Age gap in shows

[Deleted member 49125]

For a TV show or movie, what is the biggest age gap between character & actor that you can think of?
The one that comes to mind is from the Beverly Hills 90210 TV series from 1990. Gabrielle Carteris who played Andrea Zuckerman. The actress was 29 playing a 17 year old. She did a believable job!
I have no problem with it IF either the actor LOOKS older or they make them to look older as in This Is Us. I will have to argue though, I don't care for a parent/child role if they were a love interest. Just doesn't 'feel' right! Even though it's just on screen, we already have an image in our heads.

 

[Jason76]

Well, the actress playing Dorthy on the Wizard of Oz was clearly not a little girl but actually 16.

 

[Shortie_]

The only movie I can think of where the actors and actresses were playing characters that were either older or younger than their age at the time is Harry Potter. I believe Emma Watson who played Hermione was different in age compared to her character and I also believe that Tom Felton who played Draco Malfoy was also a different age compared to his character as well.

 

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Kiera Knightley, Defo. She looks a lot younger than you think in some of the films 🙂 I mean has any on seen "Love Actually" a great film and she was only 18 years old at the time. Or a big gap I see.

there is so many actors anyway that we all can think about. Another is Lindsay Lohan 😉