“I’m proud of every wrinkle on my face”

Evangeline Lilly is well known for several roles, including that of Kate Austen in Lost The Disappeared, or that of the elf Tauriel in the saga The Hobbit. Since 2015, she has played Hope van Dyne in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. She appears in the Ant-Man movies and in Avengers: Endgame. The third installment of Ant-Man: Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania hits theaters this Wednesday, February 15, 2023. The film immerses fans in the quantum world and introduces a new “villain” who promises to play his part. Aufeminin was lucky enough to be able to interview the actress who confided in her relationship to age, especially in her profession and in Hollywood.

His evolution of life was made with those of his characters. For her, Hope represents many evolutions: “I’m 43 and from turning 35 to now there have been huge changes in my life. I entered midlife and turned 40. And something changed in me without my trying to change.” The arrival of his 40th birthday had a liberating effect. “I feel different, more powerful, I know how to defend my own interests better now, I feel so much more satisfied and wiser than before.” The actress has a very healthy relationship to his age and the passage of time.

“I’m proud of every wrinkle on my face”

Getting older is not always easy. Stars like Monica Bellucci have already expressed their desire to age as well as possible without taboos. Evangeline Lilly agrees: “I intend to age as gracefully as possible, with dignity. I’m proud of every wrinkle on my face, I won them all. I love talking about age.“

This vision of “ageing well” is positive, but this does not mean that the actress has maintained the same relationship with her image: “I totally noticed a difference in my relationship to my body. I slowed down the pace voluntarily with this transition to 40 years old. In my twenties, I was really very active, I did a lot of sports, I lifted really heavy weights i was very aggressive with my body and i loved it i wont change a thing i really pushed myself to the max but as i get older i I realize that my body is asking me to be more gentle and kind to it. I believe that listening to my body will allow me to stay healthy for as long as possible.”

The visibility of women over 40 in cinemas and magazines: a priority

Arrived at a certain age, women can feel invisible : we no longer see them in magazines, nor in movies or on television. It’s as if showing aging women was taboo. “I really think we need to see women over 40 in leading roles. If we don’t see them on our screens, then subconsciously we don’t give them importance in ‘real life’. It’s strange what happens when all you see in magazines or on screen are young people, you start to think that only young people matter.”says the actress.

“The women I see in magazines, who have wrinkles, white hair, I look at them with admiration, they are my target. I think they are incredible. There is a unique form of beauty in aging. I believe you can see it through their eyes. They love each other very much, they have confidence in themselves…”, Evangeline Lilly has a real admiration for them. Herself in her forties, she confided that she does not want to return to her twenties: “Today I am so much happier. I feel much more glamorous than before, I feel more beautiful, I’m not ‘cute’ like before (laughs). I did a shoot recently and for the first time in my career, this is exactly what I want to look like. That’s what I want to see: me at 40.”

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