The popular series Never Have I Ever was released back in 2020, and the co-creator of the show has finally opened up about the “creepy” age gap between two major stars.
Ever since the show gained popularity, Never Have I Ever has been trending on social media, but now the co-creator has spoken out about something that needed to be addressed.
It seems fans have speculated this a few times, but it has never really been spoken about, until now…
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Created by actress Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher, the comedy skit series launched back in April 2020…
And has since had 3 seasons, the fourth will be the last one in the Netflix series, as per reports.
The show is a coming-of-age comedy and follows the life of a modern-day first-generation Indian American teenage girl, named Devi, played by actress Maitreyi Ramakrishnan.
While fans were charmed by the character ever since season 1, many still had one complaint which has now been confronted.
And it’s about one of Devi’s love interests, called Paxton, played by Darren Barnet…
While they’ve been portrayed as teenagers in the show…
People have now realized their real-life age gap…
Which has gained a lot of negative attention.
In real life there’s an eleven-year age gap between the 2 and it’s not sitting well with fans…
And many have expressed their anguish on social media.
“It’s v creepy that everyone in Never Have I Ever thought it was okay to put 19-year-old Maitreyi with a 30-year-old dude Darren??? Does no one else see how that’s just not the right age gap?” said one user.
“Time to watch the new season of Never Have I Ever and complain about how creepy the age gap between Paxton and Devis actors are,” said another.
“Am I the only one a little weirded out by the age gap between Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and Darren Barnet in Never Have I Ever?” a third added.
And now, the co-creator of the show has responded to the age gap concerns…
According to Newsweek, Fisher said they wanted the kids to feel like “authentic teens.”
“From the get-go we wanted these kids to feel like authentic teens. In Riverdale, sometimes they wear what you would wear if you were a lawyer going to work, or they’re dressed like PR executives.
“They all seem so mature. We wanted [our cast] to feel like real teens. Our one outlier is Darren, who is in his late 20s,” Fisher said.
According to reports, Ramakrishnan is currently twenty years old while Barnet is thirty-one.
So since season 1 of the show started filming in 2019, that would’ve made them seventeen and twenty-eight respectively.
Fisher also revealed that you can’t ask someone their age when they audition.
“You can’t ask someone how old they are when they audition. You just have to assume that they’re a reasonable age.
“I don’t think we found out what his age was until we were deep in the season and then we were like, ‘Oh, OK.’ I assumed he was, like, 20,” she added.
“And the other thing I will say, when you see an actual 15-year-old boy, they’re just not going to be a heartthrob. They look like a tiny baby,” she concluded.
What do you think?