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Podcast: How To Fail With Elizabeth Day
Episode: Robin Wright on ageing, confidence and the myth of being ‘too late’
Description: ‘I didn’t think I had that confidence, so I turned those roles down.’
Robin Wright is the legendary star of The Princess Bride, Forrest Gump, House of Cards, and Amazon’s gripping new thriller The Girlfriend. An Emmy-nominated actress, Golden Globe winner and now an acclaimed director, Wright joins How To Fail to talk about fear, self-worth, womanhood, motherhood - and what it means to start over later in life.
She reflects on missed chances in her 20s, turning down roles due to self-doubt, and how playing Claire Underwood helped her channel her inner strength...