Jane Fonda, star of Netflix’s Grace and Frankie goes on the record about Harvey Weinstein
Jane Fonda knew of Weinstein claims, ‘I should’ve been braver’
Jane Fonda, the two-time Academy Award winning actress, on Thursday said she knew of the accusations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and “should’ve been braver” in voicing the claims. In an interview with the BBC’s “Hardtalk” programme to air next Monday, she said Weinstein had been able to sexually harass women for decades “because he’s powerful”. (more…)
— Grace and Frankie (@GraceandFrankie) April 5, 2016
In Grace and Frankie, Jane Fonda (“Grace”) and Lily Tomlin (“Frankie”) star as two women whose lives are turned upside down when their husbands reveal they are gay and leave them for each other. Both sparring partners and partners-in-crime, Grace and Frankie form an unlikely and unbreakable bond and face their uncertain futures head-on, hand-in-hand. Together with their ex-husbands and children, they discover the true definition of “family,” with laughter, tears and plenty of mood enhancers along the way.
“If anyone gets to sit on Ryan Gosling’s face it’s me…” And with that iconic line, I hereby crown Grace and Frankie, the new Netflix Original, a hit.
Chalk and cheese duo Grace (Jane Fonda) and Frankie (Lily Tomlin), can’t stand each other, however for the last 40 years, they’ve been in each other’s life’s. One thing is now forcing them to re-evaluate their relationship, turning their lives’ upside down. Their business partner husbands (Martin Sheen and Sam Waterston) are leaving them, for each other – and they want to get married.
Intelligently funny, but lacks the comedy pace of sayUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Grace and Frankie has its share of ‘old women’ jokes but looks not to diminish the women’s newly single existence, nor bang the drum for gay rights and same-sex marriage, which is one of the critical issues being fought in the US right now.
Whether Grace and Frankie is to become an overnight success will remain to be seen, it seems that Netflix are playing the long game with its creations, crafting a raft of programming to reflect its massive audience. Some are instance success like House Of Cards some are grower like Marco Polo. The audience for which this show is aimed isn’t so clear-cut. Is it Golden Girls? Is it Modern Family? The New Normal? We’re not so sure. But it is good. Very good. Plus you get to hear Jane Fonda say f**k. I mean that’s worth the view right?
Netflix has just released a trailer for a brand new comedy series about two women in their 70s who are left single when their husbands both come out as gay.
Reuniting the totally fabulous LILY TOMLIN and JANE FONDA who had previously starred together in the hit movie 9 to 5 who now play Grace and Frankie whose lives are left dangling when their husbands (played by Emmy Award Winners Martin Sheen and Sam Waterston) declare their love for each other.
The 13-part series that that is tipped to be one of Netflix’s biggest successes to date was created by ‘Friends’ creator Marta Kauffman,and is expected to air later this year, but no release date has so far been set.
P.S. 2015 could prove to be a big year for Lily Tomlin as she also stars in Paul Weitz’s movie GRANDMA that was one of the biggest hits at Sundance Film Festival in January. Playing a lesbian on the screen for the first time Ms. Tomlin gives one of the best performances of her career in this darkly funny and also touching film of one long day in the life of one very frayed family. Due in our cinemas later this year.
