The film industry is one of the main responsible for the creation and modification of beauty canons and stereotypes. In that collective imaginary that we often take as undeniable, we find many distorted ideas of reality that we assume as absolute truths. Of course, this is a serious mistake.
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On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of ‘Austin Powers in Gold Member’, the web Vulture wanted to share an anecdote about Beyoncé’s performance in the movie as Foxxy Claopatra. The person in charge of makeup during the filming, Kate Biscoe, revealed that the singer of ‘Crazy in Love’, who at that time was only 19 years old, he didn’t like the first movie poster.
“When we were recording, someone brought him a poster that was going to promote the film”recalls Biscoe. “He showed it to her and was like, ‘Do you like it?’ And she was like, ‘Yeah.’ And then he was like, ‘What’s wrong?’ And she was like, ‘You made me too skinny. It’s not me. And then the hourglass figure gestured. And he said, ‘Okay, we’ll fix it.’Biscoe also commented that ‘Gold Member’ producer John Lyons said Beyoncé had a “really hard physical regimen and diet” to get in shape for the movie. The singer had to go on a 1,200-calorie-a-day diet to play Foxxy.
Owners of your body
The first day Beyoncé showed up to film ‘Gold Member,’ hair department head Candy Walken said the crew was stunned. “We all gasphe added.It gave off an incredible light. He was 19 years old and had an enormous command of the stage . None of us really knew why she had been chosen for this character, but then we understood.“.
Like Beyoncé, there have also been other interpreters who have encountered this type of pressure in the industry. The female body as an essential element for films that must fulfill the desire of man: “You don’t want to disappoint your ‘Game of Thrones’ fans.“, was what they answered to Emilia Clarke (Daenerys in the series) when opposing a scene where she had to undress.
Women are the most affected, both those who are part of this industry and those who are simply spectators of entertainment, since they assume that cinema is a projection of reality. There are many actresses who have denounced not only harassment, but also the pressure to which they are subjected to comply with a practically impossible canon.
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