10 Actors Who Were Secretly Cast With Their Family Member In The Same Movie
Do you ever watch a movie and think to yourself that the actors on the screen look strangely familiar? Well, they may have consanguinity.
Many movie stars have actually teamed up with their real-life family members for the big and small screens.
For example, Gwyneth Paltrow and Blythe Danner worked together in Sylvia, taking on the roles of mother and daughter. Or, Maggie and Jake Gyllenhaal played a brother and sister duo in the cult classic Donnie Darko.
Here are 10 times that actors shared the screen with their family members.
#1. John Krasinski and Emily Blunt in A Quiet Place
Source: A Quiet Place/Paramount Pictures
The magnificent film A Quiet Place starred John Krasinski and Emily Blunt Evelyn and Lee Abbott – a married couple. Before working together on the project, they got married in 2010 and have 2 daughters.
#2. Angelina Jolie and Jon Voight in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Angelina Jolie and her father, Jon Voight recreated their relationship in the movie Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. The actress agreed to star in the movie because of the exotic places they’d visit. She revealed that she adopted her first child, Maddox in Cambodia.
#3. Luke and Owen Wilson in The Royal Tenenbaums
Movie stars Luke and Owen Wilson felt excited when working together in The Royal Tenenbaums, playing Richie and Eli respectively.
#4. Ben and Casey Affleck in Good Will Hunting
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, who are good friends outside of this fictional story, wrote the screenplay for the movie Good Will Hunting. Ben Affleck's brother, actor Casey Affleck, was chosen by the casting directors to portray Morgan. In contrast to the lines he intended to speak, Casey mostly improvised the script, and several opinions indicated that his lines were funnier.
#5. Charlie Sheen and Martin Sheen in Cadence
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Charlie Sheen and Martin Sheen teamed work in the film Cadence. In one scene, McKinney (Martin Sheen) tells to Bean (Charlie Sheen), “I have a son about your age.” This detail secretly reveals that these two actors are father and son in real life.
#6. John and Joan Cusack in Grosse Pointe Black
Actor John Cusack played the leading role in the film Grosse Pointe Black, in which some members of his family act. Among those roles, Marcella stands out: his sister, the also popular actress, Joan Cusack, plays this role.
#7. Leslie Mann and her daughter in Knocked Up
Source: Knocked Up/Universal Pictures
Leslie Mann played a married woman in the movie Knocked Up and the actress shared the screen with 2 daughters. When discussing who’d portray these 2 little girls, Leslie’s director and husband in real life, Judd Apatow, suggested letting his own 2 daughters star in the movie.
#8. Kirk, Cameron, and Michael Douglas in It Runs in the Family
There are 3 generations of actors seen in the movie It Runs in the Family. Kirk Douglas plays Mitchell Gromberg, the father of Alex Gromberg (Michael Douglas), his son in real life. Like Kirk, Michael brings to life the character of the father of his own son Cameron Douglas who plays the character of Asher Gromberg.
#9. Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal in Donnie Darko
Source: Donnie Darko/Pandora Cinema
The film Donnie Darko starred Jake Gyllenhaal in the leading role and his sister Maggie Gyllenhaal. Director Richard Kelly felt excited when casting her as his sister. He wanted both siblings to be more easily represent the healthy rivalry that often exists between members of a family.
#10. Brad Pitt and Shiloh Jolie-Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Shiloh Jolie-Pitt appeared as Benjamin Button’s (Brad Pitt) daughter in the 2018 movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. At that time, she was 2 years old. 2 years before that, she also gave her voice to the character Shuai Shuai in Kung Fu Panda 3.
Do you know any pair of actors who call themselves family? Let us know in the comments.