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75. I agree. Maybe the movie is about some old guy chaising after 20 year olds.

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37 year old Maggie Gyllenhaal �too old� to play 55-year-old�s love interest [View all] Liberal_in_LA May 2015 OP

It's unbelievable what Hollywood does to women sharp_stick May 2015 #1

There was a funny video about that topic recently, I don't recall where I saw it arcane1 May 2015 #2

Julia Louis-Dreyfus' "no longer fuckable' video? randome May 2015 #63

Found it: arcane1 May 2015 #8

Love it. Women just gotta have fun Dont call me Shirley May 2015 #18

Love this. LWolf May 2015 #23

Too funny! And yes, I DID notice that about Sally Field and Tom Hanks Warpy May 2015 #101

It is sad the way actresses are judged... awoke_in_2003 May 2015 #105

Love that clip. Screw the media and screw Hollywood. liberal_at_heart May 2015 #108

Is Woody Allen producing/directing the movie? guillaumeb May 2015 #3

Woody does like those may / December romances doesn't he? Liberal_in_LA May 2015 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author guillaumeb May 2015 #22

Hollywood is pretty much Logan's Run ZX86 May 2015 #4

Actually I think that as well as Falling Down: Initech May 2015 #30

Dafuq? KamaAina May 2015 #5

He played for the Steelers, didn't he? madinmaryland May 2015 #129

... KamaAina May 2015 #156

Producer Pig should be outted imo. Rex May 2015 #7

She looks 50 4139 May 2015 #9

Um, nope. winter is coming May 2015 #12

Maybe he looks 40 Reter May 2015 #148

That comment nugget is sexist and ageist! 50 y o women are beautiful and many are wise. Dont call me Shirley May 2015 #17

It is neither sexist nor ageist... 4139 May 2015 #20

Ridicule and degradation are so easily apparent Dont call me Shirley May 2015 #21

...and how do you tell by one photo? Let me take 20 photos of you and then pick out... BlueJazz May 2015 #138

Wha? I was responding to 4319's derogatory comment about Maggie looking 50. Dont call me Shirley May 2015 #139

I'm an Idiot. Note to self: Do not eat ice cream, watch TV and post to the wrong poster. BlueJazz May 2015 #141

... Dont call me Shirley May 2015 #143

You must be very young gollygee May 2015 #24

60 4139 May 2015 #25

Then you can tell she doesn't look 50 gollygee May 2015 #26

In the pic she that was used in the OP, she does look a lot older Reter May 2015 #149

She looks younger than any of the 40-somethings I know gollygee May 2015 #151

Then you need to get out more. Lizzie Poppet May 2015 #40

I'm afraid so DavidDvorkin May 2015 #39

? Skittles May 2015 #43

My "Afraid so" was in reference to her looking 50 DavidDvorkin May 2015 #48

Uh, there's a well-established pattern. SusanCalvin May 2015 #55

Huh? DavidDvorkin May 2015 #56

If you hear hoofbeats, SusanCalvin May 2015 #67

Try responding to what I said, instead of making a general observation. DavidDvorkin May 2015 #70

OK. SusanCalvin May 2015 #72

While that's true, I'll still reserve judgement in this case DavidDvorkin May 2015 #74

Probably true if so. SusanCalvin May 2015 #79

That's a different discussion, and we'd probably find ourselves in agreement DavidDvorkin May 2015 #81

Movies, for me, SusanCalvin May 2015 #82

There's no way in hell she looks 50. I don't even think she looks 37. She looks younger than liberal_at_heart May 2015 #116

If I didn't know anything about her, I'd guess she was in her late forties. DavidDvorkin May 2015 #137

No she doesn't gollygee May 2015 #152

To you she doesn't, to me she does DavidDvorkin May 2015 #155

What does 50 look like? DawgHouse May 2015 #41

Here: kcr May 2015 #51

She might look like Hollywood's version of 50. But she doesn't look like a typical 50 year old. pnwmom May 2015 #60

No, she doesn't. Cha May 2015 #62

Post removed Post removed May 2015 #65

Well, every casting decision should be based on what makes you pitch a tent, huh? PeaceNikki May 2015 #83

