Age of actors

A large number of movies these days are targeted at teenagers, who seem to have a limitless supply of disposable income for movies.

Most movie stars in any era are in their twenties or thirties. Karen Black was just 30 or so in this and she was the female lead. The veteran male stars like Charlton Heston usually can stretch their starring careers well into their fifties and occasionally their sixties, it's been that way since the 1950's, but it's always been pretty rare for a woman to get a major starring role in a romantic part after 40 and still remains so but actually there have been more over-40 women playing leads in movies in the last twenty years than ever before. Compare Meryl Streep today to where Bette Davis was at that age. Michelle Pfeiffer and Sharon Stone still work but it was long over for the glamour girls of the past when they were their age.

What has changed is you don't see that many older people in their fifties, sixties, and beyond in major secondary parts in a majority of movies anymore. A lot of current movies are made in a world where apparently nobody is over forty.

Yeah, I noticed that too. I read an article analyzing the decline of women's role in cinema through the years, & the increase of sexism in films. It's strange too that the decline began with the advent of sexual liberation in the 60s, from then on women became predominantly seen as sexual objects & not much else. You don't expect any Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, or Barbara Stanwyck? A perfect example is also Star Trek, you'll notice the differences in the ages of the Star Trek series & shows compared to the new movie. The ages ranged from 30-late 50s in the old shows, in the new movie, it's 19-early 30s.


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