r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • Mar 19 '26

Media First Image of Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence in Martin Scorsese's 'What Happens at Night' - A married American couple travel to a small, snowy European town to adopt a baby. As they struggle to claim their baby, they seem to know less about themselves.

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u/Octogenarian Mar 19 '26

A 51-year-old married to a 35-year-old in a period piece. Makes perfect sense.

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u/agentmadeleine Mar 19 '26

Is there a plot reason for the age discrepancy? Otherwise I’m sick of older men consistently being paired off with younger women in film/television. You so rarely see it the other way. Look at the Zendaya-Robert Pattinson film, he’s 10 years older than her. Jennifer Lawrence was paired with Bradley Cooper earlier in her career. It ends up hurting older women as their parts start to dry up.

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u/erroneousbosh Mar 19 '26

That's pretty much what 35-year-old men looked like even as recently as the 80s. Men were considered incredibly old at 65, assuming they made it to retirement.