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Tatiana Maslanyis praising her She-Hulk role for representing a different body type compared to other superheroes.
At theShe-Hulk: Attorney at Lawpremiere Monday, the 36-year-old actress spoke toEntertainment Tonightand opened up about the Disney+ project and how her character is able to go against “weird” body standards.
“I think that there’s a cultural obsession with the certain physique that goes along with these movies sometimes,” she told the outlet. “I certainly fell prey to that idea, and I definitely don’t think it’s a thing that we should be pursuing ‘cause it’s just these weird standards that none of us can actually keep up with unless we’re going to the gym 1,000 times a week.”
“What I love aboutShe-Hulkis that she represents a different body and a different perception from the outside,” Maslany adds. “How people see her is so much a part of her story … That to me is a really exciting conversation that can happen around this, like, how do we look at someone differently depending on the body that they inhabit?”
This isn’t the first time theEmmy-winning actress, best-known for her role inOrphan Black, has spoken about body image and embracing women of all sizes.
Back in 2016, the actress explained that she believes talking about other people’s bodies iscompletely unnecessary.
“I’ll never understand that. I’ll never, never understand why people think it’s their business to comment on other people’s bodies,” MaslanytoldElle. “I go to a spa in L.A. sometimes, a Korean day spa, and all the women there are nude. And I’ve never felt so in love with the human form as when I’m walking around and seeing all those bodies, thinking, ‘Oh my god, we’re all just built so differently.’ And every single body is beautiful.”
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Maslany also said that it’snot just women who are criticized about their bodies— men face criticism too, even if it’s less pervasive.
“Guys aren’t supposed to have shame about their bodies,” Maslany said at the time. “They’re just supposed to be strong, and if they’re not, they’re not a man. But so many of my guy friends struggle with the same things we do as women.”
She noted that the movieThe Overnightdid an excellent job of showing that men can be just as self-conscious about their bodies.
“It was just so awesome, so brave, to acknowledge that body shame is such a huge thing that we all carry with us, and then to dismantle it and laugh at it,” she added of the film.
source: people.com
