As we look forward, the trend is accelerating. Millennials are now aging into their 40s, and they grew up worshiping the iconography of the 90s film stars. They will not accept a culture that throws their heroes away.
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It is impossible to discuss this topic without acknowledging that television has outpaced film. Prestige TV has been a haven for (or specifically, television). Series like Big Little Lies, Mare of Easttown, The Crown, and Ozark have given women in their 50s and 60s the "meatier" roles that movies used to reserve for men. As we look forward, the trend is accelerating