NAOMI WATTS - WATTS: '40-YEAR-OLD ACTRESSES RULE HOLLYWOOD'

NAOMI WATTS has lavished praise on Hollywood for giving more roles to middle-aged actresses. The 38-year-old KING KONG star isn't worried about losing out on challenging parts as she gets older, because 39-year-old NICOLE KIDMAN and 37-year-old CATE BLANCHETT are still at the top of their profession as they approach 40. She says, "As I've gotten older, the roles - knock on wood - are getting more interesting. The longer the life, the deeper the characters, the richer the material. The theory used to be that it stops at 35 for women in Hollywood, but I think that has changed. "For a while it felt as if women's roles were going to all the 25-year-olds, but now, 40 seems to be the new 35, it really is. Look at all these great women around the age of 40 - Cate Blanchett, Nicole Kidman, RENEE ZELLWEGER and EMILY WATSON - they will all keep working."

12/02/2007 17:37