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 Sigourney Weaver
Interview By: Rocco Passafuime In Hollywood, there is nothing more threatening to an actress’s shelf life than age, especially middle age. While many of them may make the always risky venture of plastic surgery, Sigourney Weaver has gracefully and almost unexpectedly defied the odds to become one of the industry’s most enduring actresses. From the Alien and Ghostbusters films to Galaxy Quest to her incredible performance as a childlike autistic woman in Snow Cake, Weaver is still lights up the screen at the age of 58. In a still largely male-dominated industry, the actress states that what is a credit to her longevity is her tenaciousness to get the most exciting and three-dimensional roles possible in her age group. “I happen to think in the old days, there were plenty of women’s parts, in the 30’s and 40’s,” she believes, “It’s true that my parts have gotten more interesting as I had gotten older. I don’t think it’s a big change that people are noticing now. I think that when a mature actor has a big hit like The Devil Wears Prada, that certainly helps. But I think that great stories have great women’s parts. Great women’s parts, none of those parts are the ingénue, they are often the least interesting parts. However, Weaver is careful to also note that despite the many more doors being open now for female performers than when she started in the 1970’s, the industry still has a long way to go from a complete sense of feminist progression. “I’m glad people are more aware, but I don’t think I really perceive an increase in these parts,” Sigourney says, “I hope one is sent women’s parts that aren’t the cliché ‘dragon’ parts,” said I think there’s still a lot of those out there and I think one’s job is to maneuver around so you can avoid playing an insulting role or get a script that’s semi-insulting, you work with the writer or the director to make it really.” “But I think as baby boomers age, I think the whole world is shifting and growing old with grace when your thirty and forty is not just a show business thing,” she adds, “It’s a thing that older women are putting out because we take care of ourselves and stay active and have energy. I do think older women are fascinating.” Her latest role as an older woman is TV news producer Rex Brooks, caught in the middle of multiple accounts of an assassination attempt on a U.S. president, in the thriller Vantage Point. Sigourney first shared with us what motivated her to do the role. “Well, it really seemed like this old-fashioned thriller where the ground keeps shifting under the feet of the viewer and I just thought it was a great idea for a movie,” Weaver says, “It’s sort of these eccentric circles to getting into what happened in this and the truth about any of these events is that we only get kind of the outside. A lot ... |
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