Winona Ryder started her acting career as a teenager back in the mid 1980s, though she isn’t too pleased with the current generation of her teenage co-stars.
The 52-year-old actress was just 15 when she made her feature-film debut in the 1986 film Lucas, and 17 when she played Lydia Deetz in 1988’s Beetlejuice.
While promoting the long-awaited Beetlejuice sequel, Ryder revealed in an interview with The Los Angeles Times that she’s been frustrated with some of her younger co-stars of late.
‘I don’t mean to sound so hopeless. There are a few that are just not interested in movies. Like, the first thing they say is, “How long is it?”‘ Ryder revealed.
She wouldn’t identify any specific cast members who shared this feeling, though she did single out a younger kindred spirit.
Winona Ryder started her acting career as a teenager back in the mid 1980s, though she isn’t too pleased with the current generation of her teenage co-stars
The 52-year-old actress was just 15 when she made her feature-film debut in the 1986 film Lucas, and 17 when she played Lydia Deetz in 1988’s Beetlejuice, a role she reprises in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, in theaters September 6
Her Stranger Things co-star Finn Wolfhard is reportedly, ‘obsessed with Elliot Gould,’ though it seems many of other younger co-stars don’t have the same passion for film.
Ryder also spoke with Esquire, where she admitted, ‘I’ve gone from being the youngest person on set to being the oldest.’
‘I just think that social media has changed everything, and I know I sound old. I’m very aware of that,’ Ryder admitted.
‘And part of me thinks, “Gosh, am I like vaudeville at this point?” Like (elderly lady voice), “Hey, kids, turn down the music!”‘ she joked.
‘But I just think there was such an abundance: the history of film, the history of photography, it’s so rich, and there’s so much there, and I don’t mean we should go backwards, but I wish and I hope that the younger generation will study that,’ she added.
While she didn’t mention any of her younger co-stars who don’t necessarily appreciate film by name, her 20-year-old co-star Millie Bobby Brown made similar comments in an interview with The Sun that went viral.
‘People come up to me and say, “You should definitely watch this movie, it would change your life,”‘ Brown said.
‘I’m like, “How long do I have to sit there for?” Because my brain and I don’t even like sitting for my own movies,’ she admitted.
Her Stranger Things co-star Finn Wolfhard is reportedly, ‘obsessed with Elliot Gould,’ though it seems many of other younger co-stars don’t have the same passion for film.
‘And part of me thinks, “Gosh, am I like vaudeville at this point?” Like (elderly lady voice), “Hey, kids, turn down the music!”‘ she joked
She added that sh can’t believe it’s been a full decade since she started filming the huge Netflix hit Stranger Things
The actress did add that her husband, Jake Bongiovi, ‘is the biggest movie buff,’ adding, ‘He just sits and watches movies all day.’
She admitted, ‘And I cannot do that. That is the one thing I can’t sit down and do. But I really love Lara Croft in Tomb Raider, I love Mad Max. So I feel like I’m always channelling that inner bad-ass.’
She added that sh can’t believe it’s been a full decade since she started filming the huge Netflix hit Stranger Things.
‘Ten years! I never thought. I was like, “I don’t want to be doing this when I’m in my fifties!” It’s nuts, and its extra nuts to be my age. But I love the boys and I love [the actors] Sadie (Sink) and Maya (Hawke). It’s been really wonderful,’ she said.
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