I’m sick of being told I’m ‘too hot’ for work…I’ve even thought about shaving my head to make myself less attractive
Mexican actress Eiza González has claimed that being “too pretty” has come at a price as far as her work is concerned.
The brunette beauty, who is 34, told how her stunningly good looks have resulted in her missing out on film roles, adding that Latinas are held to a different standard to others.
The Latina beauty, who has starred in the likes of The Baby Driver and Dusk Till Dawn, appeared on the cover of InStyle magazine and said: “I remember being [told for] so many projects: ‘She’s too pretty for the role. She’s too hot for the role.’
“Then I’d just be like, What is Margot Robbie? She’s the hottest, most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen in my life!”
She went on to say that her good looks became such a hindrance, that she even considered shaving her head in the hope of being offered more work.
Recalling how it affected her, she explained: “I had an identity crisis for a very long time.
“I was like: ‘Do I shave my head? Do I make myself less attractive?
“Do I make myself more attractive? Do I not dress super-hot, or do I dress super-hot, or do I cover myself all the time?”
Eiza also called for greater representation for Latinas in the fashion and beauty industry after appearing in a campaign for Louis Vuitton.
In 2021, she told Vogue magazine: “I grew up watching all these beauty campaigns in the 90s and I wouldn’t see a lot of Mexican women in them, especially in these large-scale brands.”
She continued: “It was always kind of sold to me that I had to be a specific style of woman to be it, and the fact that girls in Mexico who are brown and Latina like me will see a campaign like this and recognise themselves in it with the scale of the brand makes me so honoured and happy.
‘It’s normalising an image for people and making people feel included and seen.”
Eiza has starred in 2020 thriller I Care a Lot alongside Rosamund Pike, as well as 2022 film Ambulance with Jake Gyllenhaal.
Amongst her other accreditations includes appearing in Baby Driver in 2017, Godzilla vs. Kong in 2021 and Welcome to Marwen in 2018.