Eiza González almost went to extremes after losing out on roles for being ‘too scorching’

Some actors go to nice lengths to embody a personality they’re enjoying in a film or tv present. For Mexican actress Eiza González, she contemplated making drastic alterations to her look to assist her land a job.

“I remember being [told for] so many projects, ‘She’s too pretty for the role. She’s too hot for the role,’” the 34-year-old instructed InStyle. “Then I’d simply be like, ‘What is Margot Robbie? She’s the most popular, most lovely girl I’ve ever seen in my life!’”

“I had an identity crisis for a very long time,” she revealed. “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?’”

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Eiza González says she thought of altering her look after not touchdown performing jobs for being “too hot.” (David Livingston/FilmMagic/Getty Images)

González is usually described as “sexy,” partly due to the characters she’s performed in movies like “Baby Driver” or “From Dusk Till Dawn,” however she rejects the connotation that the phrase carries. 

“I just think it’s an overly sexualized idea of a Latin woman,” she shared. “It’s so disappointing and it’s so pathetic.” 

Separating herself from that categorization “has been single-handedly the biggest challenge of my career,” she admitted. “None of my white friends who were in the industry were getting that. It was just me.”

Eiza González instructed InStyle she “had an identity crisis for a very long time.” (David Roemer/InStyle)

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It’s a weird dichotomy for González, who skilled the alternative remedy in Mexico as a younger actress and singer.

The press would eviscerate her look, labeling her not fairly sufficient. Since adolescence, she struggled with consuming problems, exasperated by paparazzi who photographed her on the seashore and captured her cellulite. González says it was essentially the most terrifying second of her life.

“I used to be 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 González to InStyle 

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Growing up in Mexico, Eiza González was instructed she wasn’t fairly sufficient by the media. (David Roemer/InStyle)

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“I went through a lot of trouble with my body, with my curves, with my look,” the “3 Body Problem” star mentioned. “It was really tough.”

But González all the time discovered solace within the truth she liked her craft. “The moment that I was acting and the moment that I was singing and the moment that I was on that stage, I was more alive than ever.”

Eiza González says the concern she experiences whereas performing “feels friendly,” and makes it that rather more entrancing. (Getty Images)

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“I’m living all the feelings I want to live,” she defined of her profession. “I’m ridden with fear, but I welcome the fear. It’s the only time in my life that the fear feels friendly.” 

Joking that she’s lived many lives already, González additionally seems on the glass as half full. 

“Every time that something tragic happens to me, I never complain about it,” she instructed the outlet. “Because every single time that something really tragic has happened, something amazing has happened right afterwards.”