Tom Cruise is now the same age that Wilford Brimley was in Cocoon

[Don Vito Corleone]

A friend pointed this out to me today and I remain weirded out by it. Interesting bit of trivia for us 70s/80s kids.

That is all.

 

[blankslate]

Obviously Tom Cruise is taking advantage of advanced secret technology from Xenu that is superior what was available to Wilford Brimley

 

[shortylickens]

Yeah, he has 1000 times the money and plastic surgery is much better these days.

 

[dank69]

A friend pointed this out to me today and I remain weirded out by it. Interesting bit of trivia for us 70s/80s kids.

That is all.

I heard his rebound is some supermodel that is 5" taller than him w/o heels.

 

[FelixDeCat]

You mean that risky business teen is now an old man jumping in glowing pools?

 

[vi edit]

Wow. Tom and Wilford are at aboslute opposite ends of the "how well you age" category. Wilford looked fricken old in Cacoon 20 years ago.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Could be the diabeetus.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Wow. Tom and Wilford are at aboslute opposite ends of the "how well you age" category. Wilford looked fricken old in Cacoon 20 years ago.

I think having the name "Wilford Brimley" must age a man, especially compared to a cool-sounding name like "Tom Cruise."

 

[shortylickens]

For reference:

 

[Atomic Playboy]

For reference:

Wow, Wilford Brimley was a babe in Cocoon...

 

[Gooberlx2]

Wow. Was Wilford Brimley typical for 51 years old in 1985? I thought he was like 70 or 80 in Cocoon.

 

[tboo]

Not bad for 55

 

[Lifted]

Wilford Brimley looked 75 in Cocoon, not 50. He MUST be lying about his DOB.

 

[KeithP]

This story started circulating when the latest Mission Impossible movie hit theaters. As I understand it, Wilfred Brimley's make up in Cocoon was done in such a way to age him for the part. So it isn't the greatest of comparisons.

-KeithP

 

[OlafSicky]

For reference:

now lets see her withoug makeup and plastic surgery

 

[pelov]

But does Cruise have diabeetus?

+1 Brimley.

 

[William Gaatjes]

Is this Tom Cruise ?

If he is, he is just a person who lives very healthy.

 

[judasmachine]

Not bad for 55

Wow! The GILF will become a reality at this rate.

 

[William Gaatjes]

Wilford Brimley played Blair in the thing.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

I'm pretty sure Wilford could still whip Tom Cruise's @ss. Wilford was a Marine, a rodeo rider and a blacksmith. He's probably one tough old SOB.

 

[JamesV]

Wilford Brimley didn't have a team of scientologists with briefcase's full of 1950's car dials. Too bad, could have cured his diabeetus.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

This story started circulating when the latest Mission Impossible movie hit theaters. As I understand it, Wilfred Brimley's make up in Cocoon was done in such a way to age him for the part. So it isn't the greatest of comparisons.

-KeithP

Fair, but even in The Thing (which was a couple of years earlier), he looked at least 10-15 years older than Cruise does now. A lot of it is his voice, demeanor, etc. Just thought it was interesting.

This still is from Cocoon - it doesn't really look like makeup to me, but I guess anything's possible.

Just as a frame of reference, here is WB from The Natural, which was released the year before Cocoon:

And from The Thing, 3 years before Cocoon:

 

[William Gaatjes]

On a case to case basis, diabetes can bloat a person and can make a person look easily 10 years older.

3 years before the movie "the thing", he was diagnosed with diabetes.
And the state of medicine was at that time not as advanced as now.
Add that he was going bald.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

On a case to case basis, diabetes can bloat a person and can make a person look easily 10 years older.

3 years before the movie "the thing", he was diagnosed with diabetes.
And the state of medicine was at that time not as advanced as now.
Add that he was going bald.

And . . . ?

I'm not trying to pick on Wilford Brimley at all. I like him, and The Thing is one of my favorite movies. I sincerely wish Wilford Brimley a long, happy and successful life.

The whole thread was just to make an interesting observation (or at least interesting to me). The things you mention, while unfortunate for Mr. Brimley, don't in any way undermine the point that there was a startling disparity in their apparent ages while their chronological ages were the same. If you don't think it's interesting, no hard feelings on my part.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Wow. Tom and Wilford are at aboslute opposite ends of the "how well you age" category. Wilford looked fricken old in Cacoon 20 years ago.

Then again, I don't think Wilford looks much older now than he did 20 years ago.

Look at Sean Connery: