Emma Thompson has never wanted to portray “beautiful” characters in movies. The two-time Oscar winner discussed how the film industry has “oppressed” her lengthy career during a recent interview on The Pleasure Podcast, and revealed that she has spent years purposefully avoiding playing certain characters if their appearance was described in the script. “I’ve never been a Gwyneth Paltrow type.
I didn’t ever fit the norms that are generally required to be a sexually castable person, if we are talking Hollywood, or even here,” the 60-year-old explained, noting that while she’s always been a “character actor”. “If I was handed a script where it described the character I was going up for as ‘beautiful’, I wouldn’t go up for the role.
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