Charlotte Rampling is adamantly opposed to cosmetic surgery. The actress opens up about her relationship to aging, youthfulness in Hollywood and her fascination with age.
While the call of the knife is alluring to some stars, Charlotte Rampling is adamant: she will never do plastic surgery. The 76-year-old actress explains her strong opinion and why she doesn’t want to play pool.
Charlotte Ramplig is afraid of cosmetic surgery
Charlotte Rampling gave an interview to the magazine The Sydney Morning Herald published on December 4 in which she opens up about her age and the passage of time. While the journalist talks to her about aging, the actress retorts “coldly”: “It doesn’t speak to me, this question. It doesn’t speak to me. I really have nothing to do with it”, sweeping the subject without hesitation. The star accepts aging and has no fear of the signs of aging. “It will be what it will be. My face ain’t too bad, so I don’t need surgery. Even if I wanted to, I probably never would have done it because I’m too scared of it and I don’t agree with it.” launched the actress. The one that we will find in the sequel of the film Dunes by Denis Villeneuve even confessed to being seduced by the idea that his appearance changes over time: “I’m a bit fascinated by the fact that my face is getting old, she pointed out.
The pressure of youth
Like Jamie Lee Curtis, Jane Fonda or even Cameron Diaz, Charlotte Rampling is one of the stars who have never hidden their strong opinion on cosmetic surgery and their reluctance to succumb to it. Already in 2016, in an interview with the magazine The Cut, the Briton confided in this pressure of youthism in Hollywood and cosmetic surgery which has become commonplace. “Many actresses of her age are anxious about aging but I choose not to. That’s all I can say. Nobody likes the idea of breaking down, but I choose not to have a relationship with any of it. And just carry on. You do the best you can with what you have. she said, agreeing to age gracefully.