While the rest of the Heroes cast may claim they’re over the moon that Hayden Panettiere and Milo Ventimiglia are dating, at least one person recognizes that the couple’s 12-year age difference is a little strange. “I think it’s gross, to be perfectly honest,” Thomas Dekker — who played Claire’s best friend, Zach during season one of Heroes — tells Life & Style magazine. “It’s kind of like if I were dating a 12-year-old,” the 20-year-old adds.
Not content with just calling the coupling “gross,” the Sarah Connor Chronicles star also says that he can’t even comprehend how the co-stars make it work. “I’m definitely surprised they’re together. For me, it would be a struggle to be with someone in such a different age range,” he says.
Guess this kills any chance of Thomas dating Lena Headey, the 34-year-old who plays his mother on the Terminator spin-off.