Growing up, Geena Davis’s neighbors thought she was crazy.
After attending Boston University as a theater major, Davis left the program for New York City, where she began working as a retail associate at Ann Taylor, then becoming a model with the Zoli Agency.“It was beyond my wildest imaginings that I would get the first movie role I auditioned for,” Davis wrote. After winning the role, it wasn’t long before Davis found herself being mentored by the film’s star, Dustin Hoffman.
Not only did Hoffman tell her not to do it, Davis told TODAY, but Hoffman also told her how not to do it. After “Tootsie,” Davis made several other high-profile movies including “Beetlejuice” and “The Fly,” before taking on “The Accidental Tourist,” a role that earned her an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 1989.
In contrast to Davis’ unflinching politeness, Sarandon was outspoken and unafraid to speak her mind. “I was now on another planet, a new, exciting, powerful planet, and Susan Sarandon was the Queen Alien,” Davis wrote in the memoir.“The characters have a certain kind of relationships where Louise is the leader in the relationship and Thelma’s a little younger and more naïve. She looks up to Louise and counts on Louise to help her and look out for her," Davis said.
“It left me with shame and humiliation that was hard to get past and made me realize how vulnerable I really was,” Davis wrote in the memoir. But it was also a dawning for the actor who realized just how prevalent the exploitation of female actors was in the industry. “The concept that you give away a little bit of yourself every time you don’t speak up for yourself or say what you think,” she said.
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