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Actress who played mom was 36. Sons were 25


I wonder how weird she felt about playing mom to two guys who were only a decade younger.

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Richie was suppose to be 16/17 and his mother probably had him when she was a teenager as well so, buying into the idea that LDP is a teenager while his mom is in her early 30s is viable.

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I think they got away with it but I wonder what she thought about it. If I were cast to play the father of actors only 11 years younger I'd be embarrassed.

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Well, it's not as unusual as some may believe. Lawrence Fishburne played Cuba Gooding's father in Boyz in the Hood and they have an 8 year difference. The Wayans Bros. mocked this little factoid in "Don't be a Menace drinking your Gin & Juice in the Hood" too. LOL

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