Sally Field Just Revealed The Role She Always Turned Down & You Can't Blame Her

"“I never take to stories about women that are trying to find a man,” she explained. “I didn't like it then, and it doesn't appeal to me now, because I think women are about so much more. Life is so much more complicated than that.”"

"“That's not to say that Field hasn't done her fair share of rom-coms, but her choices typically have some sort of twist to make it more meaningful - or at least a little fun. She starred in the 1982 film Kiss Me Goodbye, where she plays a widow whose dead husband returns as a ghost when she tries to remarry, and Murphy's Romance in 1975, where a man woos her and her son (as it should be).”"

"“In 2015, she played the titular role in the critically acclaimed comedy Hello, My Name Is Doriswhere she becomes infatuated with her younger colleague ( New Girl alum Max Greenfield). Yes, she technically does pursue him (and rightfully so), but the age gap, unusual workplace dynamics, and eccentricity of her character put a highly comedic twist on the rom-com trope.”"

"“Speaking to People, Field said she was more interested in tackling emotional fare, processing her own trauma through movies. “Being a little girl raised in the '50s and having a very complicated childhood with my stepfather and even my mother at times, I was filled with rage,” she recalled.”"

Sally Field avoids onscreen roles focused on women trying to find a man. She says she did not like that kind of story before and does not find it appealing now, because women represent more than dating plots and life is more complicated. She has still appeared in romantic comedies, but her choices often include twists that add meaning or fun. Examples include Kiss Me Goodbye, where a widow’s dead husband returns as a ghost when she tries to remarry, and Murphy’s Romance, where a man woos her and her son. She also starred in Hello, My Name Is Doris, where workplace and age-gap dynamics create comedy. She is especially interested in emotional material and processing trauma through film.

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