HELEN MIRREN turned the air blue...

Helen Mirren turned the air blue on Tuesday as she revealed her feelings surrounding ageism in Hollywood. Referring to recent comments made by Oscar nominee Maggie Gyllenhaal - who revealed that she was told that she was "too old to play the lover of a man who was 55" - the veteran performer didn't hold back. "It's fucking outrageous - it's ridiculous - honestly," she told  The Wrap.

"It's so annoying and 'twas ever thus. You know, we all sat there watching as James Bond got more and more geriatric and his girlfriends got younger and younger," she laughed. "So annoying."
Gyllenhaal made her feelings on the subject - which once again propelled the ageism-in-Hollywood debate back to the forefront - clear last month.

"There are things that are really disappointing about being an actress in Hollywood that surprise me all the time. It was astonishing to me. It made me feel bad, and then it made me feel angry, and then it made me laugh." Culled from Vogue.