.
