Who Is an A-List Actor That Has Aged Gracefully?
By: Recently came across a photo of a 94-year-old Clint Eastwood, on the set of his final movie. Eastwood is talking to one of the starring actors, Nicholas Hoult. It’s always amazed me that for decades now, Eastwood either stars in a film or directs one almost every other year. Sometimes he stars in the movie and directs them at the same time.
Now when I say Eastwood is “aging gracefully” I mean it exactly the way I say it — he is very much “aging”. But he’s doing it on his own terms, and he’s doing it without ridiculous hair implants and botox and all that nonsense. The man is sharp as a fiddle, has remained in decent shape for a man in his mid-nineties and he’s still around to see his oldest grandchildren reach their forties. And still his mind isn’t gone, and his skill as a director isn’t in any way diminished…
When I think of people aging gracefully, I don’t think of people who defy the laws of physics physically, but of those who embrace the fact that, yes, you’re an old fart now, but you’re a productive one and you get shit done. Clint Eastwood is old, but he works, and he’s entering the final chapter of his life just as he entered every other — like a champion.