Angelina Jolie in Alexander (2004)
The case of Angelina Jolie was a little more extreme since in 2004 Oliver Stone chose the actress to give life to the mother of Colin Farrell, in Alexander, a biographical tape of Alexander the Great. The problem is that she is only a year older than the interpreter.
In the film, Jolie - who was 28 years old at the time - played Queen Olympia, while Farrell played Alexander the Great, and like Di Girólamo and Milostich, their relationship was quite peculiar.
Criticism against the tape did not wait, and the actress came out to defend herself. “I played his mother when he was seven and I aged through the film, plus he died very young, he was about 19 years old. So it's not like his mom was that old at the end. She was 30-something,” she assured.
But the Hollywood star was wrong since the conqueror is believed to have died at the age of 33. 15 years later, it is rumored that Jolie and Farrell would have a loving relationship.
Nicole Kidman in Aquaman (2018)
Quite a bit of criticism aroused the choice of Nicole Kidman as Atlanna, the mother of Arthur Curry, better known as Aquaman.
The 52-year-old actress became the mother of Jason Momoa, who in real life is only 12 years her junior. “In the context of the superhero world, everything evens out. Atlanna doesn't really age," Kidman explained to Magazine.
But beyond that, Nicole was delighted with her role. “It was fun and I love my hair, that long, cascading hair down to my butt,” she joked.
Amy Poehler in Mean Girls (2004)
Also in 2004, another choice of actress aroused criticism. And it is that Amy Poehler was 32 years old when she had to play the mother of Rachel McAdams, who at that time had only turned 25 years old.
To play Mrs. George, who "wasn't a normal mom, but a cool mom," the actress had to age up a few years to show as much of an age difference as possible with McAdams, whose character was 17.
However, as Poehler is one of the best friends of Tina Fey, the film's director, she rose to the challenge and became one of the film's unforgettable characters.
Winona Ryder in Star Trek (2009)
Winona Ryder doesn't seem to age very much, so it was very strange when she was cast as Zachary Quinto's mom in the 2009 Star Trek reboot.
The actress is only six years older than the interpreter of Spock, and although as in every science fiction story, you can find some explanation for the youth of the parent, the criticism came out the same.
Laura Dern in Wild (2014)
Laura Dern and Reese Witherspoon are nine years apart, but that didn't stop them from playing mother and daughter in Wild in 2014.
And while the role of Bobbie earned Dern an Oscar nomination, the feedback on her casting was not good at all.
In director Jean-Marc Vallée's defense, the actress's scenes were set in flashback and were memories of Witherspoon's character about the woman who had died of cancer some years earlier.
Laura assured me that she did not realize the difference in years until after she was chosen. “After we finished the movie, we went to dinner with a mutual friend who is also an actress, and she said, 'I can't believe you did that (play Reese's mom). Aren't you nervous?" Dern told the Los Angeles Times. "I was like, 'Wait, what?' I hadn't noticed before, but then I felt vulnerable to someone else bringing it up," she added.
Witherspoon, meanwhile, highlighted the work of her colleague. “Laura came (to record) without any kind of ego. The ego is the death of creativity,” she mentioned.
