Up until 2011, Eva Mendes was one of Hollywood’s most prominent faces and a true-blue fashion icon. She had a jet-setting career, had been in successful movies like Hitch, Ghost Rider, The Other Guys, and had an unconventional edge about her personality. But since she went deep into her relationship with Ryan Gosling, Eva started to fade from the limelight. So much so, that she is never seen out and about.
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In the last six or seven years, Eva has taken some big steps with her Oscar nominee boyfriend Ryan Gosling, and even though the couple is not married, they have two daughters together. And unfortunately, it might just be too late for Eva to make a comeback. So, how did Hollywood do away with Eva Mendes? Let’s find out
There are many A-list actresses who are managing a high-profile love life alongside a steady Hollywood career, but sadly Eva is not of them. Since she met Ryan on the sets of their film The Place Beyond The Pines in 2011, she has been gradually disappearing from the limelight. She started focusing on her activism and her charity work and her lifestyle business, but how did she and why did she give up on Hollywood. Since, 2013, Eva became very selective about her appearances and was almost nowhere to be found, and that obviously affected her career, as she was deemed inaccessible.
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It is very important to network in Hollywood. The red carpets, the shopping trips, the partying and the paparazzi interactions obviously help. Since Eva inexplicably started missing out on all these, people obviously forgot about her, and Hollywood has never had dearth of actresses who are available to play by its rules.
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Eva Mendes was never really a top-ranker when it comes to acting. Sure, she can look great and play the mainstream female lead, but she has never really proved her mettle in any female-led movie, and in fact, stuck to comedies and romances. She could never be an A-lister like Angelina Jolie or Scarlett Johannson, and she was very easily replaced by Hollywood.
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Eva Mendes came to Hollywood at an unlucky time, when an actor/ actress can only get roles according to their ethnicity. If you’re white, you obviously have wider avenues. Eva had often talked about how she would always be approached for playing only Cuban girls since she was Cuban-American, and how she felt stereotyped. She had once lamented that she would never be approached for a role, that was meant for Drew Barrymore. Though Hollywood is much more diverse now, a few years ago, this was not the case.
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Eva shunned red carpets completely. There are many female actresses who are not A-listers, or who do not get regular projects but do show up at red carpets or showcase nights. But Eva gradually moved more and more away from the limelight. Nobody knew why exactly, but she would not even accompany Ryan to his premieres.
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Eva Mendes is too private for her own good. Since she is dating an A-lister like Ryan Gosling, there has been substantial interest about the couple’s life, but Eva has been away from facing the flashlights. The duo has only been spotted in public a handful of times, and they were definitely not interested in being photographed. Eva and Ryan never even talk about each other, and Ryan only recently acknowledged that he is indeed in a relationship with Eva. Since the duo is so averse to opening up, people too, lost interest as they found other more accessible icons.
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There are many 40-something actresses like Reese Witherspoon or Cameron Diaz who don’t really do a lot of films but have maintained a social media presence. Their fans can keep tabs on them through Twitter or Instagram, where they often post updates about their life. Eva’s fans have had no such outlet, as the actor is not on any social media platforms. And that has not helped her cred.
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A few years ago, Eva became seriously involved with several charities, some of involved the demand for equal rights for women in third world countries. She has worked with PETA and Chrysalis and has even travelled to countries like Sierra Leone to work with underprivileged kids. This, of course, has kept Eva busy and away from Hollywood. But since she has never opened up about her activism either, her fans don’t really know what she has been up to.
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As far as attractive, sexy actresses go, Eva Mendes is indeed unrelatable. Her fans have no common grounds with her. They obviously don’t see her in films anymore and don’t know anything about her new life with Ryan and her kids. She is obviously rich and has her own business, but has locked herself away from the public and thus they can’t really relate to her on any level.
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Eva has of course been busy with raising her kids, Esmeralda and Amada. While, Ryan has had a pretty solid Hollywood career, what with an Oscar nomination for La La Land and other successful film projects, Eva has had to take care of the family all by herself. That certainly has been a task, and she had to come to terms with it. She has admitted that she is a very hands-on mother and loves taking care of her babies herself, rather than assigning a nanny to them.
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Eva Mendes has been trying to set up her own lifestyle empire, much like Blake Lively and the Kardashians, but has not have had much success. Hollywood actresses who are lifestyle gurus have a very strong social media presence. Besides, Blake, Gwyneth Paltrow has a roaring wellness empire, in spite of not having a lot of films in her kitty. Eva has her own clothing line, and her own beauty brand called CIRCA. But the brand has failed to kick off and is not very popular. Eva’s intensely private life is of course, a reason for her failure to make it big as a lifestyle mogul.
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Reports emerged during last Oscars, that Ryan Gosling was pretty miffed with Eva for not accompanying him for his big night, where he was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar. Since, Eva is not a fan of red carpets, nobody expected her there, but apparently, Ryan is a little too tired of not being able to go public with his relationship.
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Eva and Ryan’s strict privacy-love often surprise their fans. Ryan is one of Hollywood’s highest-earning male stars, and Eva, of course, has a substantial fan base. The two could have been the next Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. But turns out the couple have no interest in being deemed as a Hollywood power couple and value their personal peace more than anything.
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Eva’s brother had been suffering from cancer for a while and passed away only a few days after she gave birth to her youngest daughter. The death of her brother apparently left Eva totally devastated and she was grieving for him for quite some time.
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Eva Mendes is not as young as Jennifer Lawrence or Emma Stone, and neither is she as iconic as Angelina Jolie, If she does want to come back to Hollywood, she might face a dearth of roles, as she is now in her mid-forties. Also, she has always been known as a bombshell, and certainly can’t fit those shoes anymore. Though middle-aged women in Hollywood are doing quite well for themselves, Eva might face a lot of competition as actresses her age never really went away for so long. Plus, they have a steady fan base, who are hooked to their social media profiles and are invested in their lives. Eva has been gone for too long and might find a proper Hollywood comeback to be difficult.
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