« A part of me was asking the question, ‘Where have these stories gone? Why did they stop?' » the actress said while discussing ageism women in Hollywood face.
Actress Anne Hathaway revealed on Saturday why she took a break from romantic comedies, blaming the ageism women face in Hollywood.
The 41-year-old Oscar winner starred in several rom-coms in the early 2000s, such as One Day, Ella Enchanted, Valentines Day and Love & Other Drugs.
However, during a press conference for her upcoming flick The Idea of You—in which she plays a 40-year-old single mom in an age-gap romance with a pop star—Hathaway said she stopped receiving scripts for romantic leads in her 30s.
« I didn’t notice that it was happening, » Hathaway said Saturday when asked what brought her back to the genre. « I received a lot of romantic scripts in my 20s, and then in my 30s, I was so focused on my family life and motherhood and trying to find whatever my path was going to be.
