Geena Davis says a male actor told her she was 'too old' to be his love interest: 'I was 20 years younger'
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The Oscar winner claims she was denied a role because the leading man said she was too old, even though the actor was older than her.
‘It’s very strange and so prevalent,’ she explained. ‘A certain male actor that was making a movie said that I was too old to be his romantic interest, and I was 20 years younger than him.
She continues, "Women peak in their 20s and 30s, and men peak in their 40s and 50s as far as actors go. So the male stars of the movies want to appear to be younger than they are, or they want to appeal to younger people, so they always want a co-star who is really young.That is why that happens and that is why women don’t get cast very much after 40 and 50. It is because they are felt to be too old to be a romantic interest."