Her Looks vs Her Age Only An Issue In Hollyweird
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davemerino — 12 years ago(April 05, 2014 02:39 AM)
Boo hoo hoo. Quit whining because people think that she looks ALOT older than her real age. It's the way she carries herself in every movie and in every scene. Sorry, but there are millions and billions of dollars to be made and Hollywood doesn't have time to spend (or us men wish to blow money) on actors/actresses that won't conform 'to the perfect ideal woman/man'. If I want to see a woman 'age naturally' then I'll do a documentary on my mother or sisters. I/we all want the ideal actress, so we can get a moment to escape the real world.
If a person doesn't want to play by the Hollywood rules (beauty and maintenance) then they don't deserve the millions and A list life that could be theirs. Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, Rita Hayworth, Elizabeth Montgomery, Vivianne Leigh, among others weren't perfect size 0 bobble head dingbats that you all think us men want, they were classy, beautiful, heart pounding, traffic stopping, women - they could take a man's breath away with a single look. Sorry, BUT Connie takes our breath away only because of the shock when we discover she is 15-20 years older than she looks (or acts). She made Friday Night Lights, Nashville unwatchable, and made American Horror Story a nightmare to watchif not for Jessica Lange. Now Jessica Lange can still make a man walk right into a wall (and she's older than Connie, imagine thstI guess it's not all about age, huh?). -
Skylightmovies — 9 years ago(August 21, 2016 08:37 AM)
@davemerino
Your post doesn't make sense.
Excluding Elizabeth Montgomery, the actresses you named were gorgeous and some had work done - Monroe, Hayworth and Taylor. They were indeed uniquely beautiful and VERY ambitious for their time. The casting couch was very much in use then ,with the exception of Vivien Leigh whose association with Olivier did not harm her career.
There are many beautiful actresses out there now.
However in the Jewish Hollywood establishment, you have to appear the complete opposite of their race. Hence the conveyor belt of blonde 44DD chested anorexic interchangeable females.
And then it's who you know, who you flirt with, who you sleep with to get top billing.
If you are lucky you produce your own films but it is largely a misogynistic industry.
THEY need to produce fantasy 2b684/7. Good performances are a happy by product if you're lucky.
But that is Hollywood for ya.
For real stories with real attractive humans I would recommend ANYTHING non Hollywood.
I think it is healthier to play the age you are with your ageing face because you should be portraying a person with age appropriate issues, one of which should NOT be spending mental and physical energy pretending to be a 12 year old if you are female or stuck at 35 with nips and tucks if you are male.
Either way, I think Connie Britton is way hotter now than when she was younger. She was cute and pretty then but has seriously raised the bar for actresses who haven't effed up their face and body. -
Jaybone23 — 11 years ago(January 07, 2015 10:31 AM)
Yeah, I was on a roll that day for some reason. Not exactly a rant, really, but I was determined to get my point across.
Connie Britton's first credited film role (according to IMDb) is in
The Brothers McMullen
from 1995 and she is the only thing I remember about the film. When she first appeared on the screen I was immediately smitten. She was a beautiful, fresh-faced redhead, and she would have been around 27 or 28 at the time. But while totally gorgeous, she also appeared and seemed like just a "regular" person, as if you would see her in your town tending bar,teaching grade schooljust about anything. Her's was an accessible beauty. I always believed that almost all of Hollywood's young, lead actresses were just b68too perfect. It's as if for every role, no matter the subject matter, the producers would try to get the best looking actress they could find. If you weren't a perfect 10, you were usually a "character" actor, if you found roles at all. Now, of course, there have been exceptions.
While I was ultimately never a HUGE fan of Britton's, I noticed her work, thought she was particularly talented, and she seemed to find good roles. Again, it was refreshing to see a "regular" person find meaningful roles. But I guess no one is immune to the ageism that exists in the industry (sometimes for men, too) and so as Britton aged, there were comments and criticisms. As I wrote before, it must be difficult being a leading actress in Hollywood, because you will always be judged largely by the way you look.
Bottom line, and so as not to write another full-length essay, I'll just say that Connie Britton at almost 50 looks fantastic. If she were to ever have cosmetic surgery, that's obviously none of my business. I just hope she would be happy with the results and that it didn't mar her natural beauty in any way. -
Cinabuff — 11 years ago(February 02, 2015 08:15 PM)
Thank you for this! I cannot believe the number of trolls on the Connie Britton boards complaining about her looks. It's crazy. It's like there's something about her that really brings out the anger in some people.
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Jaybone23 — 11 years ago(February 02, 2015 09:02 PM)
Just a wild guess, and I'm kind of half joking, but I wonder if it might have a lot to do with the "anti-ginger" backlash one finds on t111che internet lately. It's always kind of been around (beat you like a red-headed stepchild, etc.) but it's been growing since the word "ginger" for redhead entered our vernacular, coming over from the UK. That mixed with the advent of internet memes and funny captioned photos, things like that, it just seemed to take off in the last few years. My pre-teen niece and nephew love pointing out "gingers", just so they can use a funny, new word.
Again, I happen to think red-heads can be especially attractive. Not to mention the countless women who go out of their way to color their hair with highlights, or even total color changes, ranging from auburn to strawberry-blonde, or a deep crimson to almost flames of orange! Women wouldn't be doing this if they thought it didn't look good.
But anyway, yeahConnie Britton is a lovely womanand that's all there is to it. -
Julie_Julii — 10 years ago(September 17, 2015 05:27 AM)
In general I am just fed up with the obsession about actresses not looking their age. It's not just reserved for women in their 40s or older. Young actresses deal with it too. Male actors too.
For women esp there is this expectation that they must be attractive enough to make you as a viewer want to do things to yourself while watching them which is just ridiculous. -
Jaybone23 — 10 years ago(September 25, 2015 01:03 PM)
Yes. I agree totally. Another aspect related to your points a little bit, and I've heard actresses speak about it (And by the way, I use "actress" for convenience. Some women do not like the distinction and prefer "actor") but there is also the practice of pairing an older leading man with a much younger leading woman. I'll accept that some older male actors look great for their age, but for men in their 50s, to have their character romantically involved with a much younger female character, it's simply not realistic. Sure, there are all kinds of age differences in relationships, but it seems that male actors do not want to be paired up with female actors in the same age group, lest it make the male actor LOOK OLD! Basically, as an article I read some time ago put it, "leading men age, but their love interests do not".
You will find this trend in many, many films featuring Tom Cruise, George Clooney, Harrison Ford, Tom Hanks, and especially Richard Gere.
Again, this isn't always the case, but it happens a great deal, and I imagine it's all about the male egoof the male actors AS WELL AS the male audience, who will live vicariously through the character they are watching on screen.
