Demi Moore Blames Age for Lack of Roles
Mr. Hole the Magnificent
Seemingly ageless actress Demi Moore turns 47 tomorrow and she is
blaming her age on the loss of all the good blockbuster movie roles.
“The frustrating part is that the type of roles I'd be interested in
are not really coming to me. I hate to say it's a function of my age –
but yes, I think in some ways it is,” Moore told W magazine in their
December issue. "The majority of [female] roles are geared between 25
and 35. I know I have an eccentric, obsessive-compulsive side. I'm
looking for roles that reach into that quirkier place."
Moore has become more famous in recent years for her marriage to “That
'70s Show” actor Ashton Kutcher, 16 years her junior, than for her
acting chops. But even though she accepts all the press criticism with
a quiet grace, the actress told the magazine she doesn’t understand
why she has been singled out as the poster child for May-December
relationships since she isn’t the first older woman to marry a much
younger man in Hollywood.
“I’m certainly not the first person to be in a relationship with a
younger man, but somehow I was plucked out as a bit of a poster girl,”
Moore said of her six and half year relationship with Kutcher. “I
don’t know why that is. But I just kind of step back sometimes and
say, ‘There is some reason, and what is it that I have to share in a
positive way?’”
The “Ghost “ actress also told the magazine if people feel the need to
assign her a label she prefers the title “puma” to the more derogatory
“cougar.”
While Moore may not be getting the big studio roles she does star in
two upcoming independent films, “Happy Tears” and “The Joneses” with
David Duchovny. She is also the face of Helena Rubinstein’s new
“Wanted” perfume.
http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2009/11/10/demi-moore-prefers-puma-title/
Captain Infinity
Mr. Hole the Magnificent wrote:
>Seemingly ageless actress Demi Moore turns 47 tomorrow and she is
>blaming her age on the loss of all the good blockbuster movie roles.
>
>�The frustrating part is that the type of roles I'd be interested in
>are not really coming to me. I hate to say it's a function of my age �
>but yes, I think in some ways it is,� Moore told W magazine in their
>December issue.
I dunno about anyone else, but I really think I've seen about all of
Demi Moore that I want to see. It's not her age, she still looks good
for her age. I'm just not interested in watching her any more, in
anything. She should go into real estate.
**
Captain Infinity
TBerk
wrote:
> I'm just not interested in watching her any more, in
> anything. She should go into real estate.
>
> **
> Captain Infinity
I can understand the feeling but in my case I'd say it would depend on
the material.
Maybe she should make a film about _that_, being 'of a certain age'
and going into Real Estate as a careerer.
berk
Stone me
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berk
Women get into film based on how they look, rather than how they
can perform. That's the problem for her and every other woman.
It exists for men, but in a much lesser sense. The difference, I
suppose is that women don't see as much serious film as men,
so their power via the marketplace is of less consequence.
If you look at the rise in body altering surgery - boobs, lips, eyes,
etc., it follows the demand. If you don't look 18, then you had better
show some sign of at least trying..
The problem stems from demand, of course.
Serious roles for women in films for a wide audience are rare.
Meryl Steep secured most of them during her career.
For every beautiful young woman who is cast into a film, there has to be
an older, better qualfied actress who cannot get a part.
I reserve judgement on Ms. Moore
Stone me.
moviePig
wrote:
(...head-first?) She's undoubtedly right about the age-ism, and even
about its gender bias if that too is implied ...but those owe more to
biology than to political conspiracy. Besides, there seems an
unhealthy sense of entitlement to anyone's feeling "cheated" out of
their spot in a tiny, overpaid, over-adored, and notoriously fickle
hierarchy.
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The Lone Poster
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Posted by: CNN.com entertainment writer Jo Piazza
Seemingly ageless actress Demi Moore turns 47 tomorrow and she is
blaming her age on the loss of all the good blockbuster movie roles.
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Couldn't be here mediocre acting ability, could it? Could it?
Rich T
Maybe she could play a battered woman in a Lifetime movie. I'll
provide the batter ;-)
Madara0806
Michelle Pfeiffer is older than Demi and more gorgeous than ever and
still starring in movies. She's also a much better actress than Ms.
Moore.
The only thing I've ever liked Moore in was CHARLIE'S ANGELS FULL
THROTTLE where she played some kind of super-villain. She could make a
good living in trashy movies and TV. Why would anyone offer her Meryl
Streep's parts?
Flasherly
>
> Michelle Pfeiffer is older than Demi and more gorgeous than ever and
> still starring in movies. She's also a much better actress than Ms.
> Moore.
>
> The only thing I've ever liked Moore in was CHARLIE'S ANGELS FULL
> THROTTLE where she played some kind of super-villain. She could make a
> good living in trashy movies and TV. Why would anyone offer her Meryl
> Streep's parts?
Sounds like she never got to fulfill a dimension to herself to play as
well as Julia Roberts. Got to admit that's pretty low, consigning her
off to TeeVee;- I didn't even like her on latenight TeeVee with David
Letterman, when she got up on top of the coffee table and stripped
down to her bra and panties. Everything was there, I'd imagine,
except it wasn't more (than movies) with syndicated three-point-five-
minute reminders reality matters.
