40 is the new 30 in Hollywood

The acclaim from the movie The Wrestler did more than simply win Marisa Tomei the smattering of high-profile roles she’s promoting this month: with that role, she was seen to champion the middle-aged woman in youth-obsessed Hollywood.

“Late-blooming” is surely one of the most patronising pronouncements upon an actor’s career, especially when the object of such an epithet is a woman.”

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