Can Benjamin Button Really Happen?

Progeria is also known as Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) or the “Benjamin Button” disease (named after the short story and movie 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'). It's a rare genetic condition that results in a child's body aging rapidly.

Is the curious case of Benjamin Button a real story?

Benjamin Button is loosely based upon a short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, who – in a letter to his editor, Harold Ober – sullenly acknowledged that he would be remembered for his flapper stories, like The Great Gatsby, and not his other works.

How does Benjamin Button begin?

Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flickers in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer.