For years she was part of the select group of most wanted actresses in Hollywood, such as Catherine Zeta Jones The Halle berry and little by little Michelle Pfeiffer it has been present in some projects on the big screen. Last year he released his new film “French Exit” where he plays a woman wealthy who falls from grace in the more mature years and in a way identifies with her.
In the midst of the interviews he offers promoting the film, Michelle Pfeiffer He touched on a very controversial issue in the show, which is the discrimination that usually exists against female actresses when they reach a certain age. She has experienced it herself every time she appears on red carpets (or so she did before the pandemic).
As he recalls, most of the media outlined these situations with phrases such as: “he has reinvented himself”, “he dodges the passage of time”, which he says does not happen with his male colleagues in Hollywood. “They never say that about men. It has improved a bit, but it is irritating. You would never hear them say ‘age defying’ about an actor, “he said. Michelle Pfeiffer.
But not everything is bad, since the protagonist of “Grease” emphasizes that little by little the industry is changing. “There are more and more women over 50 who are in positions of power, who can give the green light to projects and who are leading. It has been a slow build over time and I think we are seeing the fruits of that. And I am very lucky to be here, at the right age at the right time, “he added.
At the moment Michelle Pfeiffer is working on her next project, “First Ladies,” starring Viola Davis as Michelle Obama and herself as Betty Ford. The actress says she’s “a little nervous” about returning to production during Covid-19, but is excited to immerse herself in her character who raised awareness of addiction and breast cancer in the 1970s.
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