Florence Pugh is one of our most celebrated and beloved actors in Hollywood. At this point, it’s not a stretch to say she’s a living legend.
Another undeniable fact is that female-identifying people in Hollywood are constantly facing levels of misogyny that are off the charts — and in a new interview with the Sunday Times, Florence got real about the treatment she’s witnessed and the pitfalls she’s avoided.
“There are fine lines women have to stay within, otherwise they are called a diva, demanding, problematic,” she said. “And I don’t want to fit into stereotypes made by others.”
“It is really exhausting for a young woman to just be in this industry, and actually other industries.”
“I remember godawful headlines about how Keira Knightley isn’t thin anymore, or watching women getting torn apart despite being talented and beautiful,” she recalled. “The only thing people want to talk about is some useless crap about how they look.”