War Of The Worlds Movie Fact

In 'War of the Words' 2005 directed by Steven Spielberg, the grandparents are played by the stars from the original war of the words movie. 

The Grandparents in the 2005 war of the words are played by Gene Berry and Ann Robinson.

They were the main stars of the 1953 version of the movie directed by Byron Haskins. It is hard to tell they were the original stars because they were aged and only appeared for a short time.