Long before she became a household name, Jane Fonda almost gave away her entire career
The 87-year-old actress has detailed a shocking interaction that made her reconsider acting in a Variety interview.
“I had decided after my first movie, Tall Story, that I was going to quit while I was ahead,” Fonda said.
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In the 1960s film, the actress portrays a college student with marriage at the forefront of her mind, following her quest to find a husband.
“I didn’t enjoy the experience,” she explained.
“And before we started shooting, Josh Logan, the director-producer, said to me, ‘You should have your jaw broken so your cheeks aren’t so puffy.’ Stuff like that really builds a girl’s confidence.”
Thankfully, Fonda changed her mind when director Edward Dmytryk offered her a role in 1962’s Walk on the Wild Side.
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“That made all the difference in the world. She [Kitty Twis] was a real character,” she told the publication.
“She wasn’t some cheerleader from next door that I had a hard time relating to. She rode around in a boxcar and then she becomes a hooker in a high-class brothel run by Barbara Stanwyck. And I had a blast.”
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In the late 1960s, Jane became an activist before pivoting to the fitness industry in the 1980s.
While her relationship with her career began to improve, Fonda has previously expressed that it took her decades to heal her relationship with her appearance.
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“I was raised in the ’50s. I was taught by my father that how I looked was all that mattered, frankly,” Fonda told Harper’s Bazaar.
“He was a good man, and I was mad for him, but he sent messages to me that fathers should not send: Unless you look perfect, you’re not going to be loved. I wasn’t very happy from, I would say, puberty to 50? It took me a long time.”
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