Hollywood movie star Susan Sarandon has praised Saoirse Ronan as a young woman in the film industry.
The Thelma & Louise actress, who starred in The Lovely Bones alongside the Carlow native, admitted that she thinks women like Saoirse are “using their careers instead of being used by them.”
“Today I think there is a crop of young women who are interested in having fun and having lives but are not necessarily trying to please all the time—even though they are scrutinized constantly,” she told Harpers Bazaar.
“Kristen Stewart. Saoirse Ronan. These women are using their careers instead of being used by them.
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The Hollywood icon also praised female comedians in the movie industry, and credited the likes of Room star Brie Larson for staying true to themselves.
“The Melissa McCarthys, the Amy Poehlers, all of those gals who are creating work, being funny and independent. You don’t always have to be about liberation,” she divulged.
“Then there’s Shailene Woodley and Ellen Page and Brie Larson—they seem to be creating a life.”
The news comes after our very own Saoirse Ronan nabbed the award for Best Actress at this years IFTA Film and Drama Awards.Â
