Florence Pugh Calls Out Hollywood Beauty Standards: ‘It’s exhausting for a young woman to just be in this industry’

Florence Pugh is currently one of the most popular young actresses in Hollywood. She keeps lining up big roles with no end or stopping in sight. The actress appeared in several blockbusters in the last two years In ‘Oppenheimer’ (2023), she portrayed Jean Tatlock.

She provided the voice for the character Kiriko in the English dub of ‘The Boy and the Heron’ (2023). In ‘Dune: Part Two’ (2024), she portrayed Princess Irulan. Her latest release is ‘We Live In Time,’ with MCU’s ‘Thunderbolts*’ yet to be released next year where she will reprise her role as Yelena Belova aka MCU’s new Black Widow.

Even though Pugh is lining up roles, she is not immune to online criticism. This is something that the actress commented on in the past, especially in the context of her body.

Florence Pugh again recently expressed how exhausting it is for women in Hollywood to constantly face stereotypes and be judged for stepping outside the expected norms. She highlighted that women are often labeled negatively if they don’t conform, but she has always been encouraged to speak up and stay true to herself.

Pugh emphasized her refusal to fit into these limiting stereotypes and the challenge of navigating such expectations.

I’m not nasty — I hope people think I’m kind. But there are fine lines women have to stay within, otherwise they are called a diva, demanding, problematic. nd I don’t want to fit into stereotypes made by others. It is really exhausting for a young woman to just be in this industry, and actually other industries. But I’ve always been encouraged to have a voice.

Despite all of this, Pugh shared that her goal has never been to directly challenge perceptions, but simply to exist as her true self and make space for a more authentic version of a woman, free from outdated beauty standards.

She expressed pride in staying true to her appearance, despite facing criticism for things like her weight or personal style choices. Pugh aims to inspire young women in the industry by sparking conversations about self-acceptance and challenging the norms.

Actually I wasn’t trying to challenge. I just wanted to be there, to make space for a version of a person that isn’t all the things they used to have to be. I’m proud I’ve stuck by myself and look the way I look — I’m really interested in people who are still angry with me for not losing more weight, or who just hate my nose ring.

I am not going to be able to just change the way that things are — but I can certainly help young women coming into this industry by making conversations happen where they weren’t before

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