Eiza González is opening up about her expertise as a Latin girl in Hollywood and the way preconceived notions have made her reserving roles a problem.
In a brand new interview, the 3 Physique Drawback star stated she has been labeled as “attractive,” however doesn’t take that as a praise because it hinders her vary.
“I simply suppose it’s an excessively sexualized concept of a Latin girl,” she stated in an interview with InStyle journal. “It’s so disappointing and it’s so pathetic.”
González stated that attempting to get out of that field “has been single-handedly the largest problem of my profession,” noting that “None of my white buddies who had been within the business had been getting that. It was simply me.”
“I bear in mind being [told for] so many tasks, ‘She’s too fairly for the function. She’s too sizzling for the function,’” she continued. “Then I’d simply be like, ‘What’s Margot Robbie? She’s the most well liked, most stunning girl I’ve ever seen in my life!’”
Though González understood that the perceptions individuals have of her just isn’t about her, she did query making adjustments to herself with the intention to get away of that field.
“I had an identification disaster for a really very long time,” she added. “I used to be like, ‘Do I shave my head? Do I make myself much less engaging? Do I make myself extra engaging? Do I not gown super-hot or do I gown super-hot or do I cowl myself on a regular basis?’”
González received her massive break in Hollywood when she landed the function of Santanico Pandemonium within the sequence From Nightfall until Daybreak, the identical function Salma Hayek portrayed within the 1996 Quentin Tarantino movie of the identical title. The actress has gone on to indicate her performing vary in roles in movies like Child Driver, Hobbs & Shaw, I Care a Lot, Godzilla vs. Kong, and Ambulance, to call a number of.
Subsequent up for González is taking part in Auggie Salazar in Netflix’s 3 Physique Drawback and starring in Man Ritchie’s The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.