Parker Posey is trying again on how making the leap from indie movies to studio films impacted her profession. The long-lasting actress stated throughout the “Smartless” podcast, as said by Selection, that after main impartial movies equivalent to “Occasion Lady” and “Dazed and Confused,” she was iced out of larger studio options. Posey famously auditioned for “Velocity” earlier than the half went to Sandra Bullock, and has been open about additionally shedding roles to Julia Roberts.
“I felt like I used to be known as a reputation, in a approach,” Posey stated. “My path was extra like, ‘Oh, [‘The Daytrippers’ director] Greg Mottola did a studying of his film that he was making an attempt to get financed,’ after which I launched him to Liev Schreiber who was in ‘Occasion Lady,’ after which we do ‘The Daytrippers’ a 12 months later. It was such a group again then. I felt like proper once I bought uncovered, and the entire indie motion bought uncovered, it additionally bought co-opted by the studio system, after which it turned this different factor. Impulsively, I wasn’t viable to get a film financed, and it was such a head journey as a result of I must audition for Hollywood films once I’d carried the lead in impartial films that have been shot in 23 days.”
“The White Lotus” actress Posey continued that she believes she was “gaslit” into considering she wasn’t on par with greater Hollywood names.
“[I would say], ‘I can promise I can memorize these strains within the script, and we’ll have a blast, belief me!’” she stated. “So I had, like, a great 20 years of that after, after which working with nice auteurs and doing [films], not getting paid quite a bit, however having the ability to work and fulfill my creativity.”
Posey stated to Vogue in 2023 that even her former agent informed her that she was “too indie.”
Posey lately obtained the Legend Tribute on the 2025 Gotham TV Awards. Whereas onstage, she credited “The White Lotus” creator Mike White for revitalizing her profession and bringing her expertise to a brand new viewers. “Thanks, Mike White, for believing in a middle-aged lady and believing in a legend. Thanks HBO for believing in a legend,” she quipped. “You already know what this award says to me, which makes me so blissful? To these on the market within the web world who made issues on YouTube, who put issues on social media, who imitated me, who had enjoyable within the yard, who made artwork — whether or not it was good or unhealthy, they entertained one another and themselves.”