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Eva Mendes says she may never return to acting for one specific reason

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Published 18:45 19 Sep 2024 GMT+1

Eva Mendes says she may never return to acting for one specific reason

Eva Mendes hasn't starred in a film since 2014 and doesn't look to be rushing back to the film industry any time soon

Niamh Shackleton

Niamh Shackleton

Featured Image Credit: Alexander Tamargo/FilmMagic via Getty Images/ Columbia Pictures

Topics: Celebrity, Film and TV, Hollywood, Parenting, Ryan Gosling, Entertainment, US News

Niamh Shackleton
Niamh Shackleton

Niamh Shackleton is an experienced journalist for UNILAD, specialising in topics including mental health and showbiz, as well as anything Henry Cavill and cat related. She has previously worked for OK! Magazine, Caters and Kennedy.

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Eva Mendes has spoken out about her returning to the film industry following a 10-year hiatus from Hollywood.

Mendes shares two daughters with Ryan Gosling, whom she's believed to have secretly wed over the course of their years-long relationship.

Eva Mendes hasn't starred in a film since 2014 (Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images)
Eva Mendes hasn't starred in a film since 2014 (Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images)

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The last movie she starred in was Gosling's directorial debut Lost River, with Mendes having spent the last decade focusing on parenting their children.

With her long break from the film industry in mind, many have questioned if Mendes - who has starred in blockbuster movies like 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Other Guys, Ghost Rider and Hitch during her career - is going to return to acting.

The 50-year-old star recently featured on Good Morning America to publicize her new children's book Desi, Mami, and the Never-Ending Worries, host George Stephanopoulos asked: "Think you're getting back [to acting]?"

"I don’t know," Mendes replied. "If there’s interesting roles. I left at a time where, 10 years ago, I kind of felt like I did it, you know, I just worked with Ryan Gosling. He’s like the best."

As well as working on Lost River, Gosling and Mendes starred in 2011 movie The Place Beyond The Pines together, which is when their romance is rumored to have started.

She continued to gush about her Barbie actor husband: "It was such a high off my career to work with him and what we created together that I was like, this is a good time to Seinfeld it and just walk out. So, who knows?"

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Mendes previously labeled it a 'no brainer' to quit Hollywood in favor of bringing up her daughters, Esmeralda, 10, and Amada, eight.

The actress has a new children's book out (Raymond Hall/GC Images)
The actress has a new children's book out (Raymond Hall/GC Images)

"I’m so lucky," said the mom-of-two said on Today earlier this year.

"I was like, if I could have this time with my children — and I still work, I just didn’t act, because acting takes you on location. It takes you away. It was almost just like a non-verbal agreement that it was like, 'OK, [Ryan's] going to work and I’m going to work. I’m just going to work here.'"

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While Gosling has continued acting over the years, he did take a four-year break from the film industry after the birth of their youngest daughter to spend more time with his family.

"I wanted to spend as much time as I could with them," the doting dad previously told GQ.

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