How June Squibb became an action hero at 94

“Thelma” marks the Oscar-nominated actress’s first leading role in a film. Squibb isn’t planning to retire anytime soon.

June Squibb always knew she would be an actress. You couldn’t have convinced her otherwise. “I have no idea where it came from,” she says. In 1930s southern Illinois, the setting of her youth, it wasn’t the most obvious career path.

But it wasn’t until this year that Squibb, 94, landed her first leading role in a feature film with “Thelma,” an action-comedy out June 21. She doesn’t seem to mind the long wait. “Everybody has said, ‘Oh June, how wonderful. You deserve it,’” she says. “Even if it had been two scenes, I would’ve said yes, you know? In that respect, doing the leading role is not changing how I work.”

“Josh’s grandmother, who’s 103 … she’s on top of things. She really is,” the actress says. “I’m 94, and I really don’t have a problem. It just seemed natural to me that this is how you would do it. is a gritty older woman who’s capable of doing a lot.” As displayed in the family drama “Nebraska,” in which she portrays a grumpy matriarch, Squibb knows how to convey a complex interiority, too. Thelma can be quite stubborn at times, quarreling with Ben and waving away the fears of her daughter and son-in-law . But she also exposes her tender heart while hanging out with her 20-something grandson, Daniel . They watch Mission: Impossible movies together.

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