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What the Hell Happened to Rene Russo?

posted 10 years ago by TMC-4
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Rene Russo came seemingly out of nowhere and became one of the top actresses of the 90′s. She start in a string of hits for most of the decade. She has worked with directors like Richard Donner, Wolfgang Petersen, Barry Sonnenfeld, and Ron Howard. And then, as suddenly as she appeared, she left Hollywood for a six year hiatus. These days, she plays the mother of the god of thunder in the Thor movies.

What the hell happened?

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[–] megArnold 10 years ago

Apparently, family happened. Some people have different priorities.

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[–] TMC-4 (19392) 4 years ago

Why doesn't Rene Russo ever have a lead role?

https://www.quora.com/Why-doesnt-Rene-Russo-ever-have-a-lead-role/answer/Jon-Mixon-1

Because while she’s an attractive woman, she’s a middling actor.

Russo has been decent in supporting roles such as Get Shorty, In The Line of Fire, and especially Nightcrawler in 2014. However, if you watch her performances carefully, she doesn’t exude a great deal of charisma, nor the screen presence that would indicate that audiences would pay to go see her in a solo leading role. If viewers can discern that from watching her on onscreen, imagine what people who are casting films can do.

There are also the issues of her age (She’s 65), her health (Russo has been open about her bipolar illness) and the fact that she took nearly six years off from filming when her career was going fairly well which may not have been a good idea if she was interested in moving into solo leading roles. Unfortunately there are other female actors, with greater ranges, without Russo’s baggage, and who are proven box office performers.

Frankly, given her age and the changes in Hollywood, it’s a virtual certainty that Russo will continue in her supporting female actor roles. It’s a little too late in the game and she isn’t a strong enough performer to become a box office draw.

[–] huwdj (4562) 4 years ago

I was watching the two Thomas Crown Affair films recently and Russo was much better than I remembered. Still prefer the original and feel the remake was unnecessarily softened but overall it was quite good.
But you look at her film history and there is not a lot there really and only a few stand out roles quite long ago. Her career looks like a fairly standard female stars parabola - ascends quickly, has a relatively short time at the top and drops away thereafter. There are many reasons for this - some of which reflect poorly on the filmmakers and, I guess, us the audience. But it is what it is and RR's is not particularly remarkable.

[–] Vashramana 10 years ago

That is part of it, not only that she was always one dimensional in my opinion. She seemed to act exactly alike in every movie she was in.

[–] bsilvermbulletw 10 years ago

She got married and started a family.

[–] TMC-4 10 years ago

Rene Russo had already been married and had her daughter for at least ten years before she disappeared from Hollywood for six years.

[–] afutoran 9 years ago

Maybe she wasn't getting worthy role offers and didn't want to be in any more tom on duds like the remake of Yours, Mine and Ours. She didn't start her acting career until 28 yrs old which is considered old in Hollywood but managed to star in and work with some of the best actors, directors, writers and producers. She's already in her early 60's and looks incredible still. With her Super Model looks like Andie Macdowal, she is an ageless beauty and a wonderful actress. Loved her in NightCrawler that came out last year which was a meaty role for her since The Thomas Crown Affair and she was in her late 40's, naked with a sick bod, and had phenomenal chemistry with Pierce Brosnan whose actually a few years younger than her I think. I think she has enough money and other interests to pick and chose what's worth it to work 12 hr days and her husband is a successful screenwriter as well.

[–] TMC-4 (19392) 6 years ago

The real reason you don't hear from Rene Russo anymore

http://www.thelist.com/107424/real-reason-dont-hear-rene-russo-anymore/

[–] TMC-4 (19392) a year ago

Rene Russo, what happened to her career?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y42wCCXjHzI

In the 1990s, Rene Russo started her acting career. Russo began as a model. She signed with the Ford Modeling Agency and graced the covers of magazines Several years later, she disappeared.

In this video, we take a look at the career of an actress and try to understand what happened to Rene Russo's career.

Rene Russo is known for the films: Major League, Mr. Destiny, Lethal Weapon 3, In the Line of Fire, Get Shorty, Ransom, Buddy, The Thomas Crown Affair, "Two for the Money, Nightcrawler.