That video footage of her -- walking and actually talking a bit(thus proving with her voice, that , yes, this is Bridget Fonda who has gained all that weight)....is interesting to me.
The pap carefully asks nothing but respectful questions -- centered around whether or not she will return to acting, her films are so "iconic" -- but you can tell the REAL point of the ambush is to satisfy the curiosity of HEARING Bridget Fonda speak in her new overweight condition. Proving that yes, that's really her.
And I figure somebody got some money to help set up the ambush.
I will guess: an airline employee spotted her name on a passenger list, checked out her(return?) flight arrival time in Los Angeles, got that information to a paparazzi in exchange for money.
Because otherwise, the pap would just have to "stake out the airport" and hope to recognize Bridget Fonda in the terminal.
That said, there are photos of celebrities in the LAX terminal taken all the time -- often smiling for the camera, sometimes getting angry or hiding their faces. I guess we can figure that paps are on "permanent duty" staking out the LAX terminals.
But with Bridget Fonda, they caught a pretty great "get." A big fish.
And yes, its too bad and its too sad that the paps stalk her, but Bridget Fonda now comes with a list of interesting things about her:
A member of the Fonda acting family, three generations down.
Indeed, a star of some good films from the 90s(like Jackie Brown) which now carry heavy nostalgia.
A recluse -- nobody saw her for years.
VERY overweight(the world is basically sixth grade gossiping, no matter how old the adults trading in it.)
I would add that I find it interesting that she is still married to Danny Elfman -- he's a former(?) rock star and movie music heavyweight(Tim Burton movies including Batman; Marvel movies including Spiderman)..whose top days may be behind him, but I'm sure he's rich enough to keep Bridget out of movies forever.
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TMC-4 (20181)
2 years ago
https://www.nickiswift.com/1268557/why-jane-fonda-niece-bridget-no-intention-return-acting/
Near the end of her acting career, Bridget Fonda hinted that she had grown disenchanted with Hollywood. During an interview in 1998 — which was held before the release of "Lake Placid," the crocodile-actioner that starred Fonda — the actor discussed how she did not want to "schmooze" to land roles. "And then I think, how exhausting. If I can't get it on my terms, then I guess I just don't want it badly enough to get it on somebody else's," she told Moviemaker at the time. Fonda also mentioned how she felt that "greatness" in acting may be out of her grasp. "You come to accept that you might not have that in you," she said.
A couple of years later, the actor discussed her disinterest in becoming a marquee movie star. "I'm just not meant to be that kind of person," Fonda told The Guardian in 2000. Mega-fame was not her end goal. "I want to have the freedom to experiment," she added.
Even though Fonda has faded from the spotlight, she still enjoys a luxurious life with her husband, Danny Elfman, a highly accomplished composer in Hollywood with an estimated net worth of $50 million. The couple listed their "his and her" Los Angeles mansions for $14.6 million in 2020. Reportedly, they wanted to sell their dual properties to move to Santa Barbara.
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ecarle (14979)
2 years ago
Near the end of her acting career, Bridget Fonda hinted that she had grown disenchanted with Hollywood. During an interview in 1998 — which was held before the release of "Lake Placid," the crocodile-actioner that starred Fonda —
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I recall thinking that "Lake Placid," a rather B-ish Jaws knockoff, had a rather overqualified cast. It DID seem like a comedown role for Fonda ("the plucky lake ranger") after Jackie Brown only a few years earlier.
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the actor discussed how she did not want to "schmooze" to land roles. "And then I think, how exhausting. If I can't get it on my terms, then I guess I just don't want it badly enough to get it on somebody else's," she told Moviemaker at the time.
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For whatever reason, various Hollywood actresses have given the same answer -- not only is there schmoozing required (going to all the right parties and premieres BEFORE auditioning at offices), there was still the Weinstein factor back then.
Any number of actresses have, quite frankly, "backed off to marriage" to rich men(Danny Elfman in Fonda's case) and quit the rat race of movie role chasing. I think Eva Mendes said she is doing the same thing now(married to Ryan Gosling?)
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ecarle (14979)
2 years ago
Fonda also mentioned how she felt that "greatness" in acting may be out of her grasp. "You come to accept that you might not have that in you," she said.
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Think about it: when Bridget Fonda gave this interview, her aunt Jane had two Oscars(and other nominations) and her grandfather Henry Fonda had one(right at the end of his career), but was more importantly , one of THE screen icons from the 30's through the 70s. Her father Peter was less accomplished, but the little bitty blockbuster Easy Rider was always his accomplishment.
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A couple of years later, the actor discussed her disinterest in becoming a marquee movie star. "I'm just not meant to be that kind of person," Fonda told The Guardian in 2000. Mega-fame was not her end goal. "I want to have the freedom to experiment," she added.
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Another choice made even by working actors and actresses -- who keep taking roles and don't retire -- is to simply drop the attempt to reach stardom at the level of Tom Cruise or Julia Roberts, etc.
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Even though Fonda has faded from the spotlight, she still enjoys a luxurious life with her husband, Danny Elfman, a highly accomplished composer in Hollywood with an estimated net worth of $50 million. The couple listed their "his and her" Los Angeles mansions for $14.6 million in 2020. Reportedly, they wanted to sell their dual properties to move to Santa Barbara.
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Rich husband, property investments -- possibly an inheritance from dad Peter? -- Bridget Fonda will do just fine. And evidently at whatever weight she wants or has to be.
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