Did catch her opposite Burt Reynolds, though, playing a stripper, and
liked her very much at the top of her game;- she even managed to lower
Burt a few more pegs in playing the fool to her. Missed her in CA-
FT. Not sure I could handle that, period. Older, experienced
strippers with raucous voices, well, may be on to something: not the
sort of trash we'd expect to see Meryl or Michelle grind out.
--
"...they don't know what to do with me. I am flawed. And I'm not 20.
Not 30. But I'm certainly different from what most people feel someone
in her 40s should be." -http://img2.allposters.com/images/
77/039_36406.jpg
Goro
Litle Miss STRIPTEASE/INDECENT PROPOSAL/GI JANE needs to just go
away. The one film i saw where she was required to bringn some acting
to the table (PASSION OF MIND), she was terrible. I'm so thankful
that she hasn't been in anything of note lately.
-goro-
gerry
Demi Moore should check out the careers of actresses in the 1930s to
see how fleeting a career as a Hollywood star can be. IMDb has
listings of actresses that show them then going from leading roles in
movies to uncredited performances working a scene or two as featured
players. Long careers in Hollywood have never been the norm.
Nowadays, with the major studios producing on their own fewer movies
than ever, few stars find leading roles, whatever age they are. The
fallback for actors in the past was appearing as guest stars on
scripted shows on television. Many of the hour long slots on TV are
now the property of reality TV shows, cheaper to produce in most cases
(American Idol's host costs may it an exception to this rule) and no
need for guest star performers (unless those rumors are true that
some of the shows coach the participants and fix the outcomes).
Hollywood is in one of its worst recessions ever, rivaling the
disaster years of the 1950s, when television grabbed away most movie
goers. Studios like Paramount and Disney are routinely canning top
executives who worked at their studios for decades. Universal just
put a freeze on greenlighting all new movie production. For the
time being, outside investment money from Wall Street has dried up.
DVD income is down, another big and unwelcome surprise for the
enertainment conglomerates.
All in all, Demi Moore should be happy that the public still remembers
her and she still gets jobs. Her ex-husband, Bruce Willis, still gets
high paying starring roles, which may influence her attitude.
Willis's last movies have done badly at the box office, with the
exception of Live Free or Die Hard. Still, he gets those big
paychecks. And Moore doesn't anymore, not since Striptease and G.I.
Jane did badly at the box office.
El Klauso
would develop, help bankroll and star in indie films, then work the
festival/competition circuit. But she evidently wants safe, lucrative
projects delivered to her, as opposed to making them happen and truly
controlling her own career.
S D
his wings ; the arrangement is contingent on Demi's signing on to his
petition for release. Rumor has it that much in the way of The Producers
Mr. Polanski has made the same offer to scores of former big screen
heavy hitters. After taking a gander at a recent internet photo of his
former object of desire the petition contains the heartfelt declaration
"I sure won't do that again". Demi reportedly has compared the deal to
"messing wth Phil Spector with his scwantz out instead of a gun"...this
lady has taste.
moviePig
FLAWLESS and MR. BROOKS weren't bad. Of course, some might chalk them
up to Michael Caine, Kevin Costner, and William Hurt...
Madara0806
Never heard of either movie.
william
> up to Michael Caine, Kevin Costner, and William Hurt...
>
together over the weekend because these folks had nothing else to do.
A silly film about a woman and a "lower-class" menial putting it over
on the old white guys. I'm all for those types of flicks but Flawless
just fell over itself at every step.
William
www.williamahearn.com
nick
before middle-age set in. Ageism is a problem. Actresses are caught
in a Catch 22 of either getting botoxed into freakishness (Meg Ryan
and check out Nicole Kidman on the cover of the new Vogue) and not
getting hired or aging naturally and not getting hired because the box
office is all about youth. So they're pretty much fucked either way
when they get older unless they get TV work on Lifetime or character
work on all those CSI shows, but Moore was never any good to begin
with so her fadeout's a whole different issue than ageism.
moviePig
So, you're saying FLAWLESS was anything but. I wasn't bored, but yeah
I'd put it behind MR. BROOKS (where Demi's role was so purely
supporting she seemed too 'big' for it).
Brian
> Julianne Moore does alright too. Demi Moore was box office poison
> before middle-age set in. Ageism is a problem. Actresses are caught
> in a Catch 22 of either getting botoxed into freakishness (Meg Ryan
> and check out Nicole Kidman on the cover of the new Vogue) and not
> getting hired or aging naturally and not getting hired because the box
> office is all about youth. So they're pretty much fucked either way
> when they get older unless they get TV work on Lifetime or character
> work on all those CSI shows, but Moore was never any good to begin
> with so her fadeout's a whole different issue than ageism.
