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r/interesting • u/Valuable_View_561 • Jul 05 '26
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And it’s not the first time an actor playing a parent is improbably too young to be that parent in a movie. I can think of Angela Lansbury in “The Manchurian Candidate.” She was only three years older than Laurence Harvey, who played her son.
173 u/Impossible-Star-4355 Jul 05 '26 In House of the Dragon, Olivia Cooke is 32 years old playing the mother of 31-year-old Tom Glynn-Carney, lol 59 u/____mynameis____ Jul 05 '26 I think that's due to them wanting older actors for Aemond and Aegon cuz their characters have adult scenes Olivia is correct age for Alicent 14 u/Katharinemaddison Jul 05 '26 You don’t need a 31 one year old to play an adult scene. 15 u/Okapi05 Jul 05 '26 Yeah well Tom was one of the best parts about Season 2 so I won’t complain lmao 1 u/Katharinemaddison Jul 05 '26 That’s fair. Best cast for the role I can see, and makes more sense than ‘needed an adult to play the role.’ 2 u/____mynameis____ Jul 05 '26 They needed an adult though. He had nude scenes and brothel scenes . 0 u/temujin94 Jul 05 '26 Yes that has been acknowledged, the point is they didn't need someone anywhere near the age of the actress playing their mother, 9 u/____mynameis____ Jul 05 '26 He was 25 when cast as Aegon. To play 19 year old. I don't mind the casting cuz the acting talent gap between Alicent's boys and Rhaenyra's boys were massive. So they likely wanted experienced actor too since he and Aemond has some really juicey material over the seasons
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In House of the Dragon, Olivia Cooke is 32 years old playing the mother of 31-year-old Tom Glynn-Carney, lol
59 u/____mynameis____ Jul 05 '26 I think that's due to them wanting older actors for Aemond and Aegon cuz their characters have adult scenes Olivia is correct age for Alicent 14 u/Katharinemaddison Jul 05 '26 You don’t need a 31 one year old to play an adult scene. 15 u/Okapi05 Jul 05 '26 Yeah well Tom was one of the best parts about Season 2 so I won’t complain lmao 1 u/Katharinemaddison Jul 05 '26 That’s fair. Best cast for the role I can see, and makes more sense than ‘needed an adult to play the role.’ 2 u/____mynameis____ Jul 05 '26 They needed an adult though. He had nude scenes and brothel scenes . 0 u/temujin94 Jul 05 '26 Yes that has been acknowledged, the point is they didn't need someone anywhere near the age of the actress playing their mother, 9 u/____mynameis____ Jul 05 '26 He was 25 when cast as Aegon. To play 19 year old. I don't mind the casting cuz the acting talent gap between Alicent's boys and Rhaenyra's boys were massive. So they likely wanted experienced actor too since he and Aemond has some really juicey material over the seasons
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I think that's due to them wanting older actors for Aemond and Aegon cuz their characters have adult scenes
Olivia is correct age for Alicent
14 u/Katharinemaddison Jul 05 '26 You don’t need a 31 one year old to play an adult scene. 15 u/Okapi05 Jul 05 '26 Yeah well Tom was one of the best parts about Season 2 so I won’t complain lmao 1 u/Katharinemaddison Jul 05 '26 That’s fair. Best cast for the role I can see, and makes more sense than ‘needed an adult to play the role.’ 2 u/____mynameis____ Jul 05 '26 They needed an adult though. He had nude scenes and brothel scenes . 0 u/temujin94 Jul 05 '26 Yes that has been acknowledged, the point is they didn't need someone anywhere near the age of the actress playing their mother, 9 u/____mynameis____ Jul 05 '26 He was 25 when cast as Aegon. To play 19 year old. I don't mind the casting cuz the acting talent gap between Alicent's boys and Rhaenyra's boys were massive. So they likely wanted experienced actor too since he and Aemond has some really juicey material over the seasons
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You don’t need a 31 one year old to play an adult scene.
15 u/Okapi05 Jul 05 '26 Yeah well Tom was one of the best parts about Season 2 so I won’t complain lmao 1 u/Katharinemaddison Jul 05 '26 That’s fair. Best cast for the role I can see, and makes more sense than ‘needed an adult to play the role.’ 2 u/____mynameis____ Jul 05 '26 They needed an adult though. He had nude scenes and brothel scenes . 0 u/temujin94 Jul 05 '26 Yes that has been acknowledged, the point is they didn't need someone anywhere near the age of the actress playing their mother, 9 u/____mynameis____ Jul 05 '26 He was 25 when cast as Aegon. To play 19 year old. I don't mind the casting cuz the acting talent gap between Alicent's boys and Rhaenyra's boys were massive. So they likely wanted experienced actor too since he and Aemond has some really juicey material over the seasons
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Yeah well Tom was one of the best parts about Season 2 so I won’t complain lmao
1 u/Katharinemaddison Jul 05 '26 That’s fair. Best cast for the role I can see, and makes more sense than ‘needed an adult to play the role.’ 2 u/____mynameis____ Jul 05 '26 They needed an adult though. He had nude scenes and brothel scenes . 0 u/temujin94 Jul 05 '26 Yes that has been acknowledged, the point is they didn't need someone anywhere near the age of the actress playing their mother,
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That’s fair. Best cast for the role I can see, and makes more sense than ‘needed an adult to play the role.’
2 u/____mynameis____ Jul 05 '26 They needed an adult though. He had nude scenes and brothel scenes . 0 u/temujin94 Jul 05 '26 Yes that has been acknowledged, the point is they didn't need someone anywhere near the age of the actress playing their mother,
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They needed an adult though.
He had nude scenes and brothel scenes .
0 u/temujin94 Jul 05 '26 Yes that has been acknowledged, the point is they didn't need someone anywhere near the age of the actress playing their mother,
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Yes that has been acknowledged, the point is they didn't need someone anywhere near the age of the actress playing their mother,
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He was 25 when cast as Aegon. To play 19 year old.
I don't mind the casting cuz the acting talent gap between Alicent's boys and Rhaenyra's boys were massive.
So they likely wanted experienced actor too since he and Aemond has some really juicey material over the seasons
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u/Bitter_Atmosphere879 Jul 05 '26
And it’s not the first time an actor playing a parent is improbably too young to be that parent in a movie. I can think of Angela Lansbury in “The Manchurian Candidate.” She was only three years older than Laurence Harvey, who played her son.