Ellen Burstyn, 90, Confirms Her Career Is 'Busier' Than Ever: 'So Bizarre'
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Ellen Burstyn has no plans to slow down.
For a chat with Law & Order: Organized Crime co-star Christopher Meloni in Interview magazine, the 90-year-old actress expressed gratitude for her ever-growing career, which she said is "busier" than ever.
The Oscar winner, who is returning to The Exorcist franchise with The Exorcist: Believer this month, noted, "This is so bizarre. I turn 91 in December and I’m busier than I can ever remember being at any point in my career. And I don’t understand it at all."
She quipped, "I mean, what’s all this stuff about ageism in Hollywood? How did I get left out of it?"
Her theory as to why work continues to end up on her slate? Burstyn cheekily added, "I don’t know, except possibly that everybody else who could play those parts has already died, so I’m the only actress still standing who can play the great-grandmother or something."
In addition to the aforementioned Exorcist flick, Burstyn has two other projects coming down the pipeline. Per IMDB, Burstyn is set to star opposite David Tennant and Krysten Ritter in Fuddy Meers, a comedy film that's supposedly still in development.
Her IMDB page also lists Bathing Flo, a comedy that was first announced in 2014 and was supposed to be Burstyn's directorial debut.
For now, Burstyn is focusing on the Exorcist sequel, in which she reprises her role of Chris MacNeil from the original film 50 years later.
On returning to the horror franchise, Burstyn shared, "There aren’t that many people who are still working in the business after 50 years, let alone recreating a character they did that long ago. I have a real connection and feeling for the other actors in the film, because we all went through something."
She further relayed, "You don’t make a movie like that without going through a lot of real, emotional stuff. So the things that happened in that film, that touched on things from the first film, grabbed me."
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