The shocking real-life age differences between 35 fictional parents and their children
Updated Meryl Streep, who just turned 74, is only three years younger than Cher, her mother in "Mamma Mia." This isn't the only example of onscreen kids and parents being comically close in age. Amy Poehler is only seven years older than her "Mean Girls" daughter Rachel McAdams. Hollywood is notorious for casting 25-year-old high-schoolers who have 37-year-old parents. We've compiled 35 of the most egregious parent-child age gaps in Hollywood history, including an on-screen mom who is years younger than her on-screen sons and an on-screen mother and son who were so close in age they began dating in real life.
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