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Firefly Lane and the Problem with Aging up and Down

Stockard Channing was 33 when she played teenager Rizzo in Grease. Angelia Jolie was 29 when she played Colin Farrell’s mother in Alexander – only one year older than he was. Films and shows cast actors outside their own age all the time, and it’s not unusual for actors to be aged up or aged down when a show or film takes place over a long time period, but in Firefly Lane this really jars. Tully and Kate are best friends since the age of 14 back in 1974 – Firefly Lane follows the journey of the two, from young…
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