{"id":36825,"date":"2024-06-11T09:30:46","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T13:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=36825"},"modified":"2024-06-11T09:30:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T13:30:46","slug":"marvel-actress-evangeline-lilly-achieves-dream-to-leave-hollywood-praise-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2024\/06\/marvel-actress-evangeline-lilly-achieves-dream-to-leave-hollywood-praise-god.html","title":{"rendered":"Marvel Actress Evangeline Lilly Achieves Dream to Leave Hollywood: &#8216;Praise God&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_36834\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36834\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2024\/06\/evangeline-lilly-credit-featureflash-photo-agency-shutterstock.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36834\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2024\/06\/evangeline-lilly-credit-featureflash-photo-agency-shutterstock.jpg\" alt=\"evangeline lilly\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36834\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Featureflash Photo Agency\/Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Evangeline Lilly said goodbye to Hollywood, a prophecy she predicted more than 20 years ago. In an Instagram post, the \u201cLost\u201d actress admitted that she\u2019s \u201cfilled with joy\u201d over her decision to step away from acting. She posted footage from almost 20 years ago when she shared her \u201cdreams under (what looks like) a full moon\u201d and described what she wants her life to look like in 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0\u201cAnt-Man\u201d star\u00a0captioned the clip, \u201cI am so filled with joy and contentment today as I live out my vision. Praise God, I feel so grateful for my blessings. Stepping away from what seems like the obvious choice (wealth and fame) can feel scary at times, but stepping into your dharma replaces the fear with fulfillment. I might return to Hollywood one day, but for now, this is where I belong. A new season has arrived, and I AM READY&#8230; and I AM HAPPY.\u201d In the video, Lilly stood on the beach and envisioned her future life. \u201cTen years from now, where would I like to be? I am terrified to admit this to the rest of the acting world, but ideally, 10 years from now, I\u2019d like to be a retired actress,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/C7wtTLbJt0e\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/C7wtTLbJt0e\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Evangeline Lilly (@evangelinelillyofficial)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cI would like to have a family, and I\u2019d like to be writing and potentially, um, you know, maybe influencing people\u2019s lives in a more humanitarian way, as almost everybody in the world now knows was my intention before I started the show.\u201d Following Evangeline\u2019s answer, a clipped interview between\u00a0Maya Angelou\u00a0and Mavis Nicholson on London\u2019s \u201cMavis on Four\u201d from 1987. Nicholson said, \u201cMost of us get a kind of comfy idea of ourselves, and we stick with it \u2013 don\u2019t we? You don\u2019t. Why not? Well, I know that we\u2019re all in process, and as nice as this seat is and this room is and how nice it is to be with you and have some relatives in the background, respectful and gracious directors and producers and floor managers around \u2013 this too will change,\u201d Angelou responded. \u201cThis will change. I know it. This cannot remain the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lilly has previously thought about leaving Hollywood for good. Following her stint on \u201cLost,\u201d director Peter Jackson had to lure her into playing Tauriel in \u201cThe Hobbit. She told <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>, \u201cI made a decision, and I decided to go do the film. I had a wonderful time making that movie. One of the highlights in my life was living in New Zealand for that year and being a part of that family. That helped open my eyes to the fact that, OK, this job can be a joy; it\u2019s just a matter of how you approach it, and what you do with it, how much I put myself out there, and to a certain degree, how much I work.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evangeline Lilly said goodbye to Hollywood, a prophecy she predicted more than 20 years ago. In an Instagram post, the \u201cLost\u201d actress admitted that she\u2019s \u201cfilled with joy\u201d over her decision to step away from acting. 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