9 famous movie couples with big age gaps
Abby Jones
- Sometimes movie couples have big age gaps, whether it's written into the storyline or the actors just have different ages than their characters.
- Films like "Lost in Translation," "Lolita," and "Poison Ivy" have storylines that revolve around the characters' age differences.
- Colin Firth and Emma Stone are love interests in "Magic in the Moonlight," and they have a 28-year age gap.
Some of the most famous love stories involve on-screen couples with pretty large real-life age differences.
Here are some of the biggest age gaps between actors who've played love interests.
Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones had nearly four decades between them when they starred in "Entrapment" (1999).
Sean Connery was 68 when he played the thief-turned-unlikely partner opposite Catherine Zeta-Jones, who was 29 when the 1999 crime thriller premiered.
When "Lost in Translation" (2003) premiered, Scarlett Johansson was 18 years old and Bill Murray was 52.
A single kiss might've been the only physical moment between them, but Scarlett Johansson and Bill Murray's chemistry was strong throughout the drama.
Their age difference was a prominent part of the film's plot, so it's not that surprising that the actors are 34 years apart.
Jack Nicholson's character had a fling with a woman less than half his age in "Something's Gotta Give" (2003).
Amanda Peet was 31 years old when she played a character who catches 66-year-old Jack Nicholson's eye in the 2003 romantic comedy.
Emma Stone and Colin Firth were 25 and 53, respectively, when "Magic in the Moonlight" (2014) premiered.
In the 2014 romantic drama, Colin Firth and Emma Stone played love interests.
In real life, Firth is nearly 30 years older than Stone.
Johansson was 16 years old when she acted with then-46-year-old Billy Bob Thornton in "The Man Who Wasn't There" (2001).
When the blackmail-gone-wrong crime drama was released, Johansson was 16 years old and Billy Bob Thornton was 46, leaving a 30-year age gap.
The original film adaptation of "Lolita" (1962) included a 38-year age gap between the lead actors.
At the time the controversial film was released, James Mason was 53 and Sue Lyon was 15.
The 38-year age difference shouldn't be a surprise to those who have read the film's source material, Vladimir Nabokov's divisive novel of the same name, since the age gap is a major part of the story.
Drew Barrymore was 17 when she starred opposite then-58-year-old Tom Skerritt in "Poison Ivy" (1992).
Drew Barrymore was 17 when this cult thriller premiered.
In the film, she seduces a much older character played by Tom Skerritt, who was 58 at the time.
An unlikely romance buds between the title characters of "Harold and Maude" (1971), who were 52 years apart.
Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort were 75 and 23, respectively, when the 1971 cult rom-com was released.
The characters' mutual hobby of attending funerals brings them together and their age difference is a prominent piece of the film.
Liam Neeson and Olivia Wilde starred as on-again, off-again lovers in "Third Person" (2014).
Olivia Wilde was 30 and Liam Neeson was 62 when this interconnected love story premiered in theaters.
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