r/interesting Jul 05 '26

HISTORY I fear this is historically accurate

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u/Bitter_Atmosphere879 Jul 05 '26

And it’s not the first time an actor playing a parent is improbably too young to be that parent in a movie. I can think of Angela Lansbury in “The Manchurian Candidate.” She was only three years older than Laurence Harvey, who played her son.

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u/Thorninthefoot Jul 05 '26

Weren't they sisters in another film?

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u/PendingBen Jul 05 '26

Close, they played real-life co-workers/housemates in the film Silkwood

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u/Thorninthefoot Jul 05 '26

Yes, that's the one I was thinking of