The age of Howard

A new production of the E M Forrester novel Howard's End. There was of course the Oscar winning film version of 1992. I thought to make a comparsion of the ages of the actors playing the 2 main characters.

Henry Wilcox


1992 - Anthony Hopkins - age at time of production - 55

2017 - Matthew MacFadyen - age at time of production - 44


Margerat Schengal


1992 - Emma Thompson - age at time of production - 33

2017 - Haley Atwell - age at time of production -35

As you can see the age gap between Hopkins and Thompson was 22 years yet the one between MacFadyen and Atwell is only 9. Does this reflect a growing unease about the large age gaps of screen couples. we may never know the answer.