Susan Sarandon claims Hollywood’s fixation with young starlets has made it harder for older actresses to land attractive roles.
The 66-year-old Thelma & Louise star, who won the best actress Oscar in 1996 for Dead Man Walking, complained that she keeps being cast as a parent.
She told ES Magazine: “I think the obsession with youth has made it difficult for older women to be handsome. Lately I’ve been playing an awful lot of mothers or people who are dying.”
In her new film, Arbitrage, out on March 1, she is cast as the long-suffering wife of a crooked hedge fund magnate played by Richard Gere.
She added: “I have an allergy to the financial world but Arbitrage gives a unique look at the family dynamic. I’ve worked with Richard many times before and I thought he would make the whole thing sexier.”
