“I was told that my career would end in my 40s!” : Naomi Watts reveals stark warning of her youth, but at 54 she’s in her biggest hit yet, The Watcher
Naomi Watts didn’t get her big break until she was in her thirties when she starred in the 2001 indie hit Mulholland Drive.
Shortly after the beauty was warned she wouldn’t be working as much in her 40s, which at the time was approaching, she told InStyle’s special issue.
But now, at the age of 54, the actress stars in Netflix’s biggest hit The Watcher, about a family who move into their dream house only to be hunted down.
Bad warning: Naomi Watts didn’t get her break in her thirties until she starred in the hit indie film Mulholland Drive in 2001 Shortly after, the beauty was warned she wouldn’t be working as much in her 40s, which at the time was just around the corner, she told InStyle’s November issue
A pretty look: the star is doing very well in her 50s as an actress with many hits like the new series The Watcher
Watts has been candid about how late she started in Hollywood.
“My career only really started in my early thirties; that’s when Mulholland Drive came out,’ she said.
“At that time, I was also told that your career would end around your 40s.”
But the warning was wrong.
While in her 40s, Watts starred in some of her biggest hits, including Fair Game (2010), Dream House (2011), and The Impossible (2012).
Dumb advice: Watts has been candid about how late she started in Hollywood. “My career only really started in my early thirties; that’s when Mulholland Drive came out,’ she said. “At that time, I was also told that your career would end around forty”
Now she’s in for one of her most successful projects of all time at the age of 54.
The actress stars in the Netflix miniseries The Watcher.
The show is based on the true story of a New Jersey couple, Derek and Maria Broaddus, who moved into their dream home in 2014 only to be spooked by an onslaught of anonymous threatening letters.
Naomi plays Maria in the Ryan Murphy-directed limited series, while 51-year-old Bobby Cannavale stars opposite her as Derek.
Big deal: The British-Australian actress is the star of Netflix’s biggest hit The Watcher about a family who move into their dream house only to be hunted down. Seen with Bobby Cannavale
Also in InStyle’s new issue, the mermaid said there were times when she was “close” to having plastic surgery.
She said she had strongly considered going under the knife in the past and had also done “a lot of research” on the subject.
In her latest film, Goodnight Mommy, Watts’ character has her face completely bandaged after cosmetic surgery, leading her young sons to believe that their own mother may have been replaced by a monster.
Occasionally: Seen on the left these months and on the right in 2011. She said she was about to have plastic surgery
When asked if she would consider going under the knife, she said: ‘I’ve done a lot of research and sometimes got close and thought about doing it.
And that doesn’t mean I won’t someday. If I knew I could be beautiful and like myself but less tired, I would gladly do what needs to be done,” she added.
Watts explained that surgery is a personal choice and nothing to be ashamed of.
“I don’t think we should ever shame anyone who made that choice because everyone should approach it on their own level,” she said.
Watts has two children, Kai and Sasha, with actor Liev Schreiber. She is now dating Billy Crudup.
With her true love: The star with boyfriend Billy Crudup at ELLE’s 29th Annual Women in Hollywood Celebration at the Getty Center on Monday in LA
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