Dame Emma Thompson says movie bosses would have to “dig up” a romantic lead to play opposite her now – because they would still want someone who was 40 years older.
The 61-year-old double Oscar winner said Hollywood sexism means women are never given a toyboy lover – while men such as 59-year-old George Clooney are paired with much younger women.
Emma said: “It’s completely acceptable for George – who is delightful – to have someone 40 years younger than him. “If I have someone playing opposite me in a romantic way, they have to exhume someone.
It’s utterly unbalanced.” In 2003’s Love Actually, her character’s husband – played by Alan Rickman, eight years her senior – falls for his assistant played by Heike Makatsch, who was 25 years
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