Eva Mendes is denying she has quit acting. Despite her last role being seven-and-a-half years ago, the mother-of-two took to Instagram on Friday (07.
10. 22) to say she never retired from Hollywood. The mum-of-two, who has been with 41-year-old Ryan Gosling – the father of her daughters Esmerelda, eight, and six-year-old Amada – since 2011, posted a video montage message that featured headlines of her long absence from the big screen.
She said about wanting to bring up a family instead of acting: “I wanted to be home with my babies,” she said of daughters Esmerelda, 8, and Amada, 6, adding, “Fortunately my other business ventures allowed me to do that more than acting would. “I was not excited about the stereotypical roles being offered to me at the time. “What’s the point of this post?
To shift that narrative. I never quit. ” The actress signed off her remarks with a heart emoji. Eva’s last acting role was in 2015’s thriller ‘Lost River’, directed by Ryan – which she hailed as a “dream project” and “tough act to follow”.
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