35-year-old woman to play 25-year-old man's mother

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Comments

[false_hate]

So Amanda must be playing his grandmother.

[anachan87]

i came here to make the exact comment!

[ginainabottle]

Flashbacks to 37 year-old Sarah Greene playing 26 year-old Paul Mescal's mother in Normal people lol

[sarahvma]

At least in that, her being a young (though not 11 years old) mother was part of the plot.

[ginainabottle]

It was still pretty jarring tho bc Paul could easily play a 30 year-old lol

[false_hate]

I remember finding that casting to be so odd, especially since I had watched Dublin Murders right before Normal People. I could maybe buy older sister who ended up raising younger sibling at best.

[la_petite_singe]

It's giving North By Northwest.

[sashheers]

It's pretty obvious this will be in flashbacks, or follow a period of many years. Why are people so obtuse about this stuff?

Like in Forrest Gump, Sally Field was playing a character over decades. wtf does it matter that she was a similar age as Tom Hanks?

[drblind]

she's playing the mother of a 10 year old him
this headline is so fuckin weird lol there's been many instances where this criticism is valid but this one is a no

[false_hate]

Nah, we know, the majority of people are just enjoying the chance to riff on Hollywood and their bizarre casting choices for women over 30.

[semalina]

right like let us be annoying!!

[oncourt]

Hollywood makes women go from being the love interest of a 20+ years older man to a mom of a guy a few years younger in the span of 5 years 😒