Hollywood’s toxic beauty standards spare no one, not even “Game of Thrones” star Sophie Turner. The British actress, who was just 14 years old when the HBO fantasy series began filming, has essentially grown up on-screen for better ― she’s now one of the most recognizable faces on TV ― and for worse. Turner is once again candidly discussing the challenges she’s faced being in the public eye at such a young age, especially when it comes to her mental health. “I have experienced mental illness firsthand and I’ve seen what it can do to the people around [the sufferers] as well,” she told Marie Claire Australia in a recent interview. “My metabolism suddenly decided to fall to the depths of the ocean and I started to get spotty and gain weight, and all of this was happening to me on camera.”That’s when Turner says she faced “pressure” from film and television studios to lose weight, sending her into a dark place.

Source: Huffington Post May 03, 2019 14:37 UTC