Eiza Gonzalez said she had previously contemplated making changes to her appearance because she’s been told she’s "too pretty" for certain roles.
As part of her interview for her cover story in InStyle magazine, the 34-year-old Mexican actress said she was not considered attractive as a teen by the press in her native country and now is thought to be too attractive to land roles in Hollywood.
“I went through a lot of trouble with my body, with my curves, with my look,” Gonzalez said. “It was really tough.”
She also spoke about being called “sexy” and criticized the treatment of Latinas in the film industry, saying there’s “an overly sexualized idea of a Latin woman. It’s so disappointing and it’s so pathetic.”
The actress said it “has been single-handedly the biggest challenge of my career. None of my white friends who were in the industry were getting that. It was just me.”
“I remember being [told for] so many projects, ‘She’s too pretty for the role. She’s too hot for the role,'” Gonzalez told the outlet. “Then I’d just be like, ‘What is Margot Robbie?’ She’s the hottest, most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen in my life!”
“I had an identity crisis for a very long time,” she added. “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?'”
Gonzalez's first notable Hollywood movie was 2017's Baby Driver. Since then, she’s appeared in the movies Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw in 2019, Bloodshot in 2019, and Godzilla vs Kong in 2021.
One of her most recent roles is as a scientist in Netflix’s 3 Body Problem.
“It’s fun to see Eiza as a physicist, isn’t it? She loves to learn,” Rosamund Pike, the executive producer of the show, told InStyle.
“Auggie is loosely based on two characters from the books, but she is very much a fresh creation — much of which came from Eiza’s own strengths and personality,” David Benioff, Dan Weiss, and Alexander Woo told the outlet.
“There isn’t nearly as much a science ‘type’ as Hollywood would lead you to believe,” they added. “Scientists can be sardonic, quick witted, funny, passionate. We think Eiza’s performance will help broaden the conception of what scientists are like.”
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