Agreed. Demi was incredibly lucky to have the career she did - a few
years at the very top echelon of film stardom. She would have gone
the way of the rest of the Brat Pack but she had the great fortune to
get cast in a throwaway flick that became a surprise blockbuster -
"Ghost". After that, she was the hot new female star of the moment
and got cast in several high profile films with big male stars ("A Few
Good Men" with Nicholson and Cruise; "Indecent Proposal" with Redford
and Woody Harrelson (when his career was at its hottest); "Disclosure"
with Michael Douglas). Starring in a series of high profile hits
boosted her up to the very top echelon - the superstar who actually
carries the film - and every one of her vehicles bombed - "Scarlett
Letter", "The Juror", "Striptease", "GI Jane". She was essentially a
"very lucky starlet".
RichA
nick wrote:
> On Nov 12, 10:38 am, Madara0806 <madara0...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Nov 12, 1:22 am, "Mr. Hole the Magnificent"
>
> Julianne Moore does alright too. Demi Moore was box office poison
> before middle-age set in. Ageism is a problem. Actresses are caught
> in a Catch 22 of either getting botoxed into freakishness (Meg Ryan
> and check out Nicole Kidman on the cover of the new Vogue) and not
> getting hired or aging naturally and not getting hired because the box
> office is all about youth.
Except Moore didn't get quite the breaks some have had. When she was
truly young and dazzling looking, she was in movies like "Parasite"
and "Blame it on Rio" where she actually did good work. But, by the
time she'd gotten "Ghost" she was 28, getting "on" in Hollywood female
years. Contrast this with Megan Fox (in the same beauty category as
Moore was when she was young) who got "Transformers" at 21. I thought
Moore's being married to Bruce Willis would be her ultimate
springboard, but it was not to be...Not like how Kidman forged a huge
career with her "stage" marriage to nancyboy Tom Cruise.
calvin
Michael O'Connor
long career as a feature film star. Meryl Streep and Jodie Foster are
two who have talent and range and will always be able to find acting
work. Demi Moore should be happy she had the career she did, it could
be argued she probably has had to this point the best film career of
any of the Brat Pack actors; she is the only BP actor who I think was
(for a short time) on the A list. But I always felt she got a lot of
those plum roles because of her marriage to Bruce Willis, and it is
true that once her and Bruce divorced her film roles dried up.
tomcervo
When Robert Preston got tired of playing second bills in Hollywood, he
went back to New York and did theatre, finally getting a part that
showcased his unique drive, charisma and talent, as Prof. Harold Hill,
returning to Hollywood in triumph.
So all Demi has to do is got to New York and do theatre, where her
unique drive, charisma and talent . . . Oh. Never mind
The Giant Brain
"Mr. Hole the Magnificent" <classic...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Seemingly ageless actress Demi Moore turns 47 tomorrow and she is
blaming her age on the loss of all the good blockbuster movie roles.
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Demi was an attractive young woman who has aged well.
Nevertheless she certainly is no great shakes as an actress and her recent
starring vehicles have all tanked.
She clearly was the most successful of the "Brat Pack" but that had more to do
with her marriage to Bruce Willis and the surprise hit "Ghost" than any great
thespic ability on her part.
In other words, she should be happy with the career she had and be overjoyed
that she is getting any acting jobs whatsoever.
Goro
> "Mr. Hole the Magnificent" <classic.mr.h...@gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:96e33bed-e9df-41c7...@g23g2000vbr.googlegroups.com...
Or said slightly differently, "Demi Moore thanks looks and boobs for a
career she otherwise shouldn't have had."
-goro-
TBerk
<ahem>
"Ladies and Gentlemen!, Dame Moore!...."
"A Rousing and Curousing Time was had by All!" - NY Times
'Seal & Peel didn't Seal the Deal'; triumphant return from stage to
once thought washed up actress, Demi Moore. - Variety.
OK, OK- I'm not hitting a 1.000 and I kinda have to run out the door,
but you get the idea.
berk
m.balarama
> "Mr. Hole the Magnificent" <classic.mr.h...@gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:96e33bed-e9df-41c7...@g23g2000vbr.googlegroups.com...
that she is getting any acting jobs whatsoever
moviePig
"Moore should'a stuck with Less." - NY Post
The Giant Brain
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>She has an inflated opinion of hers.self-
perhaps, but then again, so do most people.
moviePig
> In article
> <13b0fe7c-42d4-462b-913d-aa641b0b0...@a32g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, nick
>
> <nickmacpherso...@AOL.com> wrote:
> >Julianne Moore does alright too. Demi Moore was box office poison
> >before middle-age set in. Ageism is a problem. Actresses are caught
> >in a Catch 22 of either getting botoxed into freakishness (Meg Ryan
> >and check out Nicole Kidman on the cover of the new Vogue) and not
> >getting hired or aging naturally and not getting hired because the box
> >office is all about youth.
>
> syndrome. She's never had any work done on her face and doesn't plan to
> (which is particularly ironic being married to Beatty).
I'd think that'd be anyone's attitude who considers themselves an
actor rather than a puppeteer...
TT
>
> Litle Miss STRIPTEASE/INDECENT PROPOSAL/GI JANE needs to just go
Which one was the better actor?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwXzpTU-NCk