Emily
12. Florence Pugh
Florence Pugh spoke out against the pressure women in Hollywood face from an early age to look thin, saying that her refusal to “comply” with such standards was “confusing” to people. “Body image for women is a major thing. From the moment you start growing thighs and bums and boobs and all of it, everything starts changing. And your relationship with food starts changing,” she told Vogue. “Women in Hollywood, especially young women in Hollywood, are obviously putting themselves in all these ways in order to get whatever opportunity that they need to get because that’s just the way that it’s been. I think I definitely put my foot down in that aspect. I love food.”
13. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
In a 2021 Vanity Fair interview, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson revealed that early in his Hollywood career, producers asked him to “slim down” to increase his chances of being cast. “At that time, it was ‘slim down, be a certain way,’” Johnson said. “But for me, I wasn’t going to conform to Hollywood. Hollywood was going to conform to me.”
The 52-year-old actor described how he had to grow “thicker skin” in order to rise above the “barbs, slings, and arrows” thrown his way. He encouraged others to “have a core anchor” to stay true to themselves, adding that everyone is “going to get their asses kicked, we’re going to get knocked down. It’s not about the knockout, it’s about getting back up.”
