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Photos: Older actors and their younger on-camera love interests

Catherin Zeta-Jones is 39 years younger than her male counterpart, Sean Connery, in "Entrapment."

Emma Stone is 28 years younger than her "Magic in the Moonlight" co-star Colin Firth. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics

Maggie Gyllenhaal made news this week after claiming a film director told her she was too old, at 37, to play the love interest of a 55-year-old male co-star. Click through to see some eyebrow-raising pairings between older male actors and their much younger female counterparts. Johnny Depp was 48 and Amber Heard was 25 when "The Rum Diary" was released. The pair later married in real life. (AP Photo/Film District, Peter Mountain)

Johnny Depp was 49 and Rebecca Hall 30 when they got together in "Transcendence." (Peter Mountain/MCT)

Johnny Depp was 48 when he romanced a 24-year-old Bella Heathcote in "Dark Shadows."

Keira Knightley was 27 and Steve Carell was 49 when they found love in "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World." Photo Credit: Darren Michaels.

Steve Carell was 49 and Anne Hathaway was 25 when "Get Smart" was released in 2008.

Steve Carell was 50 and Olivia Wilde was 29 when "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone" was released in 2013.

Brad Pitt was 40 when he played a then-24-year-old Rose Byrne's love interest in "Troy."

A 51-year-old Denzel Washington and a 30-year-old Paula Patton in "Deja Vu." (Robert Zuckerman/Touchstone Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer)*

Denzel Washington was 52 when he squired a 29-year-old Lymari Nadal in "American Gangster."

Denzel Washington courted Eva Mendes, 19 years his junior, in both "Out of Time" and "Training Day."

Denzel Washington was 57 when he played opposite a 35-year-old Kelly Reilly in 'Flight."

Photo by Andrew Schwartz/SMPSP Richard Gere and Winona Ryder in "Autumn in New York."

Richard Gere, 25 years Hilary Swank's senior, played her husband in the movie "Amelia." In real life, Amelia Earhart was only 10 years younger than her husband. (AP Photo/Fox Searchlight, Ken Woroner)

Richard Gere has an affair with Julie Delpy, 21 years his junior, in "The Hoax". (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Richard Gere beds Laetitia Casta, 29 years his junior, in "Arbitrage". (Photo by Roger Kisby/Getty Images)

Richard Gere was 40 when he played opposite a 22-year-old Julia Roberts in "Pretty Woman."

Tom Cruise tested his sexual chemistry against Emily Blunt, 20 years his junior, in the sci-fi epic "Edge of Tomorrow." Credit: Warner Bros.

Tom Cruise, then 50, starred with a then-33-year-old Olga Kurylenko in "Oblivion." (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)

Will Smith is 22 years older than his "Focus" co-star Margot Robbie. (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, Frank Masi)

Liam Neeson was married to January Jones, 25 years his junior, in "Unknown." (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures)

Liam Neeson, then 61, hooked up with Olivia Wilde, then 29, in 2013's "Third Person." (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

Harrison Ford was 53 when he tried wooing a 30year-old Julia Ormond in "Sabrina."

Virginina Madsen was 44 when she played a 63-year-old Harrison Ford's wife in "Firewall."

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Catherin Zeta-Jones is 39 years younger than her male counterpart, Sean Connery, in "Entrapment."

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