“Casting directors really act like it’s illegal to hire any woman who might be within spitting distance of perimenopause,” another user wrote. “You either have to be a hot young starlet or elderly. It’s actually impossible to just be a normal, human adult woman.”
“It’s weird because I feel like once women are above 60 or so, they get [cast] as grand dames, matriarchs, etc. Maybe? But it’s really the middle-aged crowd that gets woefully overlooked. It’s sad,” another user suggested.
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