“Originally, they didn’t want to see me for Modern Family because I was 18 and Haley’s character was 15. They were like, ‘She’s too old.’ And at the time, my agent’s assistant fought for me to get in the room. She was like, ‘She doesn’t look 18 years old, I promise you!’”
Read more: Sarah Hyland reveals she was almost turned away from auditioning for ‘Modern Family’ because she was “too old”: Here’s an interesting post from https://reddit.com/r/Modern_Family/comments/1tfbcqj/sarah_hyland_reveals_she_was_almost_turned_away/: “Originally, they didn’t want to see me for Modern Family because I was 18 and Haley’s character was 15. They were like, ‘She’s too old.’ And at the time, my agent’s assistant fought for me to get in the room. She was like, ‘She doesn’t look 18 years old, I promise you!’” Continue here: Sarah Hyland reveals she was almost turned away from auditioning for ‘Modern Family’ because she was “too old”: