Emily Ratajkowski Quit Acting, Fired Her Team Because ‘Hollywood Is F—ed Up’: ‘I Felt Like a Piece of Meat Who People Were Judging’

variety.com:

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Emily Ratajkowski announced in a new interview with the Los Angeles Times that she has basically quit acting because Hollywood is so “fucked up.” The supermodel started her acting career in a major way with a supporting role opposite Ben Affleck in David Fincher’s “Gone Girl.” Ratajkowski played Andie Fitzgerald, a student of Nick Dunne’s (Affleck) who is also having an affair with him.

She went on to star in films such as “We Are Your Friends” and “I Feel Pretty,” but she hasn’t acted in a movie since 2019’s “Lying and Stealing.” “I didn’t feel like, ‘Oh, I’m an artist performing and this is my outlet,’” Ratajkowski said about quitting her acting career. “I felt like a piece of meat who people were judging, saying, ‘Does she have anything else other than her [breasts]?’” After “Gone Girl,” Ratajkowski worked hard with her team to find acting roles that would prove she is a “serious actress with longevity.” She only found supporting roles, but it wasn’t for the lack of trying.

She continued to audition for films in the past few years, such as Ruben Östlund’s Cannes winner and Oscar nominee “Triangle of Sadness.” Ratajkowski lost out on the role of Yaya to the late Charlbi Dean.

While navigating being an actor in Hollywood, Ratajkowski said she realized it would mean having to make herself “digestible to powerful men in Hollywood.” She fired her acting agent, commercial representative and manager in early 2020 as a result. “I didn’t trust them,” Ratajkowski said. “I was like, ‘I can handle receiving phone calls.