You really need to read up on some cinema history. Men like Cary Grant, Gregory Peck, Clint Eastwood and more have always had roles and no problem getting them even as they aged into their 60's and 70's. Different ball game for men in Hollywood for men vs. women regarding sex appeal in HW. Also, all those people have been critically acclaimed at the highest order in various roles, same with Clooney, Pitt and McConaughey. Vergara does not have that. Reese does.
Hmmm... no. Name me one woman in her 40's and 50's who's sex appeal is their biggest asset are getting quality roles? That's right, you can't name any because they don't exist. The ones who do have sex appeal are also critically acclaimed in various roles over the years like Loren, Mirren and I will throw in Bullock.
Her career is not over because she will always find work on sitcom or being a celebrity personality and she is rich enough from endorsing every other product on the planet, so it is not like she will be in the bread line. But with the way she was really pushing this movie and her own interviews about being taken seriously as an actress, she does have to worry about her career not being taken to the next level a la Amy Schuler, Kristen Wiig or Melissa McCarthy. You can't play a stereotypical cartoon or slight variations on one and wonder why you are not getting decent scripts, directors or respect. Plus, she produced this movie, so she had the power in making this movie instead of being a hapless actor trying to get a paycheck.
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theblackestmagic
10 years ago
Salma Hayek is an actress who comes immediately to mind as someone whose sex appeal has been able to land her some serious and dramtic roles, and whose career has not been soely confined to playing over-the-top Latina caricatures like Vergara has/is. And you also have an actress like Kim Basinger who had always been viewed throughout her career as being much more of sex-symbol than she ever was an actress, who of course went on to win an Oscar in her 40s for her role in 'LA Confidential'.
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kamikam
10 years ago
Salma Hayek had to make Freida on her own through her production company because HW would not do it. It is well documented how hard she had to work and fight to get it done. Only when she did that did people really start take her seriously. For the last ten years, she has been doing dreck like straight to dvd movies or Adam Sandler movies. Sad. Sofia has enough money to produce some interesting movies, but chose to be lazy and produce Hot Pursuit as her supposed big breakout movie as a lead, but it backfired. What works of five or ten minutes on a sitcom, does not make a whole movie and it was reflected in the poor reviews and box office.
Basinger was sexy but she also had critically acclaimed movies like The Natural. and was working with actors such as Robert Redford and Jeff Bridges and acclaimed directors like Robert Altman (twice!) before her landing her Oscar. People remember 9 and 1/2 weeks because it was so racy, but she did good work besides that. I don't see Sofia on that path right now with her cartoon antics. None of this means she is a bad person, but the clock is ticking if she wants to be more than a punchline careerwise.
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theblackestmagic
10 years ago
I also think some older actresses who are still considered to be sexy and beautiful and who still manage to get quality roles are Kate Winslet and Charlize Theron(both 39) as well as Cate Blanchett. Now I don't know if you will personally accept the first two I listed as being proper examples since neither are in their 40s just yet. But their both merely a year off from being 40 and I don't really see either of their careers completely drying up once they hit their 40s. Perhaps you disagree though.
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kamikam
10 years ago
Why do you keep bringing up women in their late 30's and 40's who have been critically acclaimed (Oscar winners) in movies for years and trying to compare them to some tired Step-n-Fetch-It actress who can't even launch a dumb comedy movie despite massive promotion? It is a dead point. They are in no way comparable or is she in their league. Nor they did not wait until they were in their 40's to try to break in to movies or show that they had talent that were not limited to just the physical or just an accent. Vergara should just be happy she was lucky enough to score all that money because people love stereotypes (well, on her show anyway), because she it isn't happening on the movie front.
If you think she is the next Sofia Loren (Oscar winner), then great. Let me know when she does something on that level or even fresh or revelatory.
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theblackestmagic
10 years ago
Now where or why do you get the impression that I'm comparing all these actresses to Vergara exactly? I was merely providing examples of older actresses who are considered to still have sex appeal by the general public and who are also able to land serious starring roles in films. And the only reason for me mentioning this is because you're saying that no actresses who are viewed as being sexy and 40 or over are ever given starring roles in serious films, and are instead only offered parts in dumb and immature comedies like this one. And this was the only comparison that I was making between them and Vergara.
And my comparing of Vergara to Loren is ONLY in terms of Vergara's own sexiness and NOT in any way with regards to her acting ability, or lack thereof. So I'm afraid that you read and misinterpreted what I was trying to say in my post(s). And that's no knock on you at all, but rather of me just trying to clear things up on here.
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kamikam
10 years ago
I understood you just fine. And I really would appreciate it is you would not lie and say I said something I did not write. I wrote that someone like Vergara (who is mostly seen as a sex pot) will not get any good starring roles as they get older and she is already close to mid 40's/. You bought up some women in their late 30's and 40's who are known to be sexy, but critically acclaimed at the highest levels in various movies and tried to put Vergara in with that bunch or that she can potentially in that bunch. Unless she shows some strong chops and range in the near future (doubtful--aren't the network shows on hiatus, what does she have booked for the summer?), she will be a rich lady zooming towards her 50's still playing up tired old stereotypes.
You tried to pose a counter to what I initially said, but all your alternatives just don't work. Blanchett? Theron? Loren, Hayek? Please. Not saying she is a bad person and if you think she is just waiting to blow everyone away, then great!
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lukejbarnett2002
10 years ago
you're right about Salma. she blew all that potential right after Frida. that is a shame because she could've made some great films and could've had a great career in Hollywood after Frida. but instead of capitalizing on her respect, acclaim, and success after her performance in Frida she has so far made a bunch of movies no one cares about like the straight to dvd movie Bandidas with Penelope Cruz and Ellry or something her newest movie which I don't remember being in theaters. and Grown Ups, which looked so dumb I wouldn't ever give it a chance. but she did make a great film called Savages. so she's made one great film since Frida. one great film since 2005. now she is really old, she's 49 years old now, so her career in movies is just about over.
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theblackestmagic
10 years ago
Well it might be over in regards to her still being the uber-hot woman on the screen. But it's still possible for her to find a role(s) in which her sex-appeal is no longer considered or has to be the character's main asset in the film.
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