{"id":2391709,"date":"2026-04-27T17:59:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T17:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2391709"},"modified":"2026-04-27T17:59:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T17:59:11","slug":"sally-field-reveals-why-she-turned-down-the-diane-keaton-role-in-first-wives-club-i-would-never-have-been-as-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/sally-field-reveals-why-she-turned-down-the-diane-keaton-role-in-first-wives-club-i-would-never-have-been-as-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Sally Field reveals why she turned down the Diane Keaton role in \u201cFirst Wives Club\u201d: &#8216;I would never have been as good&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Key Points<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sally Field reveals she passed on <em>The First Wives Club<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Oscar-winner said that she would &#8220;never have been as good&#8221; as Diane Keaton.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Field also added that a secondary factor played a role in her decision.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/sally-field\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Sally Field;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Sally Field<\/a> thinks it&#8217;s for the best that she didn&#8217;t join <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/the-first-wives-club-cast-where-are-they-now-11929069\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:The First Wives Club;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>The First Wives Club<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Despite &#8220;loving&#8221; <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/bette-midler\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Better Midler;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Better Midler<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/goldie-hawn\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Goldie Hawn;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Goldie Hawn<\/a>, the two-time Oscar winner turned down the chance to star alongside them in the 1996 comedy, which was adapted from author Olivia Goldsmith&#8217;s 1992 novel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI have always had a problem with older women either wanting to get a date or looking to have more sex with their husband,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/celebrities\/sally-field-turned-down-first-wives-club-why\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Field told Parade;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Field told <em>Parade<\/em><\/a>. \u201cI just feel like there\u2019s more for women to say, so that was just never my cup of tea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>First Wives Club<\/em> follows three divorc\u00e9es who reunite at the funeral of their friend and decide to seek revenge against their ex-husbands, who have now moved on to younger women. If she&#8217;d signed on, Field would have played Annie MacDuggan-Paradis, an anxious housewife who initially tries to salvage her marriage, only to then learn that her husband Aaron (Stephen Collins) is sleeping with their therapist.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn, and Bette Midler in &#8216;The First Wives Club&#8217;<br \/>Credit: Andy Schwartz<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Once Field passed, the role went to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/bette-midler\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Diane Keaton;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Diane Keaton<\/a>, who Field believes was the better choice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI would never have been as good,&#8221; she said of the late rom-com legend. &#8220;It was absolutely right for Keaton\u2014not for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><em>Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our <\/em><\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/ew-dispatch-newsletter-11812417\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:EW Dispatch newsletter;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong><em>EW Dispatch newsletter<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The brilliant, beautiful, extraordinary Diane Keaton has died,&#8221; <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/bette-midler-tribute-to-diane-keaton-after-first-wives-club-costar-dies-11828672\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Midler wrote;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Midler wrote<\/a> after her costar passed away in October. &#8220;I cannot tell you how unbearably sad this makes me. She was hilarious, a complete original, and completely without guile, or any of the competitiveness one would have expected from such a star. What you saw was who she was&#8230;oh, la, lala!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The biggest reason why Field feels like she wasn&#8217;t the right fight for<em> First Wives Club<\/em> is that the film concludes with Keaton, Midler, and Hawn memorably <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dRLdtDYoVX8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:singing Lesley Gore's &quot;You Don't Own Me.&quot;;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">singing Lesley Gore&#8217;s &#8220;You Don&#8217;t Own Me.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I couldn\u2019t have done that role,\u201d Field said, \u201cbecause I don\u2019t sing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">You heard her, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rl_NpdAy3WY\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:she doesn't like it!;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">she doesn&#8217;t like it!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/sally-field-turned-down-diane-keaton-role-first-wives-club-11959272\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Entertainment Weekly;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source nz.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Points Sally Field reveals she passed on The First Wives Club. The Oscar-winner said that she would &#8220;never have been as good&#8221; as Diane Keaton. Field also added that a secondary factor played a role in her decision. Sally Field thinks it&#8217;s for the best that she didn&#8217;t join The First Wives Club. 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