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Ages and aging of the characters

posted 14 years ago by T_Tech_in_RC
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First, I loved this movie when I first saw it in the early '80s to now. I was checking the age of the actors involved and was impressed that all the main stars were of high school age. Adam Baldwin & Joan Cusak were 18, Chris Makepeace and Matt Dillon were 16 and Paul Quandt was 14. That is pretty unheard of today or even in that day and age (i.e. Grease where the average high school students age was like 29).

I also think its funny how things change on how they age...case in point. Matt Dillon and Joan Cusak are 2 years apart and play classmates here, but in "In and Out", she played his former High School English teacher who was engaged to Kevin Kline's character (who was outed by Matt Dillon's character).

Just an observation.

[–] totallybummed 14 years ago

Subtract a year from those ages -- the movie was actually filmed in 1979.

[–] coolbluegreen 14 years ago

T Tech in RC wrote: <<I also think its funny how things change on how they age...case in point. Matt Dillon and Joan Cusak are 2 years apart and play classmates here, but in "In and Out", she played his former High School English teacher who was engaged to Kevin Kline's character (who was outed by Matt Dillon's character).>>

I know a girl who started teaching at twenty. She was actually four months older than one of her students. It's entirely possible that Joan Cusack's character in In and Out (GREAT film, btw), is only a year or two older than Matt Dillon's character.

One thing that interests me is how different people the same age can look. Chris Makepeace and Matt Dillon do not look as if they are the same age. Chris Makepeace is still so boyish.

I have to say, Matt Dillon and Adam Baldwin were gorgeous and have remained gorgeous and...I'll be in my bunk.