Would you believe…?

Sexism. Ageism. Hollywood. It all goes together. But since movies are fantasy, I never got my knickers in a knot about the May/December couplings in movies. Well…it never bothered me until now, when I saw the preview for the Get Smart Movie.

Don Adams was 42 years old when the Get Smart television series began in 1965.
Steve Carell was 44 years old when the Get Smart movie began shooting in March, 2007.

Barbara Feldon was 33 years old when the Get Smart television series began in 1965.
Anne Hathaway was 24 years old when the Get Smart movie began shooting in March, 2007.

So we go from having nine years difference between Smart and Agent 99 to TWENTY years difference?

Come on, Hollywood! You couldn’t find a 35 year old actress to be Agent 99? Are Jennifer Garner, Cameron Diaz and Gwyneth Paltrow too old and busted?

I guess they’re only available to leading men 55 and over.

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