Rapid Aging
As is common on Soap Opera's, the Bauer children were rapidly aged into adulthood. This eventually created a preposterous age differentiation between the generations, as the practice was utilized over the course of the series. For example, Bert's son, Mike was aged about fifteen years, as was Mike's daughter, Hope. Hope's son, Alan-Michael was eventually rapidly aged as well. Had they been seen on screen together, Bert, whose portrayer was born in 1922, would have only been about forty-five years older than her great-grandson, whose portrayer (Rick Hearst) was born in 1965.
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