11/9/2022 0 Comments Long kiss goodnight![]() ![]() As Davis explained in 2016, "everyone thought tons of female buddy pictures and road movies would somehow materialize and they didn't." ![]() She had hoped they would become more common. But with "Thelma and Louise" and "A League of Their Own," the movies themselves became oriented around the female experience, made more special by their rarity. Even as a love interest in "The Fly" or the Bill Murray-directed "Quick Change," she brought weight, nuance, and humor to the parts. While Davis hadn't consciously been seeking out complex female roles throughout the '80s and '90s, it's undeniable that those are what she got. ![]() After "Long Kiss Goodnight," Davis' only film role in her 40s was in "Stuart Little" as (you guessed it) the mom. In your 30s, you can still be an action star, a romantic lead, a woman on the run (or all three, as in Davis' Oscar-nominated turn "Thelma and Louise"), but afterwards, you can only be a mom. It's classic sexism the kind that casts women as objects and refuses to acknowledge their total humanity. Harlin cast her in his 1995 swashbuckler flop "Cutthroat Island" and as the suburban mom whose forgotten assassin past reemerges in 1996's "The Long Kiss Goodnight."ĭavis would eventually come to note the unspoken Hollywood rule: once an actress hits 40, they're no longer offered the same variety of roles. With the assistance of then-husband Renny Harlin, Finnish action maestro, she pursued lead roles in action movies. Comedies like "Tootsie" led to more three-dimensional roles in movies like "The Fly," which led to an Oscar win for 1988's "The Accidental Tourist" - all in less than a decade. ![]()
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