▲ Li Strasberg, the mentor who taught Monroe, Paul Newman, Al Pacino and other superstars, recalled his first impression of Jane Fonda: ordinary, but full of worries
The annual Cannes Film Festival has been screened again.
Why? It is not because the red carpet catwalk with dazzling flowers is more attractive.
For example, this year, the little sister clearly wore an old Armani dress 13 years ago, which still dazzled her for life.
In fact, she went out of the circle on the red carpet of the Golden Globe Awards in January, which is also in plain color, but was unanimously named as the Red Carpet God of War by netizens.
In contrast, others are crazy.
There are uncles and aunts who play antique cos,
There are also "Northeast Big Flower" brothers with folding fans in their hands.
The screenshots shared by netizens showed that the security guards who followed all the way had words of suffering
But this year, the most unique scenery in Cannes must be the three goddesses in the same frame——
For example, Gong Li, 58, Meryl Streep, 74, and Jane Fonda, 86.
The young girls over there are talking and laughing.
Here, they are calm and calm, mainly playing a calming needle.
This year, many people on the Internet said that Gong Li was snubbed by Cannes for the first time, and the official live broadcast did not give a close-up shot. On the contrary, last year, the organizers even cleared the scene to take pictures of her.
This scene is in sharp contrast to Jane Fonda, who appeared in the same frame at that time but had a big feature.
Look at this live photo coming out of the Internet, it's really vivid, and the photographers' lenses brush off to look elsewhere. Is it really imaginative?
But how to say, the red carpet itself is the land of Vanity Fair. A celebrity like Gong Li has long held the top prize of the three major international film festivals in Europe. In addition to being a judge in Cannes, she has also served as the chairman of the jury of several world-class film festivals in Berlin, Venice, Tokyo and so on. How can she show her sense of existence in this way?
She claimed that taking the red carpet was like going back to her hometown for vacation. This time, she also showed her face as a brand spokesperson. The elder sister mainly said, "You are free, I am free."
Jane Fonda is different. After all, the old lady is old. As a legendary film queen of the old generation, she rarely shows up this year. With her thick silver hair, hale vitality and self-discipline, she can afford to stand at the C position of the red carpet with a straight breast and waist, let alone 86 like 68. Of course, she should be treated grandly.
Looking at the whole red carpet female stars, I'm afraid that few of them can compete with Jane Fonda.
Let's say that Anya has become purple in recent years. As a fashionista, she was still photographed everywhere in Cannes this year, but the same action of her hips clearly demonstrated another expression of "being loveless".
Eva Green, once a sexy Bond girl,
Now this face is also frighteningly thin,
Fortunately, after changing my clothes, I came back a lot more beautiful.
Sister He Chaoqiong, 61, although she also came to the red carpet dressed elegantly and gracefully this time, she was still softer than Jane Fonda.
Therefore, the saying came true: exercise is cool for a while, exercise is cool for a long time, and life lies in exercise.
You see, Jane Fonda is not only an old actress, holding two Oscars, seven Golden Globes, and an Emmy Award, but also a real aerobics queen, known as the "Mother of Aerobics".
As a landmark figure in the history of world calisthenics, as early as the 1980s before Pamela became popular, she set off a nationwide fitness craze. She not only created the world's first healthy aerobic rhythmic gymnastics, compiled the "Jianfangda calisthenics" instruction manual, but also creatively matched the teaching video with rhythmic and dynamic music, making it more suitable for women and practical.
A netizen once found out the same war gown she wore in 2014 and 2020,
And the old dress 25 years ago worn at the Golden Globe Awards in 2021,
Feeling for comparison: except for the graying of her hair, time has not made her fat and bent, and her age is really only a number.
And who can imagine that such a dynamic film queen and superstar has a sad childhood and a troubled marriage?
Many people said that her destiny was rough, but she lived a legend.
Jane Fonda will never stay in frustration, let alone feel sorry for herself, whether it is about shaping a firm and flexible character or not bowing to fate.
This exuberant vitality and the straight forward posture are more or less related to her habit of persisting in sports all year round.
