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Orange is the New Black actress stunned to be passed over as star’s TV wife

Orange Is The New Black star Jamie Denbo was appalled when she was told she was too old to play “an American treasure’s” wife.
The actress, who plays Ginsberg in the hit prison series, isn’t naming names, but admits she was left speechless by the sexist and ageist casting director, who determined that, at 43, she was too old for a 57-year-old co-star.
The actress has taken to Twitter to open up about the awful audition, which took place last week (ends05May17).
“I was just informed that at the age of 43, I am TOO OLD to play the wife of a 57 year old,” she wrote in a series of tweets. “Oh, the characters also have an 18 year-old daughter. I am TOO OLD to be the mother of an 18-year-old.”
And Denbo reveals it was the unnamed actor, who had already been cast, who requested an age limit for his onscreen wife.
“The real wife of the 57-year-old actor is EASILY AT LEAST 50. But this f**ker wants to be tv (sic) married to a 38-year-old – TOPS,” she fumed. “This is a FIRST marriage, btw (by the way). Not a re-wife. Which would make a little more sense.”
The Yes Man actress then attacked Hollywood’s power players, raging, “F**K HOLLYWOOD. Old white men, enjoy your last run. We are all f**king done with you lizards.”
Fans have asked Denbo to name the actor looking for a young TV wife, but she states, “Would love to. But I don’t want to ruin this guy for you. He is an ‘American treasure’.”

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