Jane Fonda Forces 72-Year-Old Mary Steenburgen to Be Intentionally Old
KEY POINTS
- •Mary Steenburgen, 72, credits Jane Fonda, 88, with teaching her to be intentional about friendships to avoid wasting time.
- •They met during their roles in the films 'Book Club' (2018) and its 2023 sequel, bonding over aging and life priorities.
- •Fonda's message inspired Steenburgen to embrace aging actively, pushing harder in life to live without regrets as she nears her final act.
In a riveting masterclass on Outliving Your Regrets™, 88-year-old Jane Fonda stared down Mary Steenburgen’s 72-year-old face and demanded intentional friendship, not rote chit-chat. This existential intervention happened around the front gate, probably disrupting someone's HOA peace. Steenburgen confessed to seeing Fonda's 'fierce, insanely gorgeous blue eyes' as Life’s Grim Reminder—not a Netflix filter. Both co-starred in the ‘Book Club’ films (2018 and the earth-shattering sequel in 2023), where they apparently read the syllabus on aging with fiery purpose. Jane's mantra? 'Don't take your foot off the gas; push it down harder,' which sounds a lot like a midlife crisis on turbo. Fonda, who famously fretted about dying with regrets post-60, apparently handed Steenburgen a VIP pass to Age Intentionally or GTFO, leaving the rest of us scrambling for wrinkle cream apologies.
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Jane Fonda telling Mary Steenburgen to 'push the gas pedal harder' at 88 sounds less like aging advice and more like a bad Fast & Furious spin-off nobody asked for.
At this point, Mary and Jane's version of aging is just aggressively speed-walking away from anyone who smells like regret or a slow life.
Imagine your friendship interview involves proving you're ready to race life in the fast lane, or else you don't get the badge of 'intentional oldness.'
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 1/5/2026 | Author: Amanda Goh
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