Once Jane Fonda was among the brightest stars shining in the Hollywood firmament, but after meeting media mogul Ted Turner, whom she later married, she decided to retire from the set, taking a break from the cameras. However, her absence from the business lasted longer than expected… Thus, fifteen years later, her fans had already lost all hope that they would ever see her on the big screen.
Until the movie “Mother-in-law” hit the theaters, with which she made a dramatic comeback in the industry after divorcing her husband, whom she now describes as her beloved ex-husband. The film, in which she co-starred with Jennifer Lopez and Michael Vartan, not only revived her career, but also shot her to the top again, as if she had never left it. In a recent interview with the “Daily Mirror”, the legendary actress, awarded with two “Oscar” awards, defined her participation in the production as the greatest luck that has sprung on her professional path.
“It was the smartest move I’ve made in going after him, at a time when I’ve been out of the game for over a decade“, she states flatly. “PI thought, “People will come to see the romantic comedy because of JLo, but they’ll actually rediscover Fonda“.
And that’s exactly what happens, because contrary to criticism, viewers fall in love with her character, even though the studio behind the title suggests that the audience will like her co-star more, since he is the positive image in the story .
“The producer was a friend of mine, and when I agreed to join the project, he hired someone to rewrite the role specifically for me. The end result was great“, says the 84-year-old celebrity, who admits that her work with the Latin diva saved everything that she had built up with great difficulty in the past.
In addition to reminding people of her, the worldwide box office grosser of over one hundred and fifty million dollars, “Mother-in-law”, which became her first film since 1990, opened new horizons for the star, who after it received invitations to a number of new roles that put her back among the A-League in the industry.
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