"It's really hard when you work on something for months and months of your life, you don't see your family, you really dedicate yourself and then it comes down to what you look like – it's so fucking boring."
"I remember this really drunk girl once talking to me in a bathroom being like, I loved [Bridgerton] because of your body' and started talking about my body, and I was like, I want to die. I hate this so much.'"
"The thing I say sometimes that pisses people off is I have no interest in body positivity. Like Coughlan and no doubt many, many other women, I'm sick of talking about it, thinking about it, reading about it, all of it."
Nicola Coughlan expresses frustration with body positivity conversations, stating she has no interest in the subject. She recounts an uncomfortable encounter with a fan who praised her Bridgerton performance solely based on her body, highlighting her disappointment that months of dedicated work are overshadowed by appearance-focused commentary. Despite being a size 10, she continues to be labeled as plus-sized and discussed primarily for her body rather than her acting abilities. This experience parallels Kate Winslet's early career struggles, though the context differs—Winslet faced 1990s body fascism while Coughlan is positioned as a body-positive role model. Both actors share frustration that their professional accomplishments are eclipsed by discussions of their atypical bodies.
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