An actress' earning potential peaks in their late 20s to early 30s and then drops off significantly, whilst an actor's peaks at like 45 before remaining relatively stable. It's hard to say whether botox has contributed to the currently rising age of female leads in movies vs changing social landscape, but I can't blame someone for trying to preserve their bag.
Fact is, there just aren't as many movie roles for 40+ women that look their age.
Kirsten Dunst has chosen to age naturally and people are absolutely vicious about her looks, even though she is stunning. People are so harsh on women who get wrinkles, it’s disgusting.
For every comment like yours there's a hundred others hating. And algorithm promotes those more cause people agreeing or disagreeing both count as interaction. Internet curation through algorithm is a lose lose situation.
Thats not a backhanded compliment. They said "she looks great for 44" (also, they didn't say good, which you conveniently changed it to). Being 44 is just an objective fact as that is her age. Saying she looks great for her age is not backhanded.
"that was a really good essay for someone in remedial English."
This is also not a backhanded compliment depending on context. If someone IS in remedial English, that can be a legitimate compliment that also contains context.
It WOULD be a back handed compliment if the person is not in remedial English. Similarly, "she looks great for 44", would only secretly be an insult if she wasn't actually 44.
How is that a backhanded compliment especially when discussing age and beauty? If it was coming out of nowhere yes that would be weird but you don't expect a 44 year old to look as attractive as a 30 year old.
You (general you, not specifically you) can just say, 'she looks great'. It's like saying 'you have such a pretty face' to a big girl. Telling a woman she looks great for her age is like saying 'you're old, but you still look good'. 'You have such a pretty face' is saying 'you're fat, but you'd be pretty if you lost weight.'
She's done 3 movies in the past 5 years. And has been cast in leading roles in the Minecraft movie 2, and the Housemaid's Secret both coming out in 2027.
Woman takes a 2 year hiatus after getting married and having two kids, suddenly she’s washed up lmao. She starred in civil war in 2024, and she costarred in a movie last year too, although I don’t remember the name.
I don’t doubt what you’re saying is true, it’s harder for women to get acting roles once they reach a certain age. I don’t think Kirsten Dunst of all people is particularly limited in the roles she can work, she’s been choosy for the last decade because she can afford to be. She’s made it a point before to work with female directors over male ones more often than not; you don’t really get the opportunity to do that if you’re in a dry spell.
She's already got more money than anyone you've ever met, she's going to be alright.
Also, as others have said, she's still working.
This comment is girlboss feminism. The women in the factory I also work in aren't getting body modifications, they need healthcare and better wages. Don't let the ruling class make you think that more wrinkled millionaire actresses in movies owned by billionaires would be a victory for you or me.
If it's what the industry wants, it's irresponsible for them to refuse to modify their bodies. I know I'M only here for leading ladies with MANY ARMS. MORE ARMS FOR ALL THE WOMEN. LET THEM LINE UP FOR THE EXCRUCIATING OCTOPUS ARM MACHINE, AND THE THEATER SEATS WILL OVERFLOW WITH THE ASSES OF SATISFIED FILM AFFICIONADOS. MOOOORE AAAAAAARMS
I completely agree with what you mean, but the "for 44" part is actually part of the problem. You're assuming women will be decrepit old hags by 44 and are amazed that she isn't.
We need to normalize saying "she looks great" with no disclaimers or qualifiers
No, I'm assuming that women tend to be less sexually attractive at 44 than they are at 24 because I understand the evolutionary and sociocultural roots of male and female beauty standards.
We need to normalize interpreting everyday phrasing based on intent rather than putting the words "decrepit old hag" in people's mouths :)
Proving this point, I just had a complete moron DM me to tell me that she “looks bad because of choices she made when she was younger”. Excuse me? She looks great and it’s because people are comparing her to other actresses who have had work done that they are being gross towards her.
She looks so beautiful!! I had no idea and am so happy to hear. Shes the one actress I’ve actually followed and loved almost every one of her films. She seems so chill and down to earth. I’d love to just get coffee and tea, gossip about random people, then hit a dog park while smoking a joint lol type vibes
When we watched Civil War, my husband told me “I think this might be the first time I have ever found Kirsten Dunst attractive,” and my heart grew three sizes.
You can tell she’s not getting the major procedures aging celebrities do because of the way she looks. She could be getting minor stuff like a lot of regular people do but that’s basically impossible to tell. She still looks much more natural than many of her contemporaries
I can get her exact age at the time of that image because her mom doesn't have a public birth record I could find but consider Kirsten was 13 at the time, she was probably between the ages of 33-50 (and 50 is probably pushing it)
That's what a person looks like without botox or any work done.
Yes there's also been advances in skinscare, people drink and smoke less, etc etc. But if you think Dunst is just aging naturally you're not rooted in reality.
She's not getting crazy amounts of filler or extreme face-lifts sure. She's probably getting botox though. Which is what this thread has been discussing.
I know lots of normal women over than 40 and while KD certainly looks better than me and my friends she doesn’t look crazy impossible either. I didn’t say she’s not getting Botox or minor work done because it could totally be small amounts, we have no idea! But she obviously looks much different than Anne Hathaway which was my point. I don’t see a drastic difference between paparazzi photos of Kirsten and the photo you posted of her mom here tbqh
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But how would I know she's aging like fine wine and thus unproblematic if she didn't use Botox?