Oscar-winning actress Geena Davis has said that once she turned 40, she felt like her acting career "fell off a cliff".
Speaking to The Guardian, 64-year-old Davis said: "In the early stages of my career, I was blithely going along thinking, 'Meryl Streep, Jessica Lange and Sally Field, they're all making these great female-centric movies. And I’m getting these great roles, really tippy-top roles, so things must be getting better for women.' But suddenly, the great roles were incredibly scarce. It was a big difference."
The Thelma & Lousie star also admitted that she could not believe that her biggest roles and the work of other female actresses had not brought about a change in Hollywood.
She said: "But after Thelma & Louise, everyone wanted to talk to me, telling me how the film had changed their life, how many times they'd seen it. So that changed forever how I considered what parts to play. I would think: 'What are the women in the audience going to say when they see this movie?’"
"Then A League of Their Own comes out and everyone says: 'Now there’s going to be so many women’s sports movies!' And five years go by… It was a shock that absolutely nothing happened," she added of her 1992 hit film.
