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Meg Ryan spoke at length about her role in Jane Campion’s film, In the Cut, and how that role potentially ended her career for the simple fact that she got naked on screen. Ryan told The New York Times in 2019 that interviews berated her, asking: “How could you be naked?” So when asked how that particular film impacted the arc of her career, Ryan said: “I feel like that might’ve been the last movie I did.”
In that same interview, Ryan pushed back against her former label of “America’s sweetheart,” saying that labels like that don’t allow for the full expression of a person. Ryan also spoke about ageism in Hollywood and said: “The pressure was implicit. How you look — there’s so much judgment.”
It’s so totally unfair that Hollywood and audiences were too limited to see Ryan as anything other than a young, blonde, love interest. However, Ryan seems to have risen above this narrowness in her own way. She told Good Morning America in 2015: “I love my age. I love my life right now… I love the person I’ve become, the one I’ve evolved into.”
While things may not be the same as they once were, Ryan seems to have captured a level of peace and tranquility that leaves her detached from public opinion and that may be the best thing yet. So you know what? We’ll have what she’s having.
Written by: Nicki
