Sarah Snook is flying excessive lately as an awards darling — however she’s needed to take some slings and arrows alongside by the way in which … in accordance with the girl herself.
The actress — who simply received her second GG as Siobhan Roy in “Succession” –revealed in a new interview with The Times a couple occasions the place she was berated for her look … by different highly effective trade execs.
As SS tells it, she landed a function early in her profession … an thrilling second for a struggling younger actress that shortly took a flip when a casting director stated straight to her face they did not need to rent her as a result of she was a “nobody.”
The casting director defined she solely bought the job as a result of the author and director preferred her, and he or she wanted to alter practically every part about her look … from whitening her enamel and darkening her hair to dropping pounds.
A horrible second that did not exist in a vacuum … Snook says after she took the half, agreeing to intense calls for concerning look she determined to have “the tiniest bit of chocolate cake” — and all hell broke unfastened.
A producer began telling her off in entrance of the solid and crew, she explains, “And all of the whereas I’m dying inside. The infantilizing of girls, to not have the ability to make their very own selections, why would we do this to girls?”
These kinds of feedback and criticisms have been hurled at actors for years … in 2017 Carey Mulligan talked about feeling “belittled” on movie units whereas Rose McGowan stated she was informed she’d solely get elements if males discovered her engaging the next yr.
Bottom line … this form of bullying is not new to Hollywood by any means — and it simply makes Snook’s current Golden Globes win even that extra spectacular.
Now, if a producer or casting director criticizes Sarah’s look once more … she will be able to at all times level them to her trophy case 🏆.
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