British actor Rupert Everett makes no secret of it: he hates getting older so much that he has avoided mirrors for years and no longer even wants to see his own films: “If I weren’t such a coward, I would get a facelift.”
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\u003c/div>\u003ch2 class=”DetailBodyBlocks__subhead”>No looking back\u003c/h2>\u003cp class=”RichText”>Everett’s distaste for his looks even goes so far as to In recent years he has categorically refused to see his own work. That used to be different. “Film is made for young skin. All that bright studio light naturally catches the eye: it makes your eyes stand out and all the shadows are correct. As a young actor you don’t have to do anything.”\u003c/p>\u003cp class=”RichText”>According to Everett, older actors have to work extra hard to come across well on screen. “When you are young your eyes are clearly visible, but the older you get, the less noticeable they are between all the bags and skin folds. It now looks like two hidden raisins. That’s why all older actors overact… Otherwise it looks like they’re doing nothing!”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>\u003cdata-hydrate data-name=”UserRecommendationsArticleDetail”>\u003cscript type=”application/json”>{“uid”:451990870}\u003c/script>\u003c/data-hydrate>”; window.telegraaf.removeArticleBlocks = function() { delete window.telegraaf. articleBodyBlocks; delete window.telegraaf.removeArticleBlocks; document.getElementById(‘scr-tlg-body’); if (s) { s.parentNode.removeChild(s);
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