Reese Witherspoon got honest about the current state of Hollywood

[hewontgo]

Reese Witherspoon Questions If Careers Like Hers and Jennifer Aniston's Are "Possible Ever Again" With Streaming https://t.co/swp6lyWd7M
- The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) April 13, 2024
Witherspoon was taking part in a PaleyFest conversation about the most recent season of The Morning Show. She got honest about the current state of Hollywood and

Comments

[_kleptomane]

When has the industry not been potentially “glamorous and fun” and when has an actor’s ordeal not been audition after audition with the wish of scoring a meaningful part? She didn’t really say anything there.

[sarahvma]

I suspect it’s a veiled statement about social media stars just getting handed stuff, or a comment about how these lazy young people expect starring roles right away.

[_kleptomane]

I can see that but then, it’s kind of ironic with bringing in Jennifer Aniston since she benefited from nepotism.

[madame_no]

And Reese with her son! Like shortcuts are fine when you and you’re benefit from it, but everyone else needs to put in the work. How Republican of her.

[theleveebroke]

I mean, are there really that many in the acting space? Prominent ones, anyway. You mainly see them on reality TV which, lbr, is part of the draw. People love to whine and moan about influencers and social media stars but they bring the ratings, drama, and discourse that keeps these shows afloat. 🤷‍♂️

[sandstorm]

This is literally the second time today I've seen some celeb from the 80s-90s complain about them social media influencers when in reality they are flashes in the pan and only a handful are truly famous.

[distant_lines]

I wonder if it's also a dig at the self tapes a lot of auditions have turned into. I've heard some actors complain about that, and how it used to be you'd go to an audition, just handle your part and they have someone there to read opposite of you and you could get live direction in the moment. Now, actors have to find someone to come sit and read opposite them, set up their own sound, lighting, and film (depending on how professional they want it), and studios can ask for a super rapid turnaround time for self-tapes too, so they feel it maybe adds different barriers. I could see her as someone potentially preferring the traditional audition process.

[nutella_forever]

Didn’t she have a party with all white (or almost all white) celebrities calling themselves the “old guard”?

Found the post
https://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/124892197.html#comments

[theleveebroke]

Might as well have just called themselves the "white Xillenial" guard. 🙄

[pseudonygma]

That's a funny way of saying wannabe gatekeepers.

[deerlike]

I was also thinking, between all the casting couch horror stories, when was auditioning ever "glamorous and fun"?

Maybe she was spared as John Aniston's daughter, but her experience isn't universal.

[quinnmorgendorf]

Every time Jennifer Aniston gives a wistful public statement about the good old days I think about that John Mayer quote about how she's still hoping that the world will go back to 1998.

I mean he's trash but I guess he was right about her.

[delfintaka]

Yes, the comment makes no sence, and to me reads like J-An just misses the time when she was younger and cognitively sharper.

[mzgrottesca]

Do people have that much cognitive decline in their 50s?