This December,  Gwyneth returns to the big screen in Josh Safdie’s ‘Marty Supreme’—marking her first substantial film role in 15 years—alongside one of Hollywood’s most bankable leading men, Timothée Chalamet. Paltrow reenters the industry as her lifestyle company moves through reorganizations, and as she navigates the newfound freedom of her children leaving their Brentwood nest. Plus, she’s going through “hard-core perimenopause, which doesn’t help.” For VF’s April cover story, the actor discusses how Hollywood has evolved since the height of her career—“There’s now something called an intimacy coordinator”—her “beautiful” blended family unit, and how the “validation” of her Oscar win at 26 influenced her as a young actor.