14 Movies Where There’s A Big Age Gap Between The Actors

Magic in the Moonlight was released in 2014. Actress Emma Stone had turned 26 and Colin Firth was 53. However, the film was shot between July and August 2013, that is, a year earlier. Anyway, the age difference between the two actors is 28 years, which while it may seem like a lot, it’s a situation that happens more often than most people realize.

Today the awesome.club brings a list of 14 films in which there is a big age difference between the protagonists. See what movies these are and watch out for spoilers.

“I’m back, you bastards!” is the first phrase we hear from Myrtle Dunnage when she appears on screen. The film, based on a novel of the same name, had shooting delayed for a year because of Kate Winslet’s pregnancy. That is, this sentence must have fit like a glove in Kate’s life, since she started recording just 3 months after the birth of her son.

Myrtle and Teddy McSwiney, the main characters in the story, have a considerable age difference, and this was taken into account when choosing the cast. Kate Winslet and Liam Hemsworth are 15 years apart: she was born in 1975 and he was born in 1990.

The movie Free Guy: Taking Control takes place in a computer game universe. The protagonist, Guy, is an NPC (non-player character) with a very special programming code; Millie, on the other hand, is a human player. Guy is played by Ryan Reynolds, born in 1976, and Millie is played by Jodie Comer, born in 1993.

A curious fact is that Jodie had to compete with 100 actresses to get the role and was chosen by Ryan himself, mainly because of her talent for speaking different accents.

In this film, based on the real Disney boat ride, the characters Dr. Lily Houghton and Frank Wolff have an age difference of around 400 years! But calm down, the actors who play the couple are “only” 11 years apart. Emily Blunt was born in 1983 and Dwayne Johnson in 1972.

Amazingly, Emily turned down the role of Lily twice. Director Jaume Collet-Serra flew to New York to personally invite her and took the opportunity to show a video message from Dwayne. It was the incentive she needed to accept the role.

The film, based on a novel of the same name, tells the story of Rachael Morgan and her husband, Lewis Morgan, in post-war Germany. The choice of actors helped to highlight the differences between the characters, played by Keira Knightley and Jason Clark. There is a 16-year age difference between them: she was born in 1985 and he was born in 1969.

This is the second time they work together. The two had played a couple a few years earlier in the movie Everest, when she was 30 and he was 46.

The story revolves around Ruben, a heavy metal drummer who is losing his hearing and has in his girlfriend, singer Lou, his only motivation. Choosing the actor for the role of Ruben took about 13 years, as the writers struggled to find someone who would commit to the character.

The age difference between the actors who were chosen is 11 years, that is, 2 years less than the time it took to choose the main actor. Riz Ahmed was born in 1982 and Olivia Cooke in 1993.

In the story told in the film, Brian Gilcrest returns to Honolulu, Hawaii, and meets Captain Allison. The film caused a lot of controversy because, theoretically, Emma’s character, Allison, would be from a Hawaiian and Asian family. Some time later, the actress publicly addressed the matter, apologized and agreed that the choice was not a good one, drawing attention to the matter in Hollywood.

The film has a romantic plot and Allison’s appearance is not the only aspect that causes estrangement. Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone, actors who play the main characters, have an age difference of 13 years: she was born in 1988 and he was born in 1975.

Stanley, a successful fake magician, is hired to debunk the alleged hoax of Sophie, a young woman who claims to be a medium. Wei Ling Soo, Stanley’s character on stage, is actually a reference to Chung Ling Soo, the stage name of William Ellsworth Robinson (1861-1918), a magician who was very popular in the United States and Europe.

This is the first film in which Emma Stone falls in love inside an observatory (this also happens in La La Land). Sophie and Stanley are played by Emma Stone and Colin Firth, who have an age difference of 28 years, as Emma was born in 1988 and Colin was born in 1960.

The Reader is a romantic drama based on a novel of the same name. In the story, Michael Berg recalls a relationship he had at age 15 with an older woman, Hanna Schmitz. The film stars Kate Winslet and David Kross; he was only 18 at the time, 15 years younger than she was. David was born in 1990 and Kate in 1975.

In fact, to avoid legal problems, the filming of the more explicit scenes had to be postponed. They were shot just after the actor’s 18th birthday.

Erica Barry is a mature woman who, while starting a relationship with a younger man, is attracted to an older man. Erica and Julian, played respectively by Diane Keaton and Keanu Reeves, play the couple and have an age difference of 18 years. Diane was born in 1946 and Keanu in 1964.

Some time after the film’s release, rumors arose about a romance between the two actors. In 2019 Diane said she was single and hadn’t had a date in 35 years.

Margaret Tate, the strict executive director of a book publisher in New York, is about to be deported. Although in real life the company could have helped her get a Green Card, in the movie the character decides to marry her assistant, Andrew Paxton.

The cast includes Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, and the chemistry between them was highly praised by the audience. The two were already friends off-screen and between them there is an age difference of 12 years: she was born in 1964 and he in 1976.

This film is also based on a novel and portrays the life of Patrizio Solitano Jr., a former teacher with bipolar disorder who tries to get his life together, and Tiffany, a girl with a very peculiar personality. Although it was shot in just 33 days, Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence spent several weeks practicing the dance featured in the film with choreographer Mandy Moore.

Jennifer auditioned via Skype and Bradley was chosen because of an alleged ease in putting “anger” in the interpretation. Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence have an age difference of 15 years: he was born in 1975 and she in 1990.

Clementine Kruczynsky, a very spontaneous woman, and Joel Barish, a very introverted man, end their relationship and decide to erase their memories. An interesting anecdote from the shoot is that during one of the first scenes, Kate Winslet punches Jim Carrey and his response is entirely genuine. That is, the reaction was not in the script.

In order for the film’s message to have the desired effect, the director would tell Jim, “This is a drama, not a comedy.” As for Kate, he said: “Go for it. This is a comedy!” Kate Winslet and Jim Carrey have an age difference of almost 14 years, as she was born in 1975 and he was born in 1962.

This blockbuster movie follows the story of Bob Harris, an actor in midlife crisis, who meets Charlotte, a recent college graduate who is in Tokyo with her partner. The characters have a big age difference in the script, which was reflected in the choice of actors. Scarlett Johansson and Bill Murray have an age difference of 34 years: she was born in 1984 and he was born in 1950.

The details used by the director to show the city of Tokyo are beautiful. A standout moment is when Charlotte arranges flowers and plastic sheets. The pink of the flowers suggests the season of spring, that is, a way to indicate a new beginning.

Virginia Baker, an insurance company investigator, and Robert MacDougal, a professional thief, end up crossing paths in this electrifying story. This was Sean Connery’s last role as a romantic lead in a film, and their love scene was voted the second-worst of all time.

The actors who play the characters, Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones, have one of the biggest age differences in cinema. He was born in 1930 and she in 1969, resulting in a difference of 39 years.

Do you know any other movies where there’s a big age gap between the characters? And what have you been watching more lately, movies or series?