Carey Mulligan has said she was alarmed after a major publication ran a review of her new film which appeared to question whether she was attractive enough for the role. Speaking this week as part of a Variety video series, Mulligan highlighted what she feels to be reductive and retrograde values informing cultural debate. “I think in criticising or bemoaning a lack of attractiveness on my part in a character, it wasn’t a personal slight. People love the film.’ But it stuck with me, because I think it’s these kind of everyday moments that add up. Or we want to edit the way that they work, the way they move and the way that they think and behave.

Source: The Guardian January 28, 2021 10:52 UTC