Academy Award winner Brie Larson is speaking out against Hollywood’s harsh body standards as she continues to break the mould for female stars on screen.
The “Kong: Skull Island” star sat down with fellow feminist Jane Fonda recently to quiz the icon on feminism while also shedding her own light on sexism in the industry for the newest issue of The Edit.
“The first time I got a spread in a fashion magazine there was a one-off piece of clothing from the runway,” she recalled. “I asked, ‘Can you only be in magazines if you’re the size of this one piece?’ There was this silence. Men get custom suits or shirts made to fit, but as women, if you don’t fit into that sample you bump up against an aspect of your career you can never blossom into.”
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“We’d all love to get out of this cycle of abuse where our mental weight is based on our body weight,” she added.
Larson’s courageous words received praise from Fonda, who “saluted” the actress for speaking up, and shared her own views on the matter. “If someone had asked me back when I started, ‘What are you wearing?’ I’d have thought they were crazy,” she said. “Julie Christie made her own goddamn dress when she won an Oscar for ‘Darling’.”
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Fonda continued, saying that she “went to auditions where they wanted a sassy, smart, sexy girl. I would arrive in sneakers and they’d say, ‘Come back in a mini-skirt and heels.’”
The candid interview also saw Fonda voice her thoughts on the current climate for young women in Hollywood: “I think it is terrifying being a young actress now. You have to get naked so much. There is even more emphasis on how you look.”
Meanwhile, on the promotional trail for Larson’s latest film “Kong: Skull Island” this week, co-stars Samuel L. Jackson and Tom Hiddleston joked about the similarities between Larson’s character, photographer Mason Weaver, and Larson herself. Watch below.
