London: Kim Cattrall says she feels ‘marginalised’ as an actress because she is offered roles which is similar to her ‘Sex and the City’ character Samantha Jones.
The 54-year-old actress says casting agents fail to hire her for roles which is different from her man-eater character in the hit TV show.
“Nobody wants to hire me unless I’m playing Samantha Jones. Do you know what it’s like to be 54 and marginalised? It doesn’t get any easier as you get older,” she said. Cattrall admits that prejudice in Hollywood is nothing new to her and she has found it hard to break away from “sexualised” roles.
“I’ve been sexualised since I was a young actress. If you want to get work as an actress – and not as a waitress – you get sexualised. I think that can be part of your journey, going through the Hollywood mill. “Then you’re no longer as cute as the next crop coming up. It is something I’ve been experiencing in one way or another in my entire career,” she added.
The TV star adds that the attitude in London was different, where she received praise for her role in the play Private Lives and in 2010 European shot thriller The Ghost. (PTI)