With almost five decades of acting under her belt, Oscar winner Jessica Lange has revealed she’s considering retirement from Hollywood.
Speaking with The Telegraph, the Oscar-winning actress was asked if she was actually thinking of retiring to which she responded: “I am. I don’t think I’ll do this too much longer.”
Lange made her feature debut in Dino De Laurentiis’ “King Kong” remake in 1976, leading to roles in films like “Tootsie,” “Sweet Dreams,” “Cape Fear” and “Blue Sky”.
She says this potential decision is not a factor of age (she’s 74), but rather her disappointment over the film industry in its current form. On that front, she doesn’t hold back:
“Creativity is secondary now to corporate profits. The emphasis becomes not on the art or the artist or the storytelling. It becomes about satisfying your stockholders. It diminishes the artist and the art of filmmaking.”
She adds she’s sad over the loss of “wonderful films by really great filmmakers, wonderful stories, great characters. That’s rare, isn’t it now?”.
More recently Lange has been known for her work alongside Ryan Murphy with shows like “American Horror Story” and “Feud”. She’ll return to Broadway in 2024 and reunite with Murphy for an untitled Marlene Dietrich biopic at Netflix.
