Maggie Smith: Hollywood treats us like 5-year-olds Dame Maggie Smith, speaking at the London Film Festival, said mature audiences wanted "films for grown-ups and about grown-ups". (THE TELEGRAPH)

By Anita Singh,
Showbusiness Editor11:00PM BST 15 Oct 2012

Hollywood should stop treating cinema-goers “as if they were five years old” and start catering for mature audiences, Dame Maggie Smith has said.

The 77-year-old actress, star of Downton Abbey, appealed for more films aimed at “grown-ups”.

Her latest, Quartet, is directed by Dustin Hoffman and set in a home for retired opera singers. Pauline Collins, Tom Courtenay and Billy Connolly co-star.

Dame Maggie’s last film, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, also featured a mature cast and was a box office hit.

“I think it’s because a lot of grown-ups would like films for grown-ups and about grown-ups,” she said.


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