In the month before we meet, Jane Fonda has hiked through the Amazon Rainforest, addressed the United Nations on ocean conservation, launched a renewable energy campaign, and walked the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival.
More than ever, there seems to be an energy and an urgency to her life.
“I’m a very determined person,” she admits, and she laughs – a wonderful, warm, generous laugh.
She’s also happy. “I’m pretty much happy all the time,” she tells The Weekly, and she means it, “because I’m doing what I love”. That might be picketing the Pentagon, spending time with her grandchildren (Malcolm and Viva) or developing new films. And she understands that, at 87, it is a blessing to have so very many choices.
Tonight, in Cannes, dressed in…