Meryl Streep still manages to stay on top of her game in Hollywood, but she knows that some of her fellow actors have had issues booking work because of their age.
The Into the Woods star, 65, called out the industry and our culture in general for being “youth-obsessed” during the film’s premiere on Monday in New York.
“Especially people that pass 40,” she told People of “our culture's” obsession with being young.
She gave examples of her own experiences, saying “When I was 40, I was offered three witch [roles]. I was not offered any female adventurers or love interests or heroes or demons. I was offered witches because I was 'old' at 40."
Fast forward 25 years and Streep did take up one of those witch roles for Into the Woods. She stars opposite an all-star cast of Johnny Depp, Emily Blunt, Christine Baranski, Chris Pine, Anna Kendrick and Jake Gyllenhaal.
Streep does admit that we’ve made progress since then, but it’s still a problem.
"Things have changed since then, I think," she said. “That was 25 years ago. Now there's so much more interesting stuff available. But still … "
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