Florence Pugh has reflected on Hollywood’s beauty standards, recalling the time she was told that she “needed to lose weight” for an acting role.The 27 year old stars on the cover of Time magazine’s Next Generation Leaders issue and spoke about being drawn back to Los Angeles for the WWE film Fighting With My Family opposite Dwayne Johnson, after a producer for a pilot show that never aired had allegedly criticised her physical appearance the last time she had been in Hollywood.
In the interview, Florence said she was happy to land the role and what it represented for her appearance, as it came after a previous boss had allegedly criticised her appearance.
She revealed: “The person I came back to was a female wrestler with muscles and big thighs who made her own name as a champion.
I quite liked that because the last time I’d been there I was told I needed to lose weight – it was just so not the person I wanted to be.” In a previous interview with The Telegraph last year, Florence recounted a significant moment when she was reportedly approached about her weight.
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