emma thompson She is one of the most respected actresses on the international scene. The winner of two Oscars, one for starring ‘Return to Howard’s End’ and another for the script for ‘Sense and Sensibility’, has passed through the Berlin Film Festival to promote the film ‘Good Luck To You, Leo Grande’ and there he has left some resounding statements about the physical demands that women receive in life in general and in the world of cinema in particular.
“Accept it and don’t judge yourself”
The protagonist of ‘Meeting Mr. Banks’ could not have been clearer stating that “women have been brainwashed into hating our bodies“. The reflection is motivated because he has a nude scene in ‘Good Luck To You’ that made him reflect on it, continuing his fiery speech as follows:
It is a fact. Everything around us reminds us how imperfect we are: everything is wrong with us. Everything is wrong and you have to show yourself in a concrete way. Try to stand in front of a mirror, take off your clothes, look at yourself and don’t move. Don’t do anything, just don’t move. Accept it and don’t judge yourself. I did something that she had never done as an actress.
During the Berlinale press conference for her film “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande” the actor Emma Thompson burst out a heartfelt statement on body image. #BerlinaleMoments #berlinale2022 #EmmaThompson #BerlinaleSpecialGala pic.twitter.com/EnznlHMjFQ
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An indisputable pressure that, unfortunately, seems to be still in force. We will see if the situation changes and a normalization is achieved that does not even affect some people mentally. That one thing is that there may be a certain ideal of beauty and another to want to impose it as the only possible option.
It is not the first time that Thompson, whom we could also recently see in ‘Cruella’, has recently spoken out on thorny issues. At the time, she already stated that the case of Harvey Weinstein It was just the tip of the iceberg when it came to sexual harassment in Hollywood, and later he was not shy about explaining why he had refused to work with John Lasseter.