Fonda was honored at the DVF Awards charity gala held on the sidelines of the Venice Film Festival A feisty Jane Fonda on Thursday spoke out about her opposition to the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, her aversion to Donald Trump, and the eerie desire that “tech bros, oligarchs and billionaires” have for longevity, “while they’re killing the rest of us,” as she put it. Fonda, 88, took questions from a small group of journalists prior to being honored at the DVF Awards charity gala held on the sidelines of the Venice Film Festival by fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg to honor extraordinary women. The event’s other honorees were the Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Amor Mottley; American photojournalist Lynsey Addario; Kenyan social entrepreneur Wawira Njiru and France’s feminist icon Gisèle Pelicot.
Though the bulk of the conversation with Fonda was about politics, her activism and the tyranny of tech bros, the two-time Oscar winner also provided an update on her career as an actress. Fonda hopes cameras will start rolling in January, though “it depends on the director.” And she has other projects percolating: “I just can’t mention them.” It’s clear that Fonda is eager to get back in front of the camera. It is such a thrilling process.
I miss it,” she underlined. You recently defended Mark Ruffalo’s First Amendment right to speak out about politics and powerful corporations in the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, which you are opposed to. What is your main concern regarding the prospect of this merger?
I am hopeful that we can stop it. They’re carrying so much debt. The Ellisons are carrying so much debt, and it’s being postponed now, so that they have to pay these huge sums.
The merger would be terrible for consumers. Thousands and thousands of people would lose their jobs. And as a creative, the fewer studios there are, the fewer places that we can take our products.
We lose bargaining power. There’s a very robust and growing movement to stop the mergers. And it, you know, it’s sad for me because I like David Ellison very much.
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