A viral tweet revealing the unexpected age gap between actors Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Keira Knightley in the Christmas comedy Love Actually has many online baffled.
Knightley, now 34, was 18, and Brodie-Sangster, now 29, was 13 when the movie was released back in 2003.
“Yearly reminder that there is only a five year age gap between Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Keira Knightley in Love Actually,” Twitter user @madelexne wrote, along with a photo of Knightley’s character Juliet and another of Brodie-Sangster’s character Sam.
Yearly reminder that there is only a five year age gap between Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Keira Knightley in Love Actually pic.twitter.com/ciC4v75ZPO
— MLJ (@maddylloydjones) December 14, 2019
In the love-speckled holiday flick, Sam is a middle school kid who is trying to win the affection of his crush Joanna. Juliet gets caught up in a love triangle with her husband and his best friend. And they look like they belong in completely different age brackets.
Confusion and memes ensued, with many pointing out just how big of a difference five years can make.
“He looks 5 and she looks 25,” user @MaxJLHardy wrote in response to the Twitter reveal.
He looks 5 and she looks 25
— Max Hardy (@MaxJLHardy) December 15, 2019
https://twitter.com/gos1ings/status/1206246097406091265
He looks 5 and she looks 25
— Max Hardy (@MaxJLHardy) December 15, 2019
Another illustrated why the comparison is not a good representation of five-year age gaps.
“Thomas Brodie-Sangster has always looked like an infant,” Twitter user @razzlerocks wrote.
https://twitter.com/razzlerocks/status/1206260625623654401
Another pointed to Brodie-Sangster’s other roles to illustrate how he always seems to look much younger than his co-stars.
“Same age,” Twitter user @Deep_Cut_Films wrote. Deep_Cut_Films included a side-by-side of Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson and Brodie-Sangster. The two appeared in Game of Thrones together and look ages apart. Yet, there is only a two-year age difference between them. Brodie-Sangster is currently 29, and Björnsson is 31.
Same age. pic.twitter.com/TviShSOTie
— Nick “Goopy” Bannister (@Deep_Cut_Films) December 15, 2019
That’s enough Brodie-Sangster revelations for one day.
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H/T People
