Emmy Rossum, 35, cast to play the mother of 25-year-old Tom Holland in upcoming AppleTV+ series

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The hair and makeup department is going to have their work cut out for them in order to make 35-year-old Emmy Rossum and 25-year-old Tom Hollard look like mother and son in a new AppleTV+ series.Despite being just a decade apart in age, Rossum has been cast to play the Spiderman star's mom in The Crowded Room, Deadline reported on Tuesday.Holland, who also serves as executive producer of the anthology series, is slated to play Danny Sullivan, a character suffering fromdissociative identity disorder.

Mother and son?Despite being just a decade apart in age, Emmy Rossum, 35, has been cast to play 25-year-old Tom Holland's mom in The Crowded Room, Deadline reported on TuesdayThe Crowded Room 'is an anthology series that will explore inspirational stories of those who have struggled with mental illness and learned to live successfully with it,' according to Deadline.Season one, which will be 10 episodes, is based on the life of writer and producer Akiva Goldsman as well as parts of the biography The Minds of Billy Milligan.

Rossum plays Candy, the mother of Danny who becomes the first person ever to be acquitted based on a diagnosis of multiple personalities.Multiple Personality Disorder is a now defunct diagnosis currently known asdissociative identity disorder.

Big role: Rossum plays Candy, the mother of Danny [Tom Holland] who becomes the first person ever to be acquitted based on a diagnosis of multiple personalitiesAccording to the Cleveland Clinic, those living with DID, a mental health condition,'have two or more separate identities.'The identities each have their own 'personal history, traits, likes and dislikes' and 'lead to gaps in memory and hallucinations (believing something is real when it isn’t).'Alongside.