Saoirse Ronan is in a class of her own—few other actors her age have received the level of critical acclaim . But Hollywood is still Hollywood, and working in the business since she was a pre-teen slotted her into a particular type—”precocious blonde child star,” as it were.
“I think the strike had a massive effect on how we view the industry. That, paired with people knowing their worth a little bit more, or feeling like there’s an environment now where they can band together, and they don’t need to be against one another,” she says. “I’m seeing from the inside how over the younger generation are some older studio execs and producers and directors who are just narcissists and control freaks. And we don’t want to work in that way anymore.