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March 21, 2024: As rumors swirl that Aaron Taylor-Johnson is the front-runner to play the next James Bond, the now 33-year-old sits down with Rolling Stone UK to discuss his latest film, The Fall Guy, in which he costars with Ryan Gosling.
During the interview Aaron opens up about the accelerated pace of his life, and why he says he felt ready to settle down so young. “What you gotta realize is that what most people were doing in their 20s, I was doing when I was 13,” he says.
Regarding critics of his timeline, he says, “You’re doing something too quickly for someone else? I don’t understand that. What speed are you supposed to enjoy life at? It’s bizarre to me.”
Writer Christina Newland notes that Aaron was forced to mature at a faster rate than other kids his age due to his career. He became an actor at age six, starred in his first film at age 10, and dropped out of school at age 15. He largely grew up on sets, she writes, where he was treated like an adult—a professional—despite his age.
April 6, 2024: Sam Taylor-Johnson is questioned about the age gap in her marriage while doing press for Back to Black, the Amy Winehouse biopic starring Marisa Abela.
When asked whether the 23-year age difference comes up in everyday life, with cultural references or interests, Sam says the answer is, generally, no. “I mean, it’s coming up now because you’re asking,” she told The Guardian in an interview. “And it comes up on the outside perspective of people who don’t know us, because I guess people will always…we’re a bit of an anomaly, but it’s that thing: after 14 years you just think, surely by now it doesn’t really matter?” Noting that she was with her first husband for just nine years, she added, “So, if you think of it in that way, then the age gap doesn’t really make any difference.”
