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Anyone else creeped out by?


The fact that the two leads are 16 years apart in age!?!!!??

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Nope age is just a number and reality is age differences like that between males and females are very common. More often with a younger female looking for a more mature male. Hough was dating Ryan Seacrest in real life when this was filmed who is only two years younger than Josh for that matter. Males also tend to show their age later in life than females so in the movie casting sense there can be age differences in real life for characters meant to be similar ages without it being super obvious if somebody doesn't go digging for their birth dates. Not like Josh looks like some creepy old guy.

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I think in the book Erin was 27 while Alex was 40 since I guess the big age difference made sense to keep more in line with the book despite the fact that Julianne is 25 and Josh is 39.

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Women age badly sometimes. maybe when your 40, younger men will turn you on. so would that be gross?



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6XhzXB3oY8

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I would've liked to see them closer in age. She looked too much like a babysitter/nanny and not a mature woman that would want a ready-made family.

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No, and it didn't seem like there was much of a difference, anyway.

"Passion is just insanity in a cashmere sweater!"

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It may not seem like much but he was graduating high school the year she was born. So he is old enough to be her father.

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The 16-year age gap that meant he could be her father didn't creep us out as much as the fact that she looked even younger than her 24 years. We thought she looked a bit older with the darker hair (and very pretty, too, not the little-girl cute she looks as a blond). Before we looked up ages, we actually thought the cop/husband was older in real life (we expected about a 20-year gap, but he is actually a couple years younger than JD)

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I didn't even noticed until I read your post.

It actually makes sense. He's a widower with children, so he has to be around that age. She's a woman who married the wrong man (probably not a long time after meeting). So she has to be around that age. This way, she can start over with the confidence that not all men are evil.

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Why does he has to be that age? He's a widower yes, but none of the kids are obviously older then 11-12 years tops and considering it's not that uncommon especially in small towns to get your first kid before you're 20 I always assumed he was meant to be in his early 30's and JD easily pulls that off.
I know he's older but he doesn't look 40 so I agree with you there that I didn't even think of it as an age gap.

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I honestly thought at first she was Jennifer Aniston, so she lookrd older to me. I thought they were both around 35.

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Yes!

My daughter is only one year older. As a Dad, I'm creeped out.

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Oh so there is suppose to be an age difference. It's not blatantly obvious the actor who played Alex doesn't look that old.

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I agree with the posters that said they didn't even notice the age difference until this post brought it up. I just watched it and took it for what it was, as far as I'm concerned adult love really shouldn't know many boundaries, i.e. age difference, gender, race, etc. It's not like he fell in love with the 17 year old babysitter. Come on people, the mind is indeed like a parachute and only works when it's open!!

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To be honest, I never really thought about the age difference. But since you bring it up, I'm okay with it mostly because Julianne brought a heightened maturity level to the character beyond her 24 years. I got the sense that her character had been through the wringer (obviously)...and had matured beyond the years that her appearance would imply.

I thought the chemistry between Julianne and Josh was terrific - very natural and believable.

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Ryan seacrest likes girls??

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They def don't look 16 years apart. The guy lead (I keep forgetting his character's name) I still can't believe is 44 now, looks more like 28-34 in the film.

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Uhm, he was not 44 back in 2014 when you wrote that. He is now 43... And he definetely didn't look 28. He looked his age which was 39 at the time cause he looks really mature and handsome.

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