Lack of diversity and sexual harassment aren’t the only ills plaguing Hollywood. From the age of 40, roles become rare for actresses.
Naomi Watts, now 54, can attest to this: “I’ve been told, ‘You better work a lot because it’s all over at 40 when you get unfuckable,'” she told Entertainment Weekly. And I was like, ‘What? What does that mean exactly?’ Then you think regarding it and you’re like, ‘Oh, okay. When you are no longer a breeder. When those organs don’t work, you’re not sexy, so you’re not hired. It drove me crazy.”
We are far from the rose water morality broadcast throughout the film…