Gabrielle Union is pulling inspiration from her relationship with Dwyane Wade for her new Netflix movie The Perfect Find.

If you were unaware, there’s a nine-year age gap between the 50-year-old actress and 41-year-old basketball star.

Her new movie portrays a relationship with an age gap, and it turns out that Gabrielle was able to mine the experience of her early days with Dwyane while filming.

She opened up about that time with her husband, revealing a family member that asked a big question in the process, during a recent interview.

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Speaking with USA Today, Gabrielle explained that she could easily relate to the age gap in the movie because she “lived it.”

“Being with someone who’s nine years younger than me and dealing with it,” she elaborated. “In the very beginning, [Wade’s mother] was like … ‘What do you want?’ … So you pull from those things.”

Gabrielle and Dwyane speak quite candidly about their relationship. In fact, earlier this month the NBA star opened up about their decision to split their finances down the middle.

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Press play on the trailer for The Perfect Find below…