I need to speak to the casting director of A Cinderella Story.
We asked the members of the BuzzFeed Community to tell us what age gap between a teen actor and the actor who played their love interest surprised them. Here are some of their eye-opening responses:
1.
Taylor Momsen was 15 during Season 2 of Gossip Girl.
Chace Crawford was 23 during Season 2 Of Gossip Girl.
During that second season, their characters on the show became romantically involved with each other.
2.
Keira Knightley was 18 when Love Actually was filmed.
Chiwetel Ejiofor was 26 when Love Actually was filmed.
Keira Knightley and Chiwetel Ejiofor played a couple who got married in the film.
Andrew Lincoln was 30 when Love Actually was filmed.
Keira Knightley and Andrew Lincoln were also love interests in the movie.
3.
Hilary Duff was 15 when she filmed A Cinderella Story.
Chad Michael Murray was 22 when he filmed the movie.
And their characters were an item.
4.
J.C Brandy was 17 when she guest-starred on Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Tapestry.”
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Patrick Stewart was 52 during that episode.
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In the episode, their characters kiss and sleep together.
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5.
Selena Gomez was 15 during the first season of Wizards of Waverly Place.
Brian Kubach was 24 when he appeared in the first season.
During that season, they played boyfriend and girlfriend.
6.
Mandy Moore was 17 while filming A Walk to Remember.
Shane West was 23 when during filming of the movie.
They played a couple in the movie.
7.
Sasha Pieterse was 14 when they started filming Pretty Little Liars.
Shay Mitchell was 22 when they started filming the show.
In the first season, they started building a romance between the characters through flashbacks in the show.
8.
Ryan Merriman was 26 during filming the first season of Pretty Little Liars.
It was revealed through flashbacks in the first season that his character had been romantically involved with Sasha’s character.
9.
Keira Knightley was 17 while filming Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.
Orlando Bloom was 25 while filming the movie.
They played love interests in the film.
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“That one surprised me because I thought they were the same age until recently!”
—rachelc43
10.
10. When they filmed My Father the Hero, Katherine Heigl was 14.
Dalton James was 22 during filming.
They played love interests in the movie.
11.
Corbin Bleu was 16 during filming the first High School Musical movie.
Monique Coleman was 25 during filming.
Towards the end of the film is when Chad asks her out for the first time and their characters date for the rest of the franchise.
12.
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan was 17 while filming Never Have I Ever Season 1.
Darren Barnet was 28 during the filming of Season 1.
Daren Barnet and Maitreyi Ramakrishnan played love interests and her character wanted to lose her virginity to him.
13.
In Shameless, Cameron Monaghan was 17 when he was cast as Ian.
Noel Fisher was 26 when he was cast as Mickey.
In the first season, their characters started their sexual and romantic relationship.
14.
Also in Shameless, Pej Vahdat, was nearly 30 in the first season.
His character was having an affair with Cameron’s and though there was supposed to be an age gap between the characters, Cameron, again, was only 17 at the time.
15.
In Endless Love, Brooke Shields was 16.
Martin Hewitt was 22 at the time.
In the movie, they played lovers.
16.
Chloë Grace Moretz was 16 in If I Stay.
Jamie Blackley was 22 in the movie.
They played love interests in the film.
17.
Emmy Rossum was only 17 in Phantom of the Opera.
And Patrick Wilson was 30.
Both men played her love interests at some point and she kissed both of them.
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“I love that movie, but when I learned that, I was grossed out.”
—Th3FatPanth3r
18.
Madison Reyes from Julie and the Phantoms was only 16 during Season 1.
Charles Gillespie was 22 during Season 1.
Their characters had a romance growing between them.
19.
Selena Gomez had just turned 16 when Another Cinderella Story was released.
Drew Seeley was 26 at the time.
They played love interests throughout the film.
20.
Mila Kunis lied about her age to get cast in That ’70s Show. She was 14 when she was cast and 15 when the first episode aired.
Ashton Kutcher was 20 at the time.
They played boyfriend and girlfriend on the show.
21.
Claire Danes was 15 during My So-Called Life.
Jared Leto was eight years older during the show, at 22 years old.
Their characters dated each other on the series.
22.
In Starstruck, Danielle Campbell was around 15 years old.
Sterling Knight was around 20 years old in the film.
At the end of the movie, they reconcile and he almost kisses her.
23.
Melissa Gilbert was 15 in Little House on the Prairie when her love interest Almanzo was introduced.
Dean Butler was 23 when he started playing Almanzo.
Their characters ended up getting married.
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“I know the real Laura and Almanzo had a big age gap, but if there was ever a time to take liberties with the facts, that was it!”
—shelbyk4ceaa1096
24.
In Everything Sucks, Peyton Kennedy was 13.
Sydney Sweeney was nearly 20 during filming.
Their characters kissed in the last episode of the series.
25.
And Kirsten Dunst was 11 years old in Interview with the Vampire.
Brad Pitt was 30 during the filming of the movie.
In the film, her character had to kiss his.
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“One of the creepiest kissing scenes.”
—banana267
Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/ajanibazile/age-gaps-between-teen-and-adult-actors