Most of us remember model-turned-actress Andie MacDowell as Emilio Estevez’s crush in “St. Elmo’s Fire” or the victim of adultery in “Sex, Lies and Videotape” – but the classic beauty is back in two new Lifetime flicks “At Risk” and “The Front” (based on the Patricia Cornwell novels), both set to air next year, and she’s stepped out of her comfort zone to play naughty.
“I play a real bi**h, I was a narcissistic sex addict and had to sleep with young men,” MacDowell said as L’Oreal Paris (for which she is an ambassador) received a Friend of the Walk of Fame in Hollywood on Tuesday. “But it was embarrassing because I’m pretty shy and yet I had to look at myself in the mirror and take my clothes off …”
But one thing Ms MacDowell isn’t “embarrassed” about is her age and unrelenting determination to get work in an industry centered on juvenescence.
“We live in a society that sees getting older in a certain way, but I keep trying to tell myself of my value and my worth. I’m really comfortable with my age, I’m 51 and I have no shame about that whatsoever and I’m really comfortable in my skin,” she said. “I take really good care of myself and I insist to not go away. I want to work because it brings me a sense of self worth and dignity, I like my job. I may not be the lead or I may not get the starring roles that I used to because so many movies revolve around youth, but I refuse to go away because I enjoy it. I always find a way to get work. It may not be the best parts I used to get or it may not be as easy, but I’m still here.”
And although she’s past the half-a-century mark, MacDowell still manages to look au natural and stunning – so L’Oreal products aside, what’s her secret?
“Drinking a lot of water, getting enough sleep and doing yoga – but I really think it is acceptance. We all get older so I’m celebrating it,” she added. “Wonderful things happen when you turn 50, you change perspective. You ask, ‘who am I? What do I want to do with my life? What have I not done that I want to do?’ I feel like I’m enjoying life more, it’s not so much about pleasing other people. I feel like I’ve had so many successes on so many levels even if it is just my relationships with my friends.”
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