“I was too consumed”: Man of Steel Star Amy Adams Was Disappointed With Herself After Turning 40 for a Strange Reason Despite Being Hollywood’s Leading Actress
The American actor Amy Adams rose to prominence in Hollywood with her 2005 released Junebag. The Golden Globe recipient has been a part of multiple projects like- Enchanted, The Fighter, Arrival, and Vice. The actor also portrayed the character of Lois Lane in the DC Extended Universe from 2013 to 2017.
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Amy Adams was critically acclaimed for her role in American Hustle and Blue Eyes. During an interview with a media outlet, the actor expressed her concerns about turning 40, working with the legendary actor Meryl Streep and her association with Steven Speilberg.
Why Actor Amy Adams Was Disappointed Over Turning 40?
Amy Adams was equally happy and sad about turning towards the fourth decade of her life. Despite being one of the leading actors in Hollywood, she felt unsatisfied. Over a period of time, the actor was not happy with her acting career as she wasn’t being offered the kind of roles she had wanted to do.
During an interview with the media outlet Movie Maker, Amy Adams spoke about how being in the Steven Spielberg movie landed her one of the most important roles in her acting career in Junebag, and how her increasing age has become a concerning factor for her. She recalled-
“It wasn’t like I had all these roles that were available to me, but the reason I was considered for Junebug is because the director saw me in Catch Me If You Can. For me, as an actress, my personal breakthrough was Junebug. It was the year when I learned that I wasn’t willing to be unhappy to be an actress. I was turning 30 that year, and I was thinking, ‘What do I want? This is my life.”
While talking about turning 40, the Arrival actor said-
“I was too consumed with the ins and outs of my career as opposed to enjoying the work. Doing Junebug helped me really get back to enjoying the work and realizing that I do want to be an actress, and if that means nobody ever sees anything I do, that’s got to be okay. If that means I teach during the day and do a play at night, that’s got to be okay. I had to stop defining success by how society defines success.”
Amy Adams was last seen on HBO’s Sharp Objects in 2018.
Amy Adams On How She Became A Part Of Meryll Streep’s Doubt
Based on John Patrick Shanley’s book Doubt: A Parable, Meryl Streep and Amy Adams’ historical Mystery drama was critically acclaimed. The movie was based on the story of a nun uncovering a famous priest abusing black students. During an interview with the media outlet Movie Maker, Amy Adams was asked about how did she get a role in Meryl Streep’s Doubt, She said-
“I was working on Sunshine Cleaning with Emily Blunt and, oddly enough, she brought it to me. I flew myself to New York and fibbed to John Patrick Shanley that I was already there and met him. I think they had someone else in mind, but I just stayed on it. I’m not like that about every role, but I needed to do this. I’m so attracted to stories of faith—I always have been—and this was such a smart film and such a beautiful play.”
Amy Adams even spoke about her character Sister James and pointed out-
“[My character], Sister James, is such a voyeur. Even though she’s a catalyst for what happens, she’s almost like the audience. She’s watching this happen and trying to make a decision about what she believes, on what side she falls, and to sit in that room and get to be a voyeur in the scenes with Philip and Meryl—it doesn’t get any better than that.”
Amy Adam’s Doubt is available on Amazon Prime for streaming.
Source: MovieMaker
