Why she disappeared, why the comeback didn’t really work, and what’s she doing these days?

https://prettyandwittyandbright.wordpress.com/2020/01/24/stars-of-the-past-nastassja-kinski/

Kinski was never one to star in particularly commercial films, both in Hollywood and in Europe. After all, few movies in her filmography have the same mainstream appeal as, say, Splash. And that showed in their box office performance.

Second, she chose to step away from the limelight on her own accord to take care of her family. She then went through a custody battle with her first husband, which ended with her winning custody and him being allowed around the children for supervised visits.

Third, it’s worth noting that when she tried to make a high-profile comeback in her mid-30s, she also had to face ageism in the industry and press. Publications would describe her as too old to star alongside Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt, conveniently leaving out that she is only one year older that Cruise and two years older than Pitt.

Another factor would be that while Kinski often being linked to other celebrities sparked further interest in her, she was never a big tabloid celebrity and never tried to harness the curiosity towards her personal life to help her career or build a brand the way other actors like, say, Julia Roberts, have.

In spite of having fallen out of mainstream consciousness and later retired, Kinski’s films and performances remain appreciated to this day, giving her the opportunity to continue appearing at festivals and screenings of her filmography from time to time, and give interviews about her past work.

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