Nicole Kidman, 54, exposes ageist Hollywood executives and reveals she’s been turned away from roles for being ‘past her due date’
She’s one of Hollywood’s most celebrated stars, boasting a string of box-office hits and top-rating television programs.
But success hasn’t come easily for Nicole Kidman, who at age 40 was forced to contend with ageist studio executives who wanted to throw her on the scrapheap.
Speaking to Dujour magazine this week, the 54-year-old blasted Hollywood’s obsession with youthful women, insisting: ‘There’s a consensus in the industry that as a female actor, at about 40, you’re done.’
‘There’s a consensus in the industry that as a female actor, at about 40, you’re done’: Nicole Kidman, 54, (pictured) has exposed ageist Hollywood executives after being turned away from roles for being ‘past her due date’
‘I never sat in a chair and heard someone say, “You’re past your due date”. But I’ve had times where you’re turned down and the door is shut on you,’ she added.
The Oscar winner however claimed that the culture of agism is ‘definitely changing and moving’ towards a more inclusive industry.
Nicole recently likened her experience of age discrimination to that of Lucille Ball, who she plays in the new Amazon series Being The Ricardos.
Sad reality: ‘I never sat in a chair and heard someone say, ‘You’re past your due date’. But I’ve had times where you’re turned down and the door is shut on you,’ she said
‘She’d been slapped down, told she wasn’t good enough — and that she was too old,’ Kidman said of Ball in a recent interview with Daily Mail’s Baz Bamigboye.
‘I can relate to Lucille Ball, where you’re told: “You’re past it now. You’re over. I’ve been in this industry for decades now; and I’ve been ‘finished” more than once,’ she said.
In an interview with The Mail on Sunday’s You magazine, Kidman also told of how she was forced to set up her own production company, Blossom Films, after being knocked back so many times because of her age.
New era: The Oscar winner however claimed that the culture of agism is ‘definitely changing and moving’ towards a more inclusive industry
‘I can relate’: Nicole recently likened her experience of age discrimination to that of Lucille Ball. Nicole plays Lucille Ball in the upcoming biopic Being The Ricardos, which depicts the often complicated relationship between real-life Hollywood power couple Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, played by Javier Bardem, as they filmed their hit 1950s sitcom I Love Lucy. Here: Lucy and Desi c.1950s
‘I was frustrated – as so many women are in different careers – at the idea of being told, “Well, that’s it. You’ve passed through that period where it’s all going to be fine and now you’re in your 40s we’re not interested as much in your storytelling or your ideas or in who you are as a woman or a person”,’ she said.
Her decision to launch Blossom Films paid off, as it has seen Kidman produce and star in a slew of top-rating television shows including Big Little Lies, The Undoing and Nine Perfect Strangers.
Being The Ricardos began streaming worldwide on Prime Video on December 21, 2021.
‘I was frustrated’: In an interview with The Mail on Sunday’s You magazine, Kidman also told of how she was forced to set up her own production company, Blossom Films, after being knocked back so many times because of her age
At the top of her game! Her decision to launch Blossom Films paid off, as it has seen Kidman produce and star in a slew of top-rating television shows including Big Little Lies, The Undoing and Nine Perfect Strangers
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