In theory, it could have happened. But in this week’s exclusive cover story (coming Wednesday, April 29!), Field tells Parade that she passed on the chance to play newly single Annie Paradis in the hit 1996 comedy. "I loved all those actors," she says. "But I did turn it down."
As the two-time Oscar winner and three-time Emmy winner explains it, she had an issue with the movie’s central plot: Prompted by the suicide of their college friend (Stockard Channing), three affluent middle-aged women in New York City plot financial revenge against their exes because they left them for a younger model. The movie was adapted from Olivia Goldsmith's hit 1992 novel.
"I have always had a problem with older women either wanting to get a date or looking to, like, you know, have more sex with their husband," she says. "I just feel like there’s more for women to say, so that was just never my cup of tea."
Instead of filming The First Wives Club, Sally Field co-starred with Ed Harris in Eye for an Eye.Photo by Archive Photos on Getty Images
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Field adds that Keaton—who died in October 2025 at age 79—was the perfect casting choice. "I would never have been as good. I mean, it was absolutely right for Keaton—not for me."
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