Much of the strain that common folks really feel to look a sure method comes from the sweetness requirements imposed by Hollywood. Working actors are sometimes compelled to vary their look to suit a sure mould, however generally they refuse and construct careers as themselves.
Here are 15 actors who have been pressured to vary their look to get roles however refused:
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In 2023, Jenna Ortega stated Harper’s Bazaar“As a toddler actor, there are two jobs you may get: both you are the youthful model of somebody otherwise you play somebody’s daughter – and there weren’t quite a lot of distinguished Hispanic actors that I could possibly be that for. So quite a lot of the roles I used to be doing as a toddler they’d by no means have labored, as a result of I did not look a sure method. It was actually exhausting to really feel like one thing you could not change was what was protecting you from succeeding)…I needed to dye my hair blonde so I might appear like Cinderella.”
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In 2024, Kate Winslet stated Harper’s Bazaar“There’s somewhat bit (within the 2023 movie Lee) the place Lee is sitting on a bench in a bikini… And one of many crew came visiting between takes and stated, “Maybe it’s best to sit up straighter.” So you’ll be able to’t see my stomach rolls? Not in your life! It was intentional, you realize?”
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While Kirsten Dunst was filming Spider-Mana producer shocked her with a go to to the dentist to straighten her enamel. But she refused.
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In 2023, Rosie Perez stated Variety“(My former agent) advised me that if I dyed my hair blonde and obtained a nostril job, ‘I might get you extra jobs. Because you are not black.'”
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The strain to get a nostril job “was stoked (The boys actress Claudia Doumit) for a lot of, a few years.” During a panel at SDCC 2024, she reportedly stated, “Ever since I used to be younger, I believed to myself, ‘When I guide my first job, I’m going to get a nostril job. I’ll receives a commission for that, after which I’ll get a nostril job.’ …Then I booked my first job and did not get a nostril job.”
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In 2024, Joel Kim Booster stated Vulture“(In a Q&A on Instagram Stories) somebody requested me outright, ‘When you get well-known, will you get your enamel mounted?’ It was the primary time anybody accused me of getting unhealthy enamel. At that time in my profession, I did not essentially have the wherewithal to cope with it. My response was merely, “No.” I internalized that response to a level such that, as I grew to become increasingly profitable, I delay any dental work.”
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In 2023 Rowing video, Florence Pugh she stated, “I had a bizarre chapter early on in my profession, however that was as a result of I wasn’t respecting. I believe that was complicated to folks, particularly in Hollywood. Women in Hollywood, particularly younger girls in Hollywood, are clearly placing themselves in all these methods to get no matter alternative they want as a result of that is simply the way it was.”
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Early in her profession, casting administrators advised Amber Riley, “I believe it is advisable to lose some weight.” She was solely provided harmfully stereotyped roles. She “did not perceive why folks could not settle for her for who she was”, however determined to cease going to auditions as a result of she did not wish to “conform and damage herself” to attain a sure dimension.
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In 2017, Alex Newell stated StyleCaster that, after they auditioned for the musical Extravagant boots“They stated my weight would stop me from taking part in the function, which is not true, however to every their very own.”
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In 2016, Ashley Benson stated Health“It’s come up a few instances in the previous few years, like, ‘You’re too fats for this.’ And I used to be sitting right here considering, ‘Wait, what would you like a skeleton?’ But I really feel good, I do not wish to lose 20 kilos as a result of I do not want it.”
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In 2014, Robin Wright stated City and countryside this, when government producer David Fincher proposed the challenge to her House of playing cards“I used to be sitting there saying, ‘You’re 45 and you are not going to get a facelift.’ I used to be actually contemplating that, as a result of there’s quite a lot of strain in Hollywood.”
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In his 2023 memoir My name is BarbaraBarbra Streisand stated that, time and time once more, folks within the leisure business have suggested her to get dental crowns and a rhinoplasty. He wrote: “I believed, Is my expertise not sufficient? A nostril job would damage and be costly. Besides, how might I belief somebody to do precisely what I needed and nothing extra?”
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While Debra Messing was filming A stroll within the cloudsthe director allegedly pressured her to get her nostril accomplished. In 2017, he stated Elle“I had by no means been in a film earlier than. I used to be capturing a love scene with Keanu Reeves. We began capturing and the very well-known director yelled, ‘Cut,’ and stated, ‘How quick can we get a plastic surgeon in right here? The His nostril is ruining my film.'”
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Early in her profession, Sophia Loren was usually suggested to vary her look. In 2014, he stated The Hollywood journalist“I at all times tried to not hear to those folks. They stated my nostril was too lengthy and my mouth was too huge. It did not damage me in any respect as a result of once I imagine in one thing, it is like a battle. It’s a battle. But so does Carlo (Ponti, my husband) stated, ‘You know the cameramen, they are saying your nostril is just too lengthy, possibly it is advisable to contact it somewhat.’ And I stated: “Look, I do not wish to contact something on my face as a result of I like my face. If I’ve to vary my nostril, I’ll return to Pozzuoli.”
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And lastly, in 2015, Halle Berry advised Yahoo Beauty who feels pressured to finish beauty work. She stated: “It’s strain. When you see everybody round you doing it, you may have these moments the place you suppose, ‘To keep alive on this enterprise, do I’ve to do the identical factor?’ I will not lie and inform you that these items do not cross my thoughts, as a result of somebody at all times suggests it to me to really feel somewhat higher.” It’s virtually just like the crack that individuals attempt to push on you. That’s what I really feel.”
