British audiences find sex scenes between older people “repulsive”, the actor Amanda Redman has said, warning that sexism is rife in the way women over 50 are perceived.
But older women still report winning fewer and fewer parts, while older men continue to do well.
Redman said that, while American audiences were comfortable with intimacy between older leads, the UK was squeamish about it.
“I was thinking about the fact that the Americans seem less frightened of intimacy between older couples,” she told the Radio Times.