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Florence Pugh felt she made 'massive mistake' getting into acting after bosses tried changing her weight and look

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Published 15:38 29 Oct 2022 GMT+1

Florence Pugh felt she made 'massive mistake' getting into acting after bosses tried changing her weight and look

Actor Florence Pugh was speaking ahead of the release of her upcoming film The Wonder

Anish Vij

Anish Vij

Florence Pugh felt she made a 'massive mistake' getting into acting after bosses tried to change her 'weight' and 'look'.

The British star, 26, who's expected to provide us all with a brilliant performance in Netflix's upcoming film The Wonder, has opened up on her struggles she faced earlier in her career.

Her journey began in 2014 after she starred in psychological drama The Falling. At the age of 17 she made her way to Hollywood to take part in a pilot season.

Two years later, Pugh was set to be the star of new show.

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However, shortly after getting the part, she was told that her 'weight' and her 'look' were not 'right' for the role.

Pugh told The Telegraph: "All the things that they were trying to change about me – whether it was my weight, my look, the shape of my face, the shape of my eyebrows – that was so not what I wanted to do, or the industry I wanted to work in.

"I’d thought the film business would be like [my experience of making] The Falling, but actually, this was what the top of the game looked like, and I felt I’d made a massive mistake."

Florence Pugh felt she made a 'massive mistake' getting into acting after bosses tried to change her 'weight' and 'look'.
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The show never made it on air and Pugh opted to return home to England.

She explained: "Then two weeks later, I had an audition for Lady Macbeth. And that made me fall back in love with cinema – the kind of cinema that was a space where you could be opinionated, and loud, and I’ve stuck by that.

"I think it’s far too easy for people in this industry to push you left and right.

"And I was lucky enough to discover when I was 19 what kind of a performer I wanted to be."

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Fans of the actor will be looking forward to Pugh's upcoming role in The Wonder, which is set in 1862 Irish Midlands.

The British star, 26, who's expected to provide us all with a brilliant performance in Netflix's upcoming film The Wonder, has opened up on her struggles she faced earlier in her career.
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The official synopsis reads: "Starring Florence Pugh and based on the book by Emma Donoghue, writer of Room. The Wonder is the tale of a young Irish girl, Anna O'Donnell, whose Catholic family claim she has eaten nothing since her eleventh birthday...four months ago."

Commenting on the trailer, one person said: "Anything with Florence Pugh in it you know it will be good. What a phenomenal actress she is!"

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Another added: "Florence Pugh never fails to deliver. Can’t wait to watch this."

The Wonder will hit select UK cinemas on 2 November before it lands on Netflix on 16 November.

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Topics: Celebrity, Film and TV, Netflix

Anish Vij
Anish Vij

Anish has an MA in Multimedia Journalism and is passionate about delivering sarcastic/mildly amusing content. After studying business at undergrad, Anish realised that he’d much prefer getting paid to rant about a topic, rather than to find a solution to it. Apart from that, he loves the ‘Four F’s’, as he calls it - family, friends, football and food. Email: [email protected]

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