Still 5 years younger than him treestar May 2015 #112

Damn Solly Mack May 2015 #10

casting directors etc.....are below street pimps olddots May 2015 #11

I wonder if it was tje casting director's opinion TexasBushwhacker May 2015 #13

I know when I, as a middle-aged woman, am looking for movies to go see, tanyev May 2015 #14

Is Hollywood targeting woolldog May 2015 #78

Maggie Gyllenhaal is worth $15 Million. As with $300M J. Lopez, closeupready May 2015 #15

economic vs social justice. she has $ so fuck misogyny. doesnt matter, irrelevant. financially, seabeyond May 2015 #36

No. Misogyny matters, but Maggie's welfare is secure. closeupready May 2015 #45

In your world, THIS is your example of social justice? Bonobo May 2015 #58

Steve Buscemi Dorian Gray May 2015 #64

Yup. 99Forever May 2015 #66

so if a white director told Chris Rock he was too dark-skinned for an African American role, that'd be ok? zazen May 2015 #110

Actors get chosen based on their looks. It is part of the job. Bonobo May 2015 #142

I would never be picked to play Bill Walton AngryAmish May 2015 #154

Then that would be a social issue involving short-shaming or something I guess. nt Bonobo May 2015 #159

It is women being treated unfairly treestar May 2015 #132

You need to be really careful because falling from a high horse that high CBGLuthier May 2015 #52

Most casting directors do not deserve to saved if falling over a cliff. Dawson Leery May 2015 #16

Maybe he didn't want to tell her she wasn't pretty enough. Bonx May 2015 #19

Right and I'm sure the 55-year-old man looks perfect gollygee May 2015 #27

Meh, Its hollywood Travis_0004 May 2015 #32

You are also missing the point gollygee May 2015 #35

they are intentionally ignoring the point. again. economic justice vs social. SURELY if there is seabeyond May 2015 #37

Yeah and people wonder gollygee May 2015 #44

Is this performance art at this point? nt Bonobo May 2015 #59

Not true. Helen Mirren is still smokin hot Bonx May 2015 #49

Mirren is not smoking hot, and getting great work. kwassa May 2015 #53

That made no sense, but OK. Bonx May 2015 #54

This Reter May 2015 #150

Women are supposed to crawl off and die when they hit 35. Manifestor_of_Light May 2015 #28

What's the movie about? davidn3600 May 2015 #29

I agree. Maybe the movie is about some old guy chaising after 20 year olds. LisaL May 2015 #75

I was actually wondering if Gyllenhaal got her start in the business hughee99 May 2015 #160

In the 1959 movie "North by Northwest" Lydia Leftcoast May 2015 #31

Also 1985 film "Murphy's Romance". no_hypocrisy May 2015 #33

i liked the movie and i like both actors. i had a tough time watching the movie because of the age seabeyond May 2015 #38

Relationships do happen like that, but they should be the exception ... dawg May 2015 #47

Crispin Glover was younger than Michael J fox in back to the future Travis_0004 May 2015 #34

Anne Bancroft was only 6 years older than Dustin Hoffman, yet "Mrs. Robinson" Tanuki May 2015 #57

In the Manchurian Candidate (the 1962 version), Angela Lansbury was only 3 years older hughee99 May 2015 #161

Guy is 55? Wonder if he's James Spader/Rupert Everett/Hugh Laurie/Vincent D'Onofrio/Kevin Spacey/ valerief May 2015 #42

What a ridiculous statement by the movie executive. ladjf May 2015 #46

STUPID DonCoquixote May 2015 #50

Yeah, a lot of that type of thinking from the Suits of Hollywood and it is so boringly wrong. It's Cha May 2015 #61

I bet this is about the actors' enormous egos too. Oneironaut May 2015 #68

Hollywood is fantasyland oberliner May 2015 #69

Maggie G has frequently appeared in the theater in challenging roles, she is excellent on stage. Bluenorthwest May 2015 #71

