Famous 30-year-old actor Sam Claflin, who can be seen in the pictures "Before the meeting with you" and "Hunger Games", decided to talk frankly about the body-shaping to which artists are exposed. In a statement for a foreign publication, Sam told his impressions of the castings held in Hollywood.
I felt like a piece of meat
Cloughlin began his interview by telling how the castings have been going on lately. Here are the words in his story:
"Quite often I started to see that producers and directors of tapes look not only at your ability to play, but also on your physical data. Most recently, I came to the test and found that after a standard dialogue with one of the main characters of the picture, one of the producers approached me and pulled up his shirt. After that he began to feel my stomach, showing that I have folds of fat. Then he said that I definitely need to lose weight, otherwise the role for me will not be approved. It was so disgusting that I felt like a piece of meat. "
After that, Sam decided to touch on the topic of why he spent most of his free time in the gym:
"After all these experiences on casting and hearing from the producer and director about the imperfection of my figure, I accidentally read an interview with a famous actor in which he told me that he was very often criticized because of his imperfect forms. After that, the press published a publication of one of the actresses, who also complained about this attitude to appearance. Then I thought that if everyone is criticized, then this is the standard of the modern film industry. This has developed in me a phobia, which consists in the constant work on my figure and the fear of someone disappointing. Quite often I go to the gym and try to limit myself to nutrition. "
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Before, there were no strict requirements to appearance
Then Claflin decided to plunge into the past, remembering which actors appeared on the screens in the 50-60s of the last century:
"We will not go far and remember the legendary James Bond, who, incidentally, did not have cubes on his stomach. Moreover, he had a hairy chest, but the viewer accepted and worshiped him. I'm 100% sure that it is the society that dictates the standards, it says what he would like to see. In principle, this is normal, even though in most cases the images are not true. But are the movie and pop stars ready to make sacrifices for the sake of all this, that's a completely different matter. "
At the end of last year, Sam on his page in Instagram posted a very amusing shot. He wore a man with the face of Klaflin, but the body of another man. As it turned out later, such a gift was presented to Sam by one of his fans, to which the actor reacted with these words:
"I'm very flattered by this comparison, but it's not me. For the sake of such a body, I'm not ready to sacrifice my time, my family, and the little joys that harmful food brings to us. A tough diet and spending the night in the gym is not about me. "