“Blade Runner” actress Sean Young looks back on her illustrious Hollywood career – she starred alongside Michael Douglas in “Wall Street” and Kevin Costner in “No Way Out” – as she stars in “Ode to the Wasp Woman” makes his off-Broadway debut.
The 63-year-old actress played doomed 1950s B-movie star Susan Cabot in the piece and said she was reminded of her own hardships in Tinseltown in an interview with People published Tuesday.
“That’s actually what fascinated me about the piece,” she said. “I’ve had some of my own experiences with what the vicissitudes of Hollywood can do to people and what it can do to them.”
Young – who also worked with Kevin Costner in No Way Out – added: “I’m really glad I survived what I went through as a famous actress in my 20s and early 30s. She was partly referring to the decline of her career after being replaced by Kim Basinger in Batman and being sued by James Woods for stalking behavior.
“I really believe the industry has always been predatory,” she added. “I don’t think that happened recently.”
Review: Sean Young looks back on her illustrious Hollywood career as she makes her Off-Broadway debut in Ode to the Wasp Woman; Seen in 2018

Thoughtful: The 63-year-old actress played doomed 1950s B-movie star Susan Cabot in the piece and said she was reminded of the hardships she faced in Tinseltown; appeared in 1982’s “Blade Runner.”
“This is a company that feeds the youth in general.” I mean, not in all cases. There are people who have grown older and are still successful.
“But it’s a youth-driven enterprise, so I was fascinated by the tragedy and the stories of the people in the play.”
Young eventually left the Hollywood life in the 1990s, leaving Arizona for two sons, Rio Kelly Lujan, 29, and Quinn Lujan, 25, with her husband Robert Lujan.
“I’m very grateful to have a family,” she added.
Of course, she went on to star in films like Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
“And then I kept working, so I was like, ‘Okay. Well, I can still work. I got offers.” I mean, when I was in my late 30s, they weren’t top projects, but they paid well and they gave me an income and they gave me a job and I never had to another job to do. So to me that’s … that’s success.”
Although she was sometimes at odds with the powers that be in Hollywood, she was confident in her abilities early on, such as when she won roles in “Blade Runner” and “Wall Street.”
“I think I had my own personality, I always had a really good sense of humor,” Young claimed. “Because, as I found out, other people didn’t necessarily have the same sense of humor that I did. “There’s a lot of arrogance in the industry and there’s a lot of crazy people in the industry.”

Survivor: “I’m really glad I survived what I went through as a famous actress in my 20s and early 30s,” Young said; Seen in 2018

New life: Young finally left the Hollywood life in the 1990s and left Arizona for two sons, Rio Kelly Lujan, 29, Quinn Lujan, 25, with her husband Robert Lujan; seen in 1993

Offensive: “Perhaps I offended some distinguished men along the way. However, that was never my intention,” she revealed
Without naming names, Young said her candid humor may rub off on some of her colleagues.
“Perhaps I offended a few distinguished men along the way. However, that was never my intention,” she revealed. “It’s really true. I just thought everything was really funny. I didn’t take it too seriously. I took what I did seriously.”
“But then I learned that being myself is not necessarily an advantage in terms of self-preservation, in terms of other people’s egos and other people’s perceptions or boundaries or whatever.”
The actress, who has experienced something of a Hollywood renaissance, also teased that she would have a lot more to say about her Hollywood heyday, if only she could complete her memoir.
“I wrote 300 pages, but to be honest, I was bored with the subject.” I could no longer concentrate on myself. I wrote everything down until I was 25, so it’s about 300 pages.”
Ode To The Wasp Woman plays a 13-week engagement at The Actors Temple Theater from November 7.
Source: Daily Mail

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