Jameela Jamil has zero interest in playing the ‘f*** toy’ or ‘sexy girlfriend’ onscreen

metro.co.uk:

The Hollywood Reporter: ‘I’ve been watching so many films during lockdown and realizing how often that storyline comes up, that a woman is there to instigate difficulty for a man and she doesn’t really get to be the great comedian. ‘I don’t want to be someone’s sidekick and I don’t want to just be someone’s f*** toy in a film. ‘I want more complex and nuanced roles, especially within comedy for women.’The actress called out scripts that only show ‘nuance’ in a woman by displaying how much she drinks or how many people she sleeps with.

Pointing to an example of good writing that portrays women as complex and multi-layered, Jameela lauded the work of Robin Thede, creator of the comedy, A Black Lady Sketch Show.Jameela recently celebrated the.