Small Age Gap Between Anne Hathaway And Tom Holland In The Odyssey Is Historically Accurate

Anne Hathaway and Tom Holland play mother and son in The Odyssey. The age difference between the two is just 13 years: she is 43 and he, 30.

This meme opens with text noting that 43-year-old Anne Hathaway and 30-year-old Tom Holland are cast as mother and son in the 2025 The Odyssey film, with only a 13-year age gap between them. Two side-by-side film stills of the actors in character follow: Hathaway as Penelope looks seriously off-camera, while Holland as Telemachus appears confused looking forward. Below the stills, a Twitter/X post from user @rejectness delivers the punchline: the small age gap is actually the most historically accurate part of the movie, referencing that it was common for people in ancient Greek society to have children as teenagers, subverting common criticism that the actors' age difference is too small to believably portray a mother and son.

This meme originates from a public Twitter/X post by user @rejectness commenting on the casting of the upcoming 2025 The Odyssey film adaptation. It was later reposted to 9Gag, the source of this RSS feed entry. It gained widespread traction for its witty, counterintuitive take on the casting controversy surrounding the two lead actors.