The show has left everyone googling Zoe’s age
Avatar and Marvel actor Zoe Saldana has left Netflix viewers scratching their heads over her real age as she takes on a new role in From Scratch, a romantic mini-series that has just landed on the platform.
Spoiler alert: She’s 44.
Based on Tembi Locke’s From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home, the show follows an artist named Amy Wheeler (Zoe) as she falls in love with a Sicilian chef (Eugenio Mastrandrea) and they build a life together that transcends cultures, languages, and life’s biggest challenges.
The show has quickly become beloved for its depictions of romantic, familial, and parental love, and it will make you cry tears of joy and tears of heartbreak in equal measure.
Amy, who is based on the memoir’s author Locke, is a loving daughter and sister who was raised in Houston, Texas. When the series starts, the law student takes a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to study art in Florence, where she meets Lino.
Grab some delicious Italian food and a box of tissues because the beautiful, heartwarming, romantic & emotional limited series From Scratch starring Zoe Saldaña is now on Netflix pic.twitter.com/Yasn5TnRDY
— Netflix (@netflix) October 21, 2022
Amy, when we meet her, is in her early-to-mid twenties and has just arrived in Florence. She’s enrolled in an art programme that her overbearing father frets will distract her from finishing a law degree.
It’s a love story for the ages
While many viewers talked about how emotional the show is, others couldn’t help but notice that Zoe, who is in her forties, plays someone half her age. And gets away with it.
I honestly hadn’t paid too much attention to the age of Zoë in From Scratch. Just enjoyed the series. They needed someone to grow with the character over the years. Makes sense to choose an older person I guess.
— Rihanna waseNanda/Fitness Rabbit (@Sly_Lunatic) October 24, 2022
started from scratch and it’s cute but it’s just so funny that they have Zoe Saldana playing a 20 something year old
— jasmine (@jasiashley) October 22, 2022
Zoe Saldaña is 44 years old playing someone who is seemingly not that too far out of college age in From Scratch? This is crazy
— 🙃 (@damsuda) October 27, 2022
https://twitter.com/DrNomhle_Global/status/1583484526046875650
One user on Twitter wrote: “I started from scratch and it’s cute but it’s just so funny that they have Zoe Saldana playing a 20 something year old.”
“Zoe Saldana doesn’t age at all,” another posted, adding: “so flawless. I’m comparing her from the movie Colombiana to the Netflix series ‘From Scratch’ and she hasn’t changed a bit. What a gorgeous woman!”
A third shocked social media user, shared: “Zoe Saldaña is 44 years old playing someone who is seemingly not that too far out of college age in From Scratch? This is crazy.”
A fourth said: “I honestly hadn’t paid too much attention to the age of Zoë in From Scratch. Just enjoyed the series. They needed someone to grow with the character over the years. Makes sense to choose an older person I guess.”
From Scratch is executively produced by Academy and actress Reese Witherspoon. The show also marks Attica Locke’s second production with Hello Sunshine, Witherspoon’s female-forward media company, following the release of “Little Fires Everywhere” in 2020. On the upcoming release, Attica served as showrunner and worked as an executive producer alongside her sister, Tembi.
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