From the beginning, the fans loved the cast Modern Family – but that has certainly changed in the last 13 years. When the series debuted, many of the cast members were so young that they eventually grew up on screen.
“Definitely there was one season for me when I hit puberty when we took a break, then came back and I changed but not enough,” Nolan Gould said on the panel for the final season in January 2020. “It’s strange that those years are broadcast to millions of people. It’s like a home movie, but for everyone. I feel lucky enough to have a wonderful fan base that supports us.
Ariel Winter, who was 11 years old when the show began, also felt pressure to grow up as a young woman on the screen.
“Growing up in front of everyone is hard. It’s stressful. Millions of people think they can comment on your life,” said Winter, now 22 years old. “Rico [Rodriguez], Nolan and I changed a lot over 11 years. … The year I had braces was a bad year for me. I went through puberty in the summer. I have other things.”
Sarah Hyland also received a lot of social media criticism over his changing appearance throughout the series. He was 18 when the first episode aired.
“I went through a fun season, not through puberty, but through health. I had a really bad Prednisone face and gained 30 pounds,” said Hyland, 29. “People like to attack women, especially. I think Ariel is an amazing woman and must have grown up and handled it gracefully and calmly. I think between the two of us we have gone and attacked.
In general, the Blind Date the actress shared that it was difficult because there was no one close to her age.
“I’m like in a nobody’s country among all the people born in 1998 and the person closest to me is Jesse [Tyler Ferguson]. Being in your late teens, early 20s in no man’s land, it’s really hard. It doesn’t hurt in retrospect, it’s just annoying,” she told reporters at the time. “The way I’m moving forward is that I’m not going to post pictures from season 4 or 5.”
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