Rossum plays Candy, Danny's mother. The actor has an extensive film and television career and is most known for her raw role as Fiona Gallagher on the acclaimed series "Shameless."
Rossum's casting has stirred polarizing opinions from many on social media. The actor is only 10 years older than Holland, who plays her son. But in a June 2 interview with Entertainment Tonight, she said it makes sense. "Candy's a super young mom, she's almost a child in her own right when she becomes pregnant at age 16. You watch as I age from 25 to 35, which is actually younger than I am now," she explained.
She added of the series, "I was so taken with the series and really just loved all my scenes, especially with young Danny (Zachary Golinger). Our relationship was so beautiful and so I knew everything that we had that I had lost in the scenes with Tom. [It] was really fun."
