The shocking real-life age variations between 12 well-known rom-com pairs

"Silver Linings Playbook" love pursuits Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence are over 15 years aside.

Within the movie, Cooper performs a divorcé who falls for a widow, performed by Lawrence.

It's unclear precisely how outdated the characters are presupposed to be, however on the time of the premiere, Cooper was 37 and Lawrence was 22.

Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal, who famously starred in "When Harry Met Sally," are 14 years aside.

Though the characters are supposed to be the identical age because the movie strikes by means of 12 years of their lives, Crystal and Ryan are over a decade aside. 

The Nora Ephron traditional first hit theaters in 1989, when Crystal was 41 and Ryan was 27.

Julia Roberts and Richard Gere, who starred in rom-coms like "Fairly Lady," are 18 years aside.

When the movie premiered, Gere was 40 and Roberts was 22.

The 2 additionally starred reverse one another in "Runaway Bride" in 1999 when Gere was 49 and Roberts was 31.

"Whereas You Had been Sleeping" stars Invoice Pullman and Sandra Bullock are over 10 years aside.

Within the 1995 movie, Bullock performed Lucy and Pullman was Jack. On the time of the premiere, Bullock was 30 (virtually 31) and Pullman was 41.

Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck had been 13 years aside once they starred in "Roman Vacation."

The cult-classic romantic comedy "Roman Vacation" starred Hepburn and Peck as love pursuits.

Hepburn was 24 and Peck was 37 when the movie got here out.

Cameron Diaz and Dermot Mulroney, who’re engaged in "My Finest Pal's Marriage ceremony," are 9 years aside.

Within the movie, the 2 play love pursuits of their late 20s. However when the movie premiered in the summertime of 1997, Mulroney was 33 and Diaz was 24.

Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson are over 9 years aside, and so they starred reverse one another in "The right way to Lose a Man in 10 days."

When the 2003 movie premiered, Hudson was 23 turning 24 and McConaughey had not too long ago turned 33.

Diane Keaton and Woody Allen, who performed love pursuits in "Annie Corridor," have a 10-year age distinction.

When Keaton performed the titular function of Annie Corridor, she was a lot youthful than her love curiosity, performed by controversial filmmaker and actor Allen.

The movie premiered in April 1977 when Allen was 41 and Keaton was 31.

Frequent love pursuits Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler are eight years aside.

Barrymore and Sandler have starred as love pursuits in a couple of movies. When their first film collectively, "The Marriage ceremony Singer," premiered in 1998, Sandler was 31 and Barrymore was every week from turning 23.

They later labored collectively on "50 First Dates" in 2004 and "Blended" in 2014. 

Repeat film love pursuits Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone have an eight-year age distinction.

When Stone and Gosling first appeared collectively in "Loopy, Silly, Love" in 2011, she was 22 and he was 30.

They went on to reunite for "La La Land" in 2016. 

Renée Zellweger is eight years youthful than each of her love pursuits in "Bridget Jones's Diary"

Zellweger isn't that shut in age to both of her love pursuits from "Bridget Jones's Diary."

Funnily sufficient, Hugh Grant and Colin Firth had been born a day aside (Grant is older), and so they had been each a bit over 40 when the movie premiered in 2001. Zellweger was a couple of week away from turning 32 on the time. 

Patrick Dempsey and Amy Adams, who starred in "Enchanted," are additionally greater than eight years aside in age.

The musical romantic comedy featured Adams and Dempsey as unlikely love pursuits.

When the film premiered in 2007, Dempsey was virtually 42 and Adams was 33.