Jessica Lange has revealed why she is retiring from acting after a career spanning over four decades.
The acting legend, now 74, first found fame in the 1976 King Kong remake, which earned her a Golden Globe award despite the film’s mixed reviews.
Jessica has two Academy Awards for Best Actress to her name – for 1982’s Tootsie and 1994’s Blue Sky – as well as five Golden Globe wins.
Originally from Cloquet, Minnesota, she now lives on her own in Greenwich village, spending time with her three children and two grandchildren.
But after 46 years on screen, Jessica is planning to gradually phase out her roles.
New plans: Jessica Lange has revealed why she is retiring from acting after a career spanning over four decades (pictured in 2022)
Glamorous: Jessica has two Academy Awards for Best Actress to her name – for 1982’s Tootsie and 1994’s Blue Sky – as well as five Golden Globe wins
She has now revealed the reasons behind the decision, including what she feels is a lack of ‘creativity’ in the film industry as producers seek to increase profits.
In an interview with The Telegraph, she said: ‘Creativity is secondary now to corporate profits. The emphasis becomes not on the art or the storytelling. It becomes about satisfying your stockholders.
‘I’m not interested in these big comic-book franchise films. I think that they’ve sacrificed this art that we’ve been involved in… for the sake of profit.’
Jessica also believes ageism is a problem in the industry, and criticised the editing styles of modern films, which she sees as too ‘frantic’.
All in all, she added, changing attitudes have led to the loss of ‘wonderful films’ and ‘wonderful stories’ – and she is now looking to leave the acting business.
Her plans to retire, however, are very gradual as she first announced the move in 2013, stating she would only appear in one more season of American Horror Story.
She previously told the Los Angeles Times newspaper: ‘I am coming to the end of acting.
‘I want to go out with a bang… or should I say, a scare?’
She enjoyed a resurgence of popularity in the show – created by Glee mastermind Ryan Murphy – in which she played a different character each season.
And despite her retirement, Jessica will still appear in Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night and in a Marlene Dietrich biopic.
