She's 10 years old than Richard Burgi, but in that photo she looks like she's the same age, so playing his mother would be a stretch, not that they wouldn't do it. 

^^

On B&B Lesley-Anne Down (born 1954) played the mother of Jack Wagner (born 1959) for years. And frankly, he looked older than her....

Patricia Bruder (Ellen Stewart), born in 1936, played the mother of John Colenback's Dan Stewart on As the World Turns for years. Colenback, born in 1935, was a year older than Bruder. John Reilly, who also played Dan for a while, was born in 1934. It was all so ridiculous. 

In the Y&R case, if the show wants Brooks Prentiss to be a new and viable leading man, gratuitously and arbitrarily making him be in his 60s is counter-productive . If Brooks is said to be in his 60s, that would age Leslie to 90+.

No thanks.

14 hours ago, Soapsuds said:

Billy should be in his 30s  and Brooks should be in his late 40s not in his mid 60s.

 

Kinda my point and pointing out the show doesn't give a [!@#$%^&*]. Yes of course they should.

Given there does indeed seem to be age discrepancy, I also wonder if Ashland is actually going to turn out be Theo’s actual dad, just faked his death and came up with a new identity? Sounds ridiculous but this is Josh Griffith’s Y&R in 2021 so of course something dumb/off would occur like that. 

If Brooks Prentiss were brought back, who would you like to see in the role ? 

16 hours ago, soapfan770 said:

Given there does indeed seem to be age discrepancy, I also wonder if Ashland is actually going to turn out be Theo’s actual dad, just faked his death and came up with a new identity? Sounds ridiculous but this is Josh Griffith’s Y&R in 2021 so of course something dumb/off would occur like that. 

 

Sounds more like a Griffith idea to me so it's probably this. I can't see Ashland being Brooks. 

 

How on earth does this man still keep his job? Must be nice to just throw out random ideas and call yourself a head writer for years and years. Y&R feels so lost and empty.