Maggie Gyllenhaal: At 37 I was 'too old' for role opposite 55-year-old man
Don't cast me if old.
Don't cast me if old.
I'm blown away that Monica Bellucci is now 50.
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Maggie Gyllenhaal: At 37 I was 'too old' for role opposite 55-year-old man
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RandyBobandy
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She looks really old though. Looks like she's 50 herself
Doc Holliday
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Holy crap, she's 37?! She looks 10 years older than me.
Freedom = $1.05
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Maggie has always looked at least a handful of years older than her actual age. It sucks that she's feeling aged out of roles, though. But, yeah, Jake took all of the young genes.
Is it hollywood's problem or real life's problem? The ratio of old dudes dating young chicks to old ladies dating young studs has to be at least 100:1
So someone who looks 50 is too old to be paired with someone who is 55?
1. False dichotomy. It can be both. Doesn't mean Hollywood has to perpetuate it, though.
2. In real life there may be more older dudes dating younger women than the other way around, but REFUSING to cast a woman because she looks like she's only a few years younger than the guy? That's purposely enforcing the problem to keep existing.
RandyBobandy
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Meanwhile, with Helen Mirren...
Dem genetics. She looks better at 69 than Maggie does at 37
Delta Assault
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This made her feel angry? Gosh, I hope she didn't log onto the internet in the months after TDK came out...
thecouncil
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Napoleonthechimp
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Thank god I'm a man. Women have it rough.
Yep. People see it over and over in the media and it normalizes it. When something is not seen enough in the media, people say "it doesn't look right" and then dating patterns are affected.
Goro Majima
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sixteen-bit
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dat double standard
exmachina64
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Depends on the role really doesn't it?
I feel like not much can really be said either way about this unless we know who she wanted to portray.
Wow had no idea Amy was over 40
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Culturally, its been that way forever and let's be honest, it still is. Its far less common to see younger men with older women.
(Obviously, 50 year old men with 20s women isn't really that common unless the man in question is an oil tycoon or something.)
This has been truth in television for thousands of years. Its not Hollywood.
Stereogatari
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Why? Human nature wants to see the most aesthetically perfect people.
What? Has hollywood been around for thousands of years?
CapitalismSucks DonkeyBalls
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That's exactly what it was. The movie was based on a novel in which a 55 year-old man is in love with a mid-20's woman.
Makes sense why they proceeded with their casting choices.
PK Strawstorm
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This is what I thought. We have no context as to what the role is other than "lover."
Finaika
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Lois is generally older than Clark in the comics so I guess that's why.
excelsiorlef
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Jesus christ people she does not look 50. Get the fuck out of here.
But in general, looking at many different roles, it's a pattern.
Culturally people only dated within their own race. It's been that way forever and let's be honest, for a lot of people out there, it still is. Its far less common to see interracial couples than same-race couples.
It's not hollywood's responsibility to correct societies problems. If they made a movie about a game development studio, should they cast women in every role to not perpetuate the boys club stereotype of game development?
Also, we don't have the whole story, I doubt it was just because she looked "too old." If anything, I think it was a slightly nicer way of saying "not attractive enough"
Napoleonthechimp
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The man desires aesthetically pleasing women (good genes to pass on). A woman desires security (physical, emotional, financial) to ensure her and her children's well being.
Hence women generally prefer older men who have their shit together.
At least I figure that's how it works on some primal level.
Hence women generally prefer older men who have their shit together.
At least I figure that's how it works on some primal level.
Higgins113
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"AND YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL"
Was this to show how insane the Joker was?
Was this to show how insane the Joker was?
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I think the taboo on interracial relationships at least within the US is less pronounced than it used to be.
Delta Assault
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Producers to Jennifer Connelly at 37: "Sorry, you're too young."
It's everyone's responsibility to at least not perpetuate society's problems. Refusing to cast women who look too old is purposely perpetuating the problem. It isn't just "not solving" the problem. It's purposely making sure the problem continues to exist.
And it's not just about that one role. It's about patterns in our society, and this is a tangible example. It wouldn't be newsworthy if it was really about just one role.
And that is in thanks to people purposely fighting the idea that you have to continue a pattern just because "it's always been that way."
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