The Boys (Amazon)

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

What's kind of sad is that she is portraying a character, Starlight, who in the source comics goes through a Vought-driven phase of sexploitation (similar to what Marvel did for real to Carol Danvers in the 80s, when they had her character brainwashed and then in a sexual relationship with her brainwasher while switching to much more risque costumes and eventually "leaving with the brainwasher."). We're past that point in the story and it has taken some different turns, too. But for her to do all this stuff when she's portraying a this character is just... sad.

I would guess that she tried for some parts and was told there were things about her physically that threw her out of the running (your boobs are too small; you're too "girl next door") and these changes are a result.

So she quite literally sold her body for success.

I'm not leaning towards any sympathy here. I think it's gross...

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by Rausch

So she quite literally sold her body for success.

I'm not leaning towards any sympathy here. I think it's gross...

She has posted social pictures since the photo in question where she looks basically like her old self in facial features. That one might have been a combo of no makeup plus recent botox or something like that.

Re: sympathy, I think it's more empathizing with what it takes to make it in the movies as a female actress for long periods of time.

The standards women are held to are pretty hard to reach/maintain. Men, too, but there are a lot more work options available for a man once they age out of their "hot" stage (if they even age out of it, as middle-aged Daddy is a hot stage unto itself).


Our friend (plays a Marvel character whose name rhymes with Laptain Smarter) went through some brutal conversations with casting folks around the age Moriarty is now. Consistently told: "You need to lose 2 dress sizes" when she was a size 2/3 with an E cup and also told if she didn't start doing gratuitous scenes, too, it was going to get harder and harder to find major Hollywood roles.

Thankfully, she has found a lane that seems to be very fulfilling and has a good level of success, but it wasn't easy.

[Otter]

Let's go!




Oh, and, zombie Black Noir?

[Fish]

FYI.. for me in multiple different browsers in different OSes, your posts show up like this because of the Privacy Badger browser extension you use...

[BigRichard]

Originally Posted by Fish

FYI.. for me in multiple different browsers in different OSes, your posts show up like this because of the Privacy Badger browser extension you use...