37yr old actress told she's too old to play love interest of 55yr old man (PIC)

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Nograts

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This girl can pass for my wife when I'm 55. For a few years at least.
 

DesiPower

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Man.. first it was being fat, now being old... is it becoming mandatory to fantasize about ugly women?
 

twinrider1

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I don't think she's too old. But I don't really find her "sad turtle" look attractive at all either.

Yep, I think they were just being polite. Better to say she's not the right age than to say she's homely.

And really, her saying she was turned down because she was too old isn't fair and invites the obvious ageism comments. We don't know thing one about the man's role or the love interest's. Maybe the guy always teenage heroin-thin strippers. Maybe she just doesn't fit the part.
 

irishScott

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She's not topping my list, but she's plenty hot and a good actress. I see no reason why she couldn't play anyone's love interest. But that's Hollywood, the place that told Jennifer Lawrence she needed to lose weight or risk her career.
 

RaistlinZ

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They turned her down because she's not that attractive and doesn't have the look they're going for. It's ok to be honest about stuff. Just move onto the next audition.
 

preslove

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I think the casting director just said "too old" instead of "you look too weird for a love-interest."
 
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I am not a fan of Maggie Gyllenhaal or her looks. I actually thought it was a bad move to replace Katie Holmes with Maggie Gyllenhaal in Dark Knight, because as much as Katie was a bad actor, Maggie was, to me, distractingly homely, and it just made no sense that two powerful men (Bruce Wayne and Harvey Dent) would be competing for her affections. But yeah, Diane Lane is gorgeous.
 

Childs

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I think it depends on who the 55 yo male actor is. Brad Pitt is 51. George Clooney is 55. Denzel is 60. Age is one thing, but more importantly they would be out of her league. It was like Brad Pitt in World War Z. No way would he be married to that woman, even if she was much younger. Vera Farmiga is in her 40s, but you can see her with someone older or younger.

I kinda like Maggie Gyllenhaal's awkwardness, but she never was leading lady material. Except in maybe Secretary.
 

werepossum

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If she doesn't have a thick layer of makeup, she looks quite average.

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Even dressed up, she's nothing to write home about.

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She's got a lovely smile and a hippie chick thing going on that I find hot, even though I generally think hippies just smoke dope and smell bad.

Unfortunately true... I've got quite the man crush on Jake. Maggie was fairly attractive in the Secretary and is a good actress IMO but yeah very different looking.
I think the "very different looking" thing helps. Hollywood tends to pick the same type over and over, and being fairly face blind I have a difficult time telling them apart. Maggie I can tell apart, and I find her smoking hot. Although honestly, I think "Stranger than fiction" is the only thing I've seen her in for more than ten minutes.
 

Nograts

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She's got a lovely smile and a hippie chick thing going on that I find hot, even though I generally think hippies just smoke dope and smell bad.


I think the "very different looking" thing helps. Hollywood tends to pick the same type over and over, and being fairly face blind I have a difficult time telling them apart. Maggie I can tell apart, and I find her smoking hot. Although honestly, I think "Stranger than fiction" is the only thing I've seen her in for more than ten minutes.

It's okay to admit that you've never actually seen the moist labia minor and/or major of a woman and that you would take anything that was thrust in your face. It is also okay to admit that you are a poor excuse of a human being. Either way those of us that actually get real vagina on a daily basis will know...unfortunately our opinions will barely reflect on your neckbeard polls.
 

Hugo Drax

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She looks older than 35. I wonder why she aged so fast. She looks more like 47
 

feralkid

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How is this news? I'm sure she would get turned down of the role of "house slave number 3" as well. And this time for being too white! The fucking role wasn't likely written for a 37 year old. So, she was too fucking old.


Lighten up, Francis.








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