Sliding Doors poster

Movie · 1998

Sliding Doors

Released 23 April 1998 More from 1998 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

Helen, a London ad executive, is fired from her job and rushes out to catch a train, but, as she runs down, her life suddenly splits off. In one version she catches the train; in the second, she misses it. Her whole life changes in that one second, and the rest of the film depicts what happens in each scenario.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Virginia McKenna
as James' Mother
66
Kevin McNally
as Paul
41
Douglas McFerran
as Russell
40
Christopher Villiers
as Steve
37
John Lynch
as Gerry
36
Jeanne Tripplehorn
as Lydia
34
Nina Young
as Claudia
32
Gwyneth Paltrow
as Helen Quilley
25
Paul Stacey
as Man on Tube
Unknown
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
41years between the oldest and youngest billed
66Virginia McKenna — oldest on the call sheet
25Gwyneth Paltrow — youngest billed
39average age of the credited cast
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