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How old were Rusty and Aubree supposed to be?

posted 5 years ago by CoreyHaimFan (1031)
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Beverly D'Angelo was 32 in 1983, which means if the kids were 12-15 (my guess ), that Ellen would have had Rusty in her late teens.

Seems young for a couple that went to college together.
Seems more like an age Ellens cousin would have had kids, Clark and Ellen seemed like the type that would wait until after college.

[–] strntz (12470) 5 years ago

Beverly D'Angelo was 32. Ellen could have been 36.

Sean Connery is 12 years older than Harrison Ford but played his father in The Last Crusade.

[–] CoreyHaimFan (1031) 5 years ago

That is what I figured.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

*was

[–] Costumer (1824) 4 years ago

You are making the unwarranted assumption that the character is the same age as the actor portraying them. In general, casting directors really don't care a wit about that; only that the actor can portray the character the way the director wants. So, it doesn't really matter if Beverly was 21 or 110; if she could convincingly portray the character better than anyone else who auditioned, the casting director would cast her.