Rose McGowan ends her acting career
It's always so sad to see things end this way, not on a bang but on a whimper. Whether you like or hate McGowan, believe her or not, sympathize with her or think she's nuts, love her, hate her, care less...it matters not. Rose McGowan effectively ended her own acting career in Hollywood, at least with the major studios. She might still find acting work with cable television and with indie movies.
I'll tell you why and you need to talk to someone over age 50, preferably older to understand Hollywood.
Hollywood is the biggest hypocrite when it comes to women. Hollywood trumpets itself as the bedrock supporter of women's rights, the Democrat Party, the left-wing liberals, any and every liberal or so-called progressive cause. But Hollywood is the first to throw women under the bus.
The older people know all too well over the past 80 years how much Hollywood has exploited women. Hollywood is youth-obsessed and there's little work for older actresses. A number of female actresses back in the 20th century commented about the 'casting couch', which for you young people means that long ago, aspiring young actresses had been importuned to give up 'sexual' favors in order to further their careers. Sexual harassment was a way of life. Women actresses simply endured it as an occupational hazard. But it wasn't just women. Reports surfaced of handsome young male actors being pressured for sexual favors from studio execs or other influential people who were into that kind of thing.
Worse, old Hollywood quickly circled the wagons to protect its own. Whoever this so-called studio bigwig is that allegedly sexually assaulted McGowen, if he is still in good standing with his colleagues and peers, trust me, he will be protected. Old Hollywood was good at blacklisting and blackballing and bad-mouthing actors and actresses who had displeased some studio bigwig. What was greatly feared was to be told, "You'll never work in this town again." because the major studios colluded with each other in blacklisting actors. Careers could be easily ruined and ruined actors and actresses had little recourse but to exit the show biz, take other jobs, leave Los Angeles, or if lucky, marry some rich guy if the ruined actress was still young and pretty enough.
McGowen's time in mainstream Hollywood is over but as I wrote, not all needs to be lost. There's still cable television productions and independent productions and theater she can turn to.