But she says that she was surprised oberliner May 2015 #73

True. "Surprise" is the last thing I'd feel. nt SusanCalvin May 2015 #80

Women don't prefer men in their 50s and 60s gollygee May 2015 #90

George Clooney is 54 oberliner May 2015 #92

This is a result of sexism, not an explanation gollygee May 2015 #93

exactly. but a myth needed by so many. nt seabeyond May 2015 #95

age diference in marriage is like 2.3 years. and yearly, is going down. pretty much tells us seabeyond May 2015 #96

True. Real 55 year old men don't want a woman in their twenties treestar May 2015 #119

that is exactly it. use and be used. nt seabeyond May 2015 #121

How so? oberliner May 2015 #97

OK you obviously didn't read my post gollygee May 2015 #98

Huh? oberliner May 2015 #99

Because older and younger men are the only ones who spend money to watch movies? n/t seaglass May 2015 #100

No oberliner May 2015 #103

Do you see that as a problem for women? That executives/casting directors kowtow to male hangups to seaglass May 2015 #109

Absolutely oberliner May 2015 #124

I think when it happens to you, it is an oh wow moment. Don't know how old you are but seaglass May 2015 #134

Fair point oberliner May 2015 #136

Why do you think both older and younger men are attracted to younger women? gollygee May 2015 #102

Not sure oberliner May 2015 #104

You don't think there's sexism in Europe? gollygee May 2015 #107

I do think there is sexism in Europe oberliner May 2015 #120

you think us women dont want a hot 19 yr old? ya right buddy. then the reality. seabeyond May 2015 #111

I don't think that oberliner May 2015 #122

i think whats his name, you used? clooney stepped over the line of old the last couple of years. seabeyond May 2015 #126

Definitely disagree with you here oberliner May 2015 #128

old is old. we all have had a lifetime of being told men do not count in old. nt seabeyond May 2015 #130

He looks much older this year than last gollygee May 2015 #131

I think it may have more to do with biology davidn3600 May 2015 #144

because back in stone age, it was all about attractive. fuck.... seabeyond May 2015 #145

It was about creating offspring davidn3600 May 2015 #146

i want to know how "attractive" stone age women were. do tell. you are the one linking "attractive" seabeyond May 2015 #147

You are confusing attraction with appearance. They are not the same. davidn3600 May 2015 #153

Then there is the double standard. treestar May 2015 #117

Of course there is oberliner May 2015 #125

Well I guess we are saying there should not be treestar May 2015 #133

Agreed oberliner May 2015 #135

This ^^^^^^^^^ treestar May 2015 #115

You're in essence saying yes it's sexist but it's the way it is so just accept it treestar May 2015 #114

No I'm not oberliner May 2015 #118

Pedophile Fantasy HassleCat May 2015 #76

my thoughts exactly. liberal_at_heart May 2015 #127

This is so very very wrong Gothmog May 2015 #77

What an idiot. That movie will be missing out on outstanding actress. Probably even an actress that liberal_at_heart May 2015 #84

What if the plot calls for a much younger woman? AgingAmerican May 2015 #85

They all call for a younger woman and an older man. That's the problem. We're obsessed with seeing liberal_at_heart May 2015 #86

Some story plots are based on such things AgingAmerican May 2015 #87

Of course they don't have to be realistic, but sometimes it is nice to see Hollywood do something liberal_at_heart May 2015 #88

I'm not talking about formulas AgingAmerican May 2015 #89

You may not be, but I am. The reason some plot stories call for a younger woman and an older man liberal_at_heart May 2015 #91

"I'll See You in My Dreams" CrispyQ May 2015 #106

Maybe, but that plot has been overdone treestar May 2015 #123

What is an 'over done plot'? AgingAmerican May 2015 #157

Well I at least would not be interested treestar May 2015 #162

How do we know it was a romance movie? AgingAmerican May 2015 #163

she was deemed to old to play a love interest treestar May 2015 #164

Hell, I'm 53... MrScorpio May 2015 #94

No mention of what the movie is about? PersonNumber503602 May 2015 #113

My guess is that "too old" might have meant something else. TheManInTheMac May 2015 #140

Sadly, that mindset is almost as old as Hollywood itself... Blue_Tires May 2015 #158