BTW this film looks too crappy to bother with but interesting Kathy Bates is cast in this role. She's 68 (Thornton is 61) and they both look their ages, they should have got an 80 year old actress unless they succesfully manage to get Bates to look older which wasn't the impression I got from the trailer or posters.
shareThe age difference is not far off, you find out in the film she had him at 13
shareNot many 7 year olds have babies-the character would still have to be 75 which is elderly and usually looks it.
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Willie's mom is only 13 years his senior. The fact that the real life age difference of the actors isn't the same doesn't mean anything at all. Actors and actresses play characters of different ages all the time. And as far as the characters not looking their age, we don't necessarily know how old the character of Willie is. For all we know he could be in his mid fifties and he looks older from all the boozing.
shareI actually SAW the movie and found the pairing appropriate. First, reality doesn't always match fiction: Estelle Getty from "Golden Girls" played the mother and oldest but in reality she was the youngest actress in the cast and 1 yrs younger than Bea Arthur (by your logic, they would've had to recast, can't give birth before you're born); on "I Love Lucy", Vivian Vance (Ethel) was actually *younger* than Lucille Ball but they made her look frumpy because she was older on the show. The cast of "Dawson's Creek", at least James Van Der Veek was drinking age when the show started. The list goes on.
Secondly, we don't know the exact ages of Willie & his mother but it's said in the movie she had him at THIRTEEN *and* she did hard time in prison plus he's a drunk. People who do over a decade in prison don't look young. People who are life-long drunks don't look young. Add in all the illness, fighting, and gunshot wounds you get Willie & his mother which is perfectly believable to me. They looked old but close in age just as they should. I'd love to live in your rosy perfect world *rolls eyes*
In the movie , Kathy Bates Character gave birth at 13 yrs. Old. Hope that answers your question.
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