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Helen Mirren Thinks Ageist Double Standards Are “F–king Outrageous”

PS - We agree.
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Published: Jun 18, 2015 07:00 pm

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The amazing Dame Helen Mirren has been doing a lot of talking lately about sexism in the film industry. This time, at a Power Women breakfast hosted by The Wrap, Mirren was asked about the Maggie Gyllenhaal situation, where she was turned down for a role because she is “too old” to play the lover of a 55 year old actor. Check out what Mirren has to say about it in the video above, and prepare to love her even more than you already did.

(via Women and Hollywood)

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Teresa Jusino
Teresa Jusino (she/her) is a native New Yorker and a proud Puerto Rican, Jewish, bisexual woman with ADHD. She's been writing professionally since 2010 and was a former TMS assistant editor from 2015-18. Now, she's back as a contributing writer. When not writing about pop culture, she's writing screenplays and is the creator of your future favorite genre show. Teresa lives in L.A. with her brilliant wife. Her other great loves include: Star Trek, The Last of Us, anything by Brian K. Vaughan, and her Level 5 android Paladin named Lal.