"We aren't 'making a comeback,'" Elena told a reporter during a press junket for the film. "A comeback implies we went somewhere. We were always here, doing the work. The industry is finally just opening its eyes to the fact that a woman’s story doesn't end when her youth does. If anything, that's when the plot actually gets interesting."
The landscape of the entertainment industry has historically been unforgiving to women as they age. For decades, a pervasive "expiration date" seemed to loom over female actors, pushing them out of leading roles and into restricted, stereotypical archetypes once they crossed into their 40s and 50s.