“It’s so rare to see anything about women this age,” Blythe Danner told The Huffington Post in Park City last week, where her film “I’ll See You In My Dreams” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
“I remember meeting Leslie Caron years ago and her saying that she was leaving after 35 because there would be no great roles,” she said. “It was a very different place then. It’s continuing to expand and grow.”
But for all the criticism of women’s roles (or lack thereof) in Hollywood, Danner sees it a bit differently. “They’re better!” she exclaimed.
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Danner, who says she never actively looks for roles, is drawn to this type of character — a “three-dimensional” one, she explained. One that has “humor, heartbreak and emotions that you can really dig into.”
This type of role is not always easy to find. “I have had some roles like that on stage, but never in film,” Danner said. “It has a trueness and a simplicity to it. It’s really a women’s movie.”
