Interview clip on Hollywood motherhood from @nytmag
In an interview clip, Reese Witherspoon reflects on becoming a mother in her early 20s while her acting career was taking off. She discusses the naiveté that helped her through it and shares an ironic anecdote about being advised by industry professionals not to play mom roles to avoid seeming old, despite being a mother in real life. She concludes by explaining how this mindset led to a lack of stories about mothers and the desexualization of actresses who played them.
Creator: @nytmag on Instagram
Transcript
You end up in these big films that had a lot of initial success. You just mentioned them, Election, Cruel Intentions. And, you end up, of course, getting married and having children. I mean, Ryan Phillippe, of course, was your husband back then. Mhmm. You you had children. Great. I had to look it up. What was it about having kids? Because it was unusual, I think, in Hollywood to have kids, you know, in your early twenties. Yeah. I think. There was so much I didn't no. And maybe that naive day wa
Topics: Entertainment, Career Advice, Mindset
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