In fact, Jane Fonda's childhood was very fragmented. On the one hand, my family background is excellent, and on the other hand, my lack of company is like an orphan.
The originator of all this is her brilliant father, Henry Fonda.
As a self-made generation, Henry Fonda's parents were poor, but they gave him two super luxury appearance configurations: high appearance+good brains.
He is not only handsome, but also a bully. As early as 1923, he was admitted to the journalism department of the University of Minnesota.
The charm of male gods You can imagine something by looking at the following two photos.
He could have graduated from college and had a decent job as a journalist, but he dropped out because he didn't have the money to pay the tuition. Although my mother is a housewife, she has resources like shit luck. Her best friend is Marlon Brando, his mother?!
Under the introduction of this enthusiastic aunt, Jane Fonda's father began to become an actor at the age of 20. After that, his career became prosperous. From Broadway to Hollywood, he became the target of competition and cooperation between major studios and directors, and soon lived a life of superstar with fame and wealth.
But this perfect appearance is deceptive to women, and Jane Fonda's mother is the most serious victim.
As a playboy, Henry Fonda plays the role of honest and reliable man on the screen, but his private life is quite chaotic.
He has come here five times in his life just to get married. The first four wives were actors and colleagues, but the second wife, Jane Fonda's mother, was a Canadian socialite.
After marriage, she moved to Beverly Hills, but kept an empty house alone. She gave birth to a pair of children, but was mentally disturbed. She was talking about Jane Fonda's mother. When Jane Fonda was 12 years old, her father Henry Fonda took out a divorce agreement, which directly led to her mother's collapse and suicide.
Why is there so much bedding? Because you can understand some of the root causes of Jane Fonda's twists and turns in life - her original family situation is too painful; Only then can I feel and understand the difficulty and difficulty of going against the trend in the second half of her life, as well as her famous saying - "Age is not in chronological order, but in mental state."
Before her mother died, she didn't get the warm company of her mother who washed her face with tears all day long, except for a mouthful of food. After her mother died, Dad found her stepmother, who was only seven or eight years older than her, and sent her directly to the boarding school because she was in the way.
▲ Who can imagine the great childhood changes, father and daughter can take such pictures later
Lack of love makes Jane Fonda sensitive, eager for family life, and can't help forming a pleasing personality.
Like her father, she had a good career. At the age of 24, she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Newcomer, but there was a great emotional contrast. The three husbands were famous directors, political celebrities and top tycoons, but they all ended up in divorce.
The first French director husband, Roger Vadim, was similar to her father, talented but confused.
But she was young at that time, and she worshipped and obeyed.
In order to please each other, she made the famous pornographic film Barbarina, the space hero, against her heart.
Life can be imagined that it is not much better. The other party is addicted to drinking and gambling. She also acts as a mother, takes babies, makes money on film and faces her husband's mud.
This bad relationship ended when she cut off her long hair and won the first Oscar winner in her life with "Grass in Willow Lane".
After that, as a single mother, she met her second husband, Tom Hayden, a famous social activist.
As for the reason for getting married, it is mainly because Jane Fonda is one of the active and enthusiastic anti war ideologists who happened to be in the period of student movement craze.
When I thought about it later, I really jumped from one pit to another. Because there is nothing else but to find the so-called "spiritual resonance" from this man.
On the other hand, Jane Fonda has to work harder to earn money "to support her family", because she wants to raise more money to support her husband in social sports.
However, men have strong self-esteem. Obviously, women are strong and men are weak, but they are not only ungrateful but also destructive. They think that she is a star who has no culture to talk about, but also has an affair. At the age of 50, the two people who went farther and farther finally divorced.
But this life also makes Jane Fonda's career more vigorous.
The film "Return in Glory", which she participated in and shot based on the story of disabled soldiers returning from Vietnam, helped her win the second Oscar in her life. The aerobics career was also developed from then on.
Then there is Ted Turner, a media tycoon and the founder of CNN.
This third husband is not only rich, but also worships her. Not only love her, but also respect her and take care of her, which makes ordinary people look too envious.
