Bridget Fonda reaffirmed that she will remain retired from acting in a rare on-camera appearance on Monday.
In a video obtained via Daily MailThe paparazzi called the 59-year-old at Los Angeles International Airport on Monday and simply said “no” when asked about staging a potential Hollywood comeback. After further prodding, she dismisses the idea again, saying, “I don’t think so,” and then offers the biggest explanation for why she wasn’t given another chance at the witch life: “It’s too good to be a civilian.”
You heard it from Fonda first: Fame isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be, and she’ll definitely be known as a third-generation member of Hollywood’s elite family that includes her grandfather Henry Fonda, father Peter Fonda, and aunt Jane Fonda. Bridget Fonda made her screen debut in 1969 Easy Riderand eventually became an icon in her own right with prominent roles in The Godfather Part Three1992 thriller film One white femaleand Cameron Crowe’s second directorial effort singles. She later gave a solo performance in Quentin Tarantino’s 1997 crime thriller Jackie Brown He starred opposite Jet Li in the 2001 action movie Dragon Kiss Before actually retiring with the 2002 TV movie, snow Queen.
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Her absence from the film industry was largely credited to the actor’s marriage to composer Danny Elfman in 2003 and the birth of their son, Oliver, in 2005. Since then, she has maintained a very private lifestyle and has only been spotted a few times in public. Memorably at the 2009 Tarantino premiere on the red carpet, Inglourious Basterds.
