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Mother + Oldest Daughter.


I just realized the actresses playing mother & daughter were 9 years apart.

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She had her when she was nine?

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11 years.

-I was born in a crossfire hurricane.

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The characters were 31 and 16. As for the actresses; Laurence Fishburne played Cuba Gooding Jr.'s father, and they are only 7 years apart, so it really cold be worse (and it was in a parody of Cuba and Laurence's relationship in a comedy staring the Wayans brotehrs).

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It was 11 years . Pretty amusing when the character of the mother is 32 and they make the daughter 16. The father would be pushing 40 so maybe statutory rape . :/ I think the oldest should have been 10 or 12. Dunne was too old . Or Williams too young . Although both were great in the film .

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It has been speculated here and other places with some validity,, that in the original script The older daughter was a step-child --- The husband had been married before

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But Steven wasn’t much older than her. So for him to be previously married would be a stretch too. I think it’s just a point in the script they missed.

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The mother & daughter were hot in this movie

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