Some actors go to great lengths to embody the characters they play in movies and TV shows. Mexican actress Eiza González considered drastically changing her appearance to find work.
“I remember [told for] In so many projects, I was like, “She's too beautiful for that role.'' She's too attractive for this role,'' the 34-year-old told InStyle. “Then I thought, 'What's Margot Robbie? She's the sexiest, most beautiful woman I've ever seen in my life!'
“I had an identity crisis for a long time,” she revealed. “I was thinking, 'Do I shave my head? Do I make myself less attractive? Do I make myself more attractive? Do I not wear super sexy clothes? Or do I wear super sexy clothes? , or are you always hiding yourself?'
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González is often described as “sexy”, in part because of the characters she has played in films such as “Baby Driver” and “From Dusk Till Dawn,” but she denies the connotation of the word. ing.
“I think this is an overly sexualized idea of Latin women,” she said. “It's very unfortunate and very pathetic.”
Separating herself from that category “has been the single biggest challenge of my career,” she admitted. “None of my white friends in the industry understood it. It was just me.”
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It's a strange dichotomy for González, who experienced adverse treatment in Mexico as a young actress and singer.
The press watered down her appearance and labeled her not beautiful enough. Since her adolescence, she has suffered from an eating disorder and was furious at paparazzi who photographed her cellulite on the beach. Gonzalez says it was the scariest moment of her life.
“I was thinking, 'Do I shave my head? Do I make myself less attractive? Do I make myself more attractive? Do I not wear super sexy clothes? Or do I wear super sexy clothes? , or are you always hiding yourself?'
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“I've gone through a lot of trouble with my body, my curves, my appearance,” the “Three Body Problems” star said. “It was really difficult.”
But Gonzalez always took solace in the fact that she loved her craft. “Every moment I was acting, every moment I was singing, every moment I was on stage, I was more alive than ever.”
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“I live every emotion I want to live,” she explained of her career. “I'm scared, but I welcome the fear. This is the only time in my life when fear feels friendly.”
Gonzalez also sees the glass as half full, joking that he's lived many lives already.
“Every time something tragic happens to me, I never complain about it,” she told the outlet. “Because every time something really tragic happens, something amazing happens right after.”