May December
Summary
The controversial Gracie Atherton ( Julianne Moore ) in Todd Haynes’May Decemberhas a amount of six baby across her two marriages . May Decemberhas receive critical acclaim as one of the best movies of 2023 and is poised to make a run in the major act category at the upcoming Golden Globe Awards in January 2024 . Moore ’s Atherton is found on the real - life history Mary Kay Letourneau , who infamously married and had children with Vili Fualaau , a former 6th - grade student of hers . Gracie and Joe ( Charles Melton ) have three small fry together inMay December , the old of whom is 14 eld younger than Joe .
Gracie also has three other grownup children from her previous marriage with Tom Atherton ( D.W. Moffett ) , the most notable of whom , Georgie ( Cory Michael Smith ) , is the same geezerhood as Joe . Gracie Allen explain to Natalie Portman ’s insidious method acting actress character Elizabeth Berry that she had met Joe when he was a friend of Georgie ’s growing up . Gracie and Joe first became intimate while they both worked at a pet storehouse over summer holiday . Elizabeth takes an remarkably direct and exploitive approach in trying to understand the trueness of Gracie ’s quality , ultimately get along up short by the terminal ofMay December .
The multifaceted ending of Todd Haynes ' May December finds Portman ’s Elizabeth contemplating the the true of Moore ’s controversial Gracie character reference .
Georgie Atherton - 36
Cory Michael Smith - 37
Georgie Atherton , played by Cory Michael Smith , is the same eld as Joe inMay December , who is 36 . Portman ’s Elizabeth also states in the motion-picture show that she is 36 as she tries to connect with Joe on a personal level . Portman was 41 year old at the meter of filming . Cory Michael Smith turn 36 during the November 2022 production ofMay December , making him essentially spot on in terms of the age of his character , Georgie . Joe , of course , is around that same age too , a detail that pull in Gracie ’s female parent - Logos dynamic with Georgie all the more unknown compare to her partnership with Joe .
In existent life , Charles Melton is presently 32 years older and will rick 33 on January 4 , 2024 , just days before the 2024 Golden Globes . This means that the character he is act inMay Decemberis a dyad of years older than he is in reality . This actually seems to work in the favor ofMay December’sthemes , since Joe is ostensibly unripened any many degree , having been forced to spring up up much too young without the proper stages of social development throughout his adolescence .
Honor Atherton-Yoo - 22
Piper Curda - 26
Piper Curda plays Joe and Gracie ’s eldest girl inMay December , Honor Atherton - Yoo . Honor is the first nipper that Gracie and Joe had during the notorious malicious gossip that made international tabloid headline , meaning simulacrum of her as an infant and tiddler are likely well disperse throughout the press . accolade is around 22 years honest-to-goodness and is potential a senior in collegewho has escape the strange family moral force of her mom Gracie and her father Joe , who is only about 14 eld older than her .
bagpiper represents the itinerary that her jr. sibling Mary and Charlie could potentially take in come off herself from Gracie and Joe .
Piper Curda is currently 26 years old and was 25 when she portrayed Honor Atherton - Yoo during the product ofMay December . bagpiper convincingly trifle a college student who views her kin site with a mountain of emotion , often appearing like she ’s about to burst out laughing from the odd nature of her parent ' relationship . Piper defend the route that her younger sib Mary and Charlie could potentially take in detaching herself from Gracie and Joe once they are on their own in college . She is likely congressman of Mary Kay and Vili ’s eldest girl , Audrey Lokelani Fualaau , who is also presently 26 years honest-to-god .
May December contain layers of ocular and thematic symbolism that centre around a key concept of ego - reflection and how difficult our truths can be .
Charlie Atherton-Yoo - 18
Gabriel Chung - 20
Gabriel Chung present Charlie Atherton - Yoo , the only Word of Grace and Joe ’s relationship . He is apparently the similitude of Mary Atherton - Yoo , since they both graduate from high-pitched school at the same metre . This means that both characters are either 17 or 18 as the film direct place the summer before they go off to college . Charlie is a fictional character in relation to Mary Kay and Vili ’s literal - life child since they only had two daughters together who are only sort out by one twelvemonth . Gabriel Chung will turn 21 in January 2024 , indicating that he was 19 duringMay December’sNovember 2022 production .
associate : How Much Younger Joe ’s 3 Kids Are Than Him In May December
Mary Atherton-Yoo - 18
Elizabeth Yu - 21
Elizabeth Yu played Mary Atherton - Yoo , the duplicate babe of Charlie inMay December . Based on the setting of the film , Charlie and Mary are the exact same age . Elizabeth Yu had just become 20 in October 2022 before the November 2022 output ofMay December , meaning that she was only about a twelvemonth older than the high - school - aged teen she portrays in the motion picture . Mary and Charlie symbolise the young nipper of both Gracie and Joe , which will leave Joe an empty - squatter at the old age of 36 . Mary appears the least affected by the foreign circumstances of her parent ' relationship inMay December .
Elizabeth mentions in May December that her mom wrote a book on epistemic relativism , which proves to be a key theme in her miseducation of Gracie .
Cassidy Atherton - 37-38
Hailey Wist - 38
Cassidy Atherton is one of the adult nipper of Gracie and Tom Atherton inMay December . Cassidy is portray by actress Hailey Wist , who is 38 years old at the time of authorship and was 37 eld old at the time ofMay December’sproduction . It appears that Cassidy is older than Georgie in the moving-picture show , although it is n’t explicitly stated . She does have a daughter who looks to be just a few years younger than Charlie and Mary . In world , Mary Kay Letourneau ’s eldest daughter with her former husband , Mary Claire , is currently 36 , so that ’s likely within the age range of Cassidy .
Billy Atherton - 39-41
John Eric Lee Smith - Unknown
Billy Atherton is the oldest adult child of Gracie Atherton in her former marriage with Tom Atherton . Billy is briefly portrayed by John Eric Lee Smith , who has very little screen time and no speaking component inMay December . Smith ’s age is not made explicitly decipherable , although he seems to be within an eld range of 39 - 43 years old , which is congruent with the real - life firstborn boy of Mary Kay Letourneau , Steve Letourneau Jr. , who is currently 39 . Despite being Gracie ’s eldest son and at least three years old than Joe inMay December , Billy is not give much of a spot in the film .
