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Kathy Bates as Billy Bob Thornton's mother?


She's only seven years older than him. Is this one of those things where Hollywood adds three extra years to every woman's age for every year after she turns 40 or are we supposed to believe she was a really young mother?





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I thought the same thing. Should have been Betty White, if you ask me.

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Its probably just because she looks much older, when you are playing a role age is almost meaningless, thats why you get 30 year olds playing high schoolers sometimes. Theres no anti-woman agenda behind it you SJW nitwit

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She really does look about her age, she's 68.

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http://bit.ly/QG4IBY
Try again, jackass.





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What am I looking at? Why am I a jackass? You need to chill.

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I wasn't replying to you.





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Its because men age more gracefully than women. Its a known fact.

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I can buy her having him as a young Teen.

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That's what I was thinking!

I dunno, maybe if she at least looked like his mother I'd believe it, but she looks more like his sister than his mother.

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I agree. She's definitely old enough to be playing mother roles, but Billy Bob is no spring chicken. But I suppose I can stretch my imagination and assume she's playing a few years older and he's playing a few years younger. It happens in Hollywood a lot - with men too - actors are cast as parents when they're only a few years older than the actor playing their kid. It mostly seems due to getting big names.

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