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Julia Roberts was too old to be a 13 year olds mother


20 years ago she could play that role, even 10 years ago, but at 56? She was too old.

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Have you seen the film or read the book ?
Her part is about 40 in the book. Same with the husband.
The negro couple is old, about 75 years.

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No I haven't read the book and normally a couple with a boy 16 and a girl 13 would be 37-45, not 56.

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My mum was 42 when I was born.
Not that unusual.

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On the older side of things. I love it though!

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Roberts looks young so she can play younger.

Women have babies in their 40s and even 50s.

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Was it a father and daughter in the book, or a couple?

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Couple

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Wow that's a big departure. I wonder what the reasoning was for that in the movie.

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It was so they could include stuff like the white couple's son masturbating at the sneak pictures he took of her. And also that scene when she tells her daddy that Ethan Hawke's character wanted to f--k her.

They couldn't have included that stuff if she'd been an old woman character.

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Yes, it tells the story how sick & twisted white folks are. Pure Sexual Perversion.

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Because only white people do things like that. Sure.

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The reasoning was wanting a one-time star in the film.
Hollywood has a long history of leading ladies playing younger characters.

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Who would read this as a book?
It was entertaining, but not a great movie, but as a book - never.

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Negro?

This is 2023, Clem.

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Oh my Lord, this was actually a book? Heavens.

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MY DAUGHTER IS 15...HER MOTHER IS 58...YOU ARE INCORRECT.

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So she was 43? That's at the high end of conceiving. Did she require IVF?

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NO...JUST A HOT BEEF INJECTION.

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too much info

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yeah.... even though he is clearly lying.... it still made me throw up 🤢 .....🤮

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I AM LYING ABOUT THE AGES OF THE DEVIL AND MY DAUGHTER?....WHY WOULD I DO THAT?

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for fun

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I GUESS...BUT NO...TRUTH IS TRUTH.

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13 huh?...... guess she is too old for pedo joe.

at least that is a plus!

you can attend Biden rally's without worrying about her :-)

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`SHE WILL BE 16 IN FEBRUARY...I HAVE BEEN TEACHING HER HOW TO DRIVE A BIT.

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nice.... does she have an instagram or onlyfans page?

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SHE IS A TEENAGER...OF COURSE SHE HAS AN INSTAGRAM...THAT OTHER BIT IS GROSS,BRO.

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"JUST A HOT BEEF INJECTION"



from a test tube/ turkey baster.

since you are more flaccid than a new england patriots gameball.

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Sounds like bull to me.

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43 is too old.
After 35, birth defects go up like a hockey stick.
But that never stops anyone today. They want what they want now — to hell with the children.

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true indeed..... we can also clearly see that kowalski's parents were that age as well.

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MY PARENTYS WERE IN THEIR LATE 20S WHEN I WAS BORN..

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*Their*

There... you see? Old parents make your grammar, and spelling abilities shitty!

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I SMOKE A LOT AND I TYPE FAST WITH TWO FINGERS....THANKS FOR THE HEADS UP ON THE TYPO.

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i am kidding man........

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Caps Lock, bro.

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YES...THAT IS I.😎

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Obviously, the guy's just being an annoying troll.
Probably a Hollywood-hating, woman hating, MAGA Republican! ;-)

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didn't bother me all that much. she may be late 50's but she could easily play early 50's still.


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thanks, appreciate that. this movie really informed a lot of feelings over the past several years.

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In what world is a 56-year-old woman unable to be the mother of a 13-year-old? Aside from the fact that it's a movie, so she could very easily be playing the part of a 50-year-old, or any other age, plenty of women have children in their 40s.

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She looked like the grandmother. Where I grew up that's how a grandmother would look like, and the mother of a 13 year old would be 30-35.

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Roberts youngest kid is 16 so that's not that far-off from the 13-year-old in the movie.

Women have always had children in their 40s. The difference is that it would be their 10th or 15th kid.

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i thought the same thing. a younger actress was needed or an older kid.

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At the time of filming Leave The World Behind (Spring 2022), Julia Roberts's youngest biological son Henry was 14... so not much of a stretch being the mother of a 13 year old.

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Yes but Hollywood is a visual art and normally we hire actresses in their 30s/40s for such roles.

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You do realize women in their 40s can have babies, right?

Hillary Swank just had twins at 48.

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And women can be grandmothers in their 40s too. A younger women would have suited the part better.

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Why?

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My Nephew and My ex Husband both had parents that old. It does happen. Maybe it's not common but some people get a career first so they can actually afford and provide their children with things.

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+1

Reading the replies I think OP is actually a troll and we all fell for it.

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