there were those sort of fat jokes that were made as well. do you feel now you can t do that? well, see, it s weird i looked at fat amy and the pitch perfect scripts and go that s the best character, i personally thought, so i would be honoured to play that character. i never thought of it as a negative because i m the type of person that some people see, yeah, being biggeras, like, a hindrance to being an actress and i go i m gonna use it and use it for my comedy . there were some people that said oh, well, will she not be funny now? and i m like well, check out my new movie, senior year, coming out and see what you think, guys . what it has done career wise is open up this whole other door of, like, dramatic roles and so now, i ve this great movie that i just shot in the north of england called the almond and the seahorse, based on a west end play and would i have been given that role if i was bigger? i don t know. because people would still might associate me too much with
you can t do that? well, see, it s weird i looked at fat amy and the pitch perfect scripts and go that s the best character, i personally thought, so i would be honoured to play that character. i never thought of it as a negative, because i m the type of person that some people see, yeah, being biggeras, like, a hindrance to being an actress and i go i m gonna use it and use it for my comedy . there were some people that said oh, well, will she not be funny now? and i m like well, check out my new movie, senior year, coming out and see what you think, guys . what it has done career wise is open up this whole other door of, like, dramatic roles and so now, i ve this great movie that i just shot in the north of england called the almond and the seahorse, based on a west end play and would i have been given that role if i was bigger? i don t know. because people would still might associate me too much with some of the comedy roles and physically transforming
because people would still might associate me too much with some of the comedy roles and physically transforming and giving a performance that is so different, i think it helped, looking different. i d be interested to know if you feel that pressure of being put on a pedestal when it comes to the body positivity movement. yeah, i guess. i mean, because i was somebody who was, like, really advocates for, like, loving loving yourself and at whatever size, and you want to, like, love and embrace yourself and be positive about your body you re only given that body, so that is what you ve got to work with, that s your canvas but also, i don t want to be seen to, like, promote unhealthiness or extreme, you know, and some of the things that i was doing emotionally eating and carrying the extra weight was was unhealthy. so what i m trying to do is say you can be whatever
that role if i was bigger? i don t know. because people would still might associate me too much with some of the comedy roles and physically transforming and giving a performance that is so different, i think it helped, looking different. i d be interested to know if you feel that pressure of being put on a pedestal when it comes to the body positivity movement. yeah, i guess. i mean, because i was somebody who was, like, really advocates for, like, loving loving yourself and at whatever size, and you want to, like, love and embrace yourself and be positive about your body you re only given that body, so that is what you ve got to work with, that s your canvas but also, i don t want to be seen to, like, promote unhealthiness or extreme, you know, and some of the things that i was doing emotionally eating and carrying