Catherine Zeta-Jones is confidently stepping away from mainstream Hollywood.
In her subsequent profession transfer, “The Mask of Zorro” actress, 55, shared that she stepped again into a distinct movie style and away from the industrial calls for of Hollywood.
“I can’t talk about it right now, but I am doing a little indie picture, and I’m really excited about that, because I’ve never been part of that indie world,” she shared on the Crimson Sea Movie Pageant in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in line with The Hollywood Reporter.
“I want to turn up. I want to do some interesting work. It goes back to my theater thinking, because I don’t feel I have to prove anything to anybody. I don’t have to work hard for other people.”
Zeta-Jones’ feedback come after she mirrored on her Hollywood profession and the way she landed an Oscar for finest supporting actress within the 2003 movie “Chicago.”
“It’s actually the beginning, because there’s the precedent, with your name being preceded with the Academy Award-winning Catherine Zeta-Jones,” she defined to followers on the competition, in line with the outlet.
The “America’s Sweethearts” star stated that at one level in her Hollywood profession, she hit a crossroad and had to decide on between profitable an Oscar or a finest actress Tony.
“To be acknowledged by the Broadway lights, that was wonderful. But the Academy Award was something that was totally unexpected. It blew my mind,” she added.
Zeta-Jones, who portrayed Morticia Addams in Tim Burton’s 2022 tv sequence “Wednesday,” went on to say how being a toddler star on the age of 10 was helpful for her when she rose to Hollywood fame.
The Welsh actress took the crown dwelling in a nationwide expertise contest in her pre-teen years and recalled faucet dancing on the age of 4.
“I started very young too in the theater. I’m certainly not a young chick. I’ve been in the industry for a very long time, and I’ve loved every minute of it,” she stated.
Earlier than changing into a Hollywood veteran, she struggled to get her footing within the business and was turned down a number of instances.
“I went to many auditions, and I was rejected,” she remembered.
On the time, Zeta-Jones confronted challenges and limitations with a six-month visa to the US.
“I went to America and I thought this is my chance, to give it my best shot,” she remarked.
Ultimately, Zeta-Jones was acknowledged by Steven Spielberg when she landed a task in a CBS challenge concerning the Titanic.
“Lesson to actors. If you don’t think you’re doing the role you should be getting, just do it, because you never know [when] Steven Spielberg is watching,” she stated on the competition.
Zeta-Jones is finest recognized for her movie work together with “Ocean’s 12” and received a Tony in 2010 for her look in “A Little Night Music” on Broadway.
She’s been married to Michael Douglas since 2000. Douglas is 25 years older than Zeta-Jones, and so they have two youngsters collectively; son Dylan, 24, and daughter Carys, 21.
