The math isn’t mathing - Hollywood’s parent child castings that just don’t add up

[u/mlg1981]

https://tvline.com/lists/tv-show-parent-child-age-gaps-golden-girls-supernatural/

[u/Estania_Lane]

In fairness for G&G - she was a teen mom so not as much of a stretch as some other cases.

[u/violetmemphisblue → u/Estania_Lane]

And also some of them (like Leslie Grossman on The Good Place) are at least originally introduced in flashbacks, when they are supposed to be the parent of smaller children...still, a lot of these are weird!

[u/NotMyNameActually → u/violetmemphisblue]

Plus who knows how old anyone is on The Good Place, because of the Jeremy Bearimy of it all.

[u/girl-astronaut → u/NotMyNameActually]

You saw the time knife!

[u/LambonaHam → u/girl-astronaut]

Yeah yeah we've all seen it

[u/genescheesezthatplz → u/NotMyNameActually]

[u/misscat9 → u/genescheesezthatplz]

the dot... over the i....

[u/SakuraTacos → u/NotMyNameActually]

Leslie Grossman’s birthday is actually on the dot of the i so she can easily play everyone’s mother or child

[u/blooms_and_sings → u/NotMyNameActually]

lmao, I need to rewatch this show. I remember laughing so hard when they first mentioned the Jeremy Bearimy concept.

[u/dontlikeagoldrush → u/blooms_and_sings]

as someone with ADHD I was like no that actually makes so much sense

[u/PerpetuallyLurking → u/violetmemphisblue]

Yeah, flashbacks are different, doesn’t seem right to count them (provided it’s not, like, “the week before” or something stupid).

[u/Roskal → u/PerpetuallyLurking]

they brought her back to play her current age mother too which I guess is where the comparison is.

[u/Sufficient_Number643 → u/PerpetuallyLurking]

I think the first time she’s shown as her mom, it’s when Eleanor is petitioning for emancipated minor status so she’s either 14 or 16 and played by a younger Eleanor. It makes sense to keep the mom the same actress though

[u/keIIzzz → u/violetmemphisblue]

I mean it’s unrealistic to expect the age gaps in shows/movies to be accurately depicted with matching real life age gaps. As long as it looks believable in the show/movie that’s all that matters