Susan Sarandon
Submitted by jim on Wed, 10/13/2004 - 08:36
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This piece on Susan Sarandon ...
She's getting older, but she's not getting bitter. Susan Sarandon, the new face of Revlon, just returned from her first photo shoot. The irony of strutting her stuff at age 58 wasn't lost on a certain redhead who felt like she was stuck in that "Rocky Horror" time warp again.
"I was just with all of these gorgeous gals whose waists are about the size of my thigh," Sarandon says, listing the names of the beauties. "Halle Berry is so gracious and so beautiful. Eva Mendez is gorgeous. Julianne Moore is a little closer to my life experience because she has children.
"We had these conversations and I felt like Helen Hayes!" she says. "The women kept saying, 'Susan you've been around so long.'"
It was enough to create frown lines on even the most well adjusted woman in Hollywood.
"Even I had to think, 'My God, it has been a long time!"
... brought to mind this Listology discussion on the plight of the over-40 actress:
Actresses have a short shelf-life in Hollywood. If you've got the tools that Diaz does (face, body, legs, etc.) you have to use them before they're gone and get your paydays early because football players will have longer careers. This narrows the range of roles you can fill in an industry where there aren't that many roles for women, let alone good ones. Even if you make it past the hurdle of 40 your per picture price is going to plumet.
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Not that you're asking for "trust" or approval but....
I wouldn't trust Revlon as far as I could spit them. These are the people who fired Lauren Hutton when she hit forty-one. Now that the Boomer worms are turning fifty Revlon wants to help them to pretend that they don't look a day over thirty-five. (Which is exactly the age of J.Lo who dangles in front of Sarandon's Shall We Dance husband, Richard Gere. Thank goodness Sarandon gets to get it on with thirty-two year-old Jude Law in Alfie .)
Don't worry: Revlon will do to Sarandon the same kind of absolutely nothing that Esquire did to Michelle Pfeiffer when she was thirty-two (32!) and more, besides:
"Clean up complexion, soften eye lines, soften smile line, add color to lips, trim chin, remove neck lines, soften line under ear lobe, add highlights to earrings, add blush to cheek, clean up neck line, remove stray hair, remove hair strands from dress, adjust color and add hair on top of head, add dress on side to create better line... Total: $1,525.00."
You don't even want to know how Helen Hayes' career played out....
Wasn't Juliette Binoche also dumped by the wayside when she did an "older woman" makeup ad campaign? Maybe not. In any case, not that I think there's any doubt, but that was definitely a "isn't Susan Sarandon cool?" link rather than a "isn't Revlon cool for hiring her?" link.
I've got nothing but big love for Susan Sarandon (as well as her boy toy) but I certainly think that Revlon gets the better part of the stick in this cool exchange.
I wonder, has Pacino's or DeNiro's price per picture dropped as they've grown older? It'll be interesting to see if Tom Cruise's price drops - since his is more tied to his beauty than Pacino's or DeNiro's, I would imagine.
"...more tied to his beauty..." and yet, his price is less tied to appearance than any actress' salary.
So, let me get this straight: Keanu and I both throw down for a new laptop and it has as much impact upon him as buying two Big Macs would for me?
I must say that it makes me glad that I read Fast Food Nation . Take that, Keanu! And all you other overpriced actors!
Love the salary calculator. You give the most interesting linkage. Thanks!
Boy, I'd love to only pay $.08 for a nice meal out. My cooking skills would atrophy overnight at those prices.
It would cost you a dime including tip. I hear that Cameron Diaz has let her pastry skills erode.