However, Jane Fonda finally chose to divorce ten years after her marriage. Because one thing she can't bear: the little old man is too clingy. That kind of love seems to be attached and unwilling, but it is actually another kind of selfishness and control.
As long as she can't see each other on a business trip, she has to "talk about her missing" in the face of a series of deadly calls... This just violates the bottom line of Jane Fonda's growing awareness that living freely is more important than having anything. She is not short of money, and has cultivated enough energy to understand and love herself.
Looking back, Jane Fonda said something too heartfelt: "I try not to be defined by men, but the man I married most likes to define women." She spent most of her life fully understanding it.
As an 86 year old senior in foreign film and television circles, Jane Fonda may not be familiar to the public.
But it doesn't stop us from listening to her story.
This is just a corner, because in the long life of any experienced person, thousands or even tens of thousands of words are far from enough to make it clear. However, through some details and commonalities, we can find the common strength in ordinary life, that is, as a woman, no matter what the starting point, what kind of adversity, she can find her own direction in life and live with confidence.
The starting point of Jane Fonda seems to be high, but in fact, she steps precipitously and falls into the abyss without paying attention.
For example, when she was a child, she only regarded her as the father of dolls. In addition to occasionally taking a "happy group photo" of her, she sent her to learn dance and lose weight, and once "warned" her girls that only slim and good-looking can gain love.
She was so silly and naive that she believed it. In order to get as much love as Sesame, the only relative at that time, she had the idea of suicide when she suffered from anorexia with dieting.
Fortunately, she did not give up trying to grow up in a bad environment and bravely break the status quo. These are all derived from her open mind and the habit of introspection that she does not blindly follow.
Take the development of aerobics as an example. At that time, the opportunity was that she could no longer maintain her figure through ballet because of her foot injury. She did not give up exploring, and finally found a reliable teacher and gave her a fitness fat burning program.
When she benefits herself, she thinks about how to make more people benefit. At that time, gyms were all opened for men. She broke the convention and opened a women's fitness center, which adopted the tuition system. Soon, the studio became popular and opened a chain. Later, the publishing of books and recording of programs came naturally.
When she was 73 years old, she found that she was also in the old age stage. She sent out a fitness training video for people over 50 years old, calling on everyone to move: "Even if you never exercise regularly, it will change your life from now on."
The same is true for her marriage and divorce with several husbands. At least she has fully carried out "stop loss in time" within her cognitive ability.
Marriage is the same as making friends. It doesn't matter how good an outsider looks at it. You have to live on your own. Change is the most normal thing. The important thing is whether your changes are consistent with those of the other party? When there is disagreement, are you willing to follow your heart's choice regardless of criticism. This requires courage, but also confidence. This confidence includes independence of personality and economy, as well as calm and responsibility in the face of risks.
After all, active change and passive acceptance must be completely different life states.
After the third divorce, she was over 65 years old and chose to return to Hollywood 14 years later. She has already achieved financial freedom, but she just wants to do more, because she has this ability, far more than the men she has looked up to.
At the age of 40, she even bought the copyright of "Golden Pond" and made her old father the hero.
That movie finally helped her father get the Oscar winner he wanted before he died. But for her, the most important thing is the repair of the father daughter relationship and the reconciliation of family ties.
At the age of 80, she launched her own documentary "Five Acts of Jane Fonda" to explore the meaning of women's existence and life breakthrough with her own life experience.
Over the years, she has always been happy to answer questions for girls when they are confused about their feelings and life, and to protest against vulnerable groups, women in the workplace and social injustice. She exudes vitality and vitality, and it is not difficult to understand the surprise of seeing her on the red carpet at the beginning.
Her life went through great waves, but in the end she lifted the weight as lightly as possible. Be calm, persevere, let go and rebirth. The gifts of time will eventually be presented at the right moment, making you smile at yourself.
Does age mean loss? Of course not. If you are willing to believe, it is wealth.
As Aunt Mei said when she won the Lifetime Achievement Award in Cannes this year, "Thirty five years ago, when I first came to Cannes, I was the mother of three children. At that time, I was about to turn 40, thinking that my career had ended."
The truth is that the next new and wonderful life has just begun.
