[BuzzFoto] This actress has done some big films (mostly comedies) and a lot of voice-over work for animated films. She was recently asked to do a film where she would have to play the role of an ornery mother-in-law. She was so offended by the offer, especially since her character would be older than she is in real life, that she temporarily fired her agent for even suggesting it to her. 633
Cameron Diaz.
I second this.
Isn’t this part of being an actress? where you take roles outside your comfort zone.Cameron been looking pretty old since Arod turned her into the terminator.lol
I agree and LOL wholeheartedly at your comment
I am going to +1 this one LOL
I was thinking her too, but she’s still in her 30′s. She really would be an absurd choice to play a mother in law!
It does say that the character is older than her in real life.
Plus, she is not aging well at all.
She’s my guess too.
Maybe that’s why she was upset. They asked her to play someone older than her real age.
Yes, agree with you; and that’s why it’s called HollyWEIRD.
For everyone who thinks it is just *so ridiculous* for Cameron to be playing a “Mother-in-Law” character, in 2009, she played the mother of a 15 year old girl in My Sister’s Keeper.
Last time I checked 18 & 19 year olds were still getting married, so I think it is still credible that she could play a mother-in-law. Heck, some women are grandmothers by the time they are 40.
PLUS Diaz is looking really hard lately. She looks late 40s in a lot of photos rather than in her 30s.
And I wonder if they’ll cast a GUY in his 30′s as the father-in-law? Nope, he’ll probably be late 40′s!
It IS insulting. And sexist.
And what would be wrong with that? Cameron is almost 40. The majority of women marry older men. My mom was 21 when she had me (dad was 27) and easily could have been a mother-in-law by the time she was Cameron’s age.
Depending on how old the children would be in the script it may not be as sexist as you think it is. Plus it is much more believable to cast her as a mother than as a hot young thing that all the men are attracted to when she looks so rough.
Um, yeah. It’s still *ridiculous*. I’m assuming that the plot of the movie isn’t a super young couple with a 40 year old mother in law. If that were the case, then the offer wouldn’t have been insulting.
Reese Witherspoon was the first to pop into my mind, but Cameron Diaz also fits.
Sounds right.
Leslie Mann!
Neither her nor Diaz are aging well.
I’m going to agree with Cameron Diaz.
First one I thought of.
Jenna Mahony
Awesome!
hmmm… this is my first post here and i must confess i’m really not much of a gossip expert but somehow mila kunis popped into my mind (comedy, voice-over) … but then again, this is completely ridiculous. mila kunis=mother in law? who would come up with that?
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I’m guessing Cameron Diaz too. I agree she’s a little young to be playing a mother-in-law. She only turns 40 this year. But, I guess that’s why she temporarily fired the agent. lol
Cameron Diaz….
Joan Cusack
Bonnie Hunt?
Lots of comedies (including the Cheaper by the Dozen films with a “big” family) and voice over work in Cars and Toy Story 3 for starters.
I thought of Bonnie Hunt too (love her btw)
Bonnie has already played a MIL….her movie daughter in cheaper by the dozen was married & pregnant.
cam diaz
mila kunis
I agree! And…I just watched Bad Teacher this past weekend and couldn’t get over how old she appeared in some scenes.
Ia.
i agree – cameron fiona diaz
Queen Latifah?
Yeah, Cameron Diaz sounds right. And I’d be offended too, if I were she. She does NOT look old enough to play the mother-in-law of a grown character.
Definitely Cameron Diaz.
Cameron Diaz was the only person to come to mind.
If it was Cameron Diaz, that blows my mind, unless the role was a younger trophy wife, or the married couple was in their teens.
katey segal?
nevermind I saw films when I re-read it
I like the Reese Witherspoon guess.
Glad nobody said Angie.
She was Colin Farrell’s mother in Alexander.
Cameron Diaz
I keep thinking J-Lo for some reason (mainly because she was also the daughter in law in the movie “Monster In Law”) but the only animated film voiceover I see on her Wikipedia is an upcoming Ice Age movie.
I like the Cameron guess, I am sure I saw this story somewhere and it named her.
Drew Barrymore? She’s done a lot of voice over work.
First post, lurking for awhile. This sit is the perfect distraction.
Katherine Heigl. Cameron seems like she has a sense of humor about herself. Katherine seems like an uptight bitch.