Naomi Watts Was Told Her Career Would End Once She Was Post 40 IndieWire
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Naomi Watts Was Told Her Career Would End Once She Was ‘ Unf*ckable’ After Age 40
You are not sexy so therefore you are not hirable Watts recalled being told about approaching menopause
Samantha Bergeson Oct 4, 2022 9:29 am Share This Article Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp Email Print Talk Naomi Watts WireImage Naomi Watts revealed the ageist and sexist advice she was once given. Watts, who starred in David Lynch’s iconic “Mulholland Drive” at age 33, was told by industry insiders that her career would end by 40, or until she was no longer “sexy.” “I was told, ‘You better get a lot done because it’s all over at 40 when you become unfuckable,'” Watts told Entertainment Weekly. “And I’m like, ‘What? What does that mean exactly?’ Then you think about it, and you go, ‘Oh, right. When you are no longer reproductive, when those organs are no longer functioning, you are not sexy, so, therefore, you are not hirable.’ That just made me so mad.” Since Watts’ breakthrough role in 2001, she has since accumulated two Oscar nominations and is currently leading Ryan Murphy’s Netflix true crime series “The Watcher.” Yet there is still a ticking clock for women in Hollywood, no matter their level of fame or accolades.Related
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