Susan Sarandon says she was blacklisted in Hollywood after speaking out about the Gaza war

Speaking at the Goya Awards ceremony in Barcelona, Susan said: "I was fired by my agency, specifically for marching and speaking out about Gaza, for asking for a ceasefire.

"It became impossible for me to even be on television. I don't know lately if it's changed. I couldn't do any major film or anything connected with Hollywood."

Sarandon explained that she has now landed work in Europe.

The 79-year-old actress said: "I just did a film in Italy, and I did a play at the Old Vic (in London) for a number of months. I know this Italian director that just hired me - he was told not to hire me, so that's still recently. He didn't listen, but they had that conversation.

"Right now, I kind of specialise in tiny films with directors who have never directed, in independent films."

Susan - who will receive the International Goya award in recognition for her career - feels that Spain has more intellectual freedom than the US.

The Oscar-winning star said: "In a place where you feel repression and censorship, to see Spain and to see the president and what he says and the support that he's giving about Gaza, and to have actors like Javier Bardem come forward with such a strong voice, is so important to us in the United States.

"I can't tell you, when you turn on the TV and you see how strong Spain is, and how clear that you are morally about these issues, it makes you feel less alone, and it makes you feel that there is hope, because you just don't hear that on TV in the US."

Susan previously lamented how society suffers from a culture of "negativity and selfishness and greed" and urged the world to rediscover the attitudes of the 1960s.

The Dead Man Walking star told The Sunday Times newspaper in 2024: "I think that the Beatles were right. What is the line? 'The love you take is equal to the love you make.'

"I think it's very hard these days, when we're being assailed by so much negativity and selfishness and greed, to hold a place of love and possibility that people can find when the dust settles."