Helena Bonham Carter
(Picture: Getty Images)Last night Helena Bonham Carter made a plea to put more old women on TV. “For f***’s sake, you have all these people in telly who are men”, the actor said at the British Film Institute. “Where are our 74-year-old women? It should be more equal. We’re all marvellous!” The actor was speaking at a screening of her latest project, Nolly.
The show, written by Russell T Davies, follows the life of Noele Gordon, a Seventies soap star who was unexpectedly sacked from the soap opera Crossroads at the age of 61. “Our eggs might not be great but our souls and our stories and everything else are just as good as anyone’s,” Bonham Carter, 56, added. “My mum’s extraordinary. She’s 89 and she’s as wise as they come. All these 89-year-olds — they’ve got so much to give and so many stories.”
