Quote Originally Posted by ClanAskani View Post
My issue is that a very talented actress is losing roles due Hollywood standards of beauty and what some studios want expect actresses to do in terms of making their lives very public due to the false belief that actually promotes movies. Sophie being cast as Jean (over likely Saoirse Ronan) due to number of Instagram followers wasn't just about social media presence. It's about willingness to do the "celebrity thing" and appear in public, do staged paparazzi shots, since being in People or Daily Mail is seen as just as important as good reviews.
That's really depressing. Maisie's an amazing actor. She should go and do theatre in London where she can get big bucks and great reviews without the paparazzi. Judi Dench wasn't 'beautiful' enough to go to Hollywood as a young actor but she ended up getting far better roles on stage...