when known a writer remembers Jeff Bridges being a gentleman during an early 90s audition the actress Now 52 was asked about auditions for roles she didn't ultimately get during Josh horowitz's happy sad confused podcast and brought up her encounter with Bridges now 76 I remember because I was also auditioning for Fearless with Jeff Bridges and I remember that audition it was really around the same time I auditioned for the hudsucker proxy I think she recalled on the Monday September 2nd episode of the podcast Jeff Bridges who I love wouldn't kiss me because I was like too young Bridges was 43 when Fearless hit theaters in October 1993 while Ryder was 21 the film directed by Peter Weir and based on the Raphael eaus novel follows a man whose personality changes drastically after surviving a major plane crash Isabella Ros Rosie Perez and John Truro co-starred in the film with Perez earning an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress and at the end of the scene he was supposed to kiss me and I was the actress anxiously held her breath to show her anticipation and he like he kissed my forehead he's like you're like my daughter's age and I was like no Bridges shares three daughters Isabelle 43 Jessica 41 and Haley 38 with Susan Justin to whom he's been married since 1977 while Ryder didn't get the role and fearless she was in a much bigger film that same year the Age of Innocence she recalled getting some memorable advice from a co-star