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Samantha Morton Said She Hasn’t Worked Since “The Odyssey,” And It’s Reignited A Conversation About Ageism
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I get to spend my days writing all about the pop culture stories that your group chats are talking about. "Casting directors really act like it's illegal to hire any woman who might be within spitting distance of perimenopause," another user wrote. "You either have to be a hot young starlet or elderly. It's actually impossible to just be a normal, human adult woman." "It’s weird because I feel like once women are above 60 or so, they get [cast] as grand dames, matriarchs, etc. Maybe? But it’s really the middle-aged crowd that gets woefully overlooked. It’s sad," another user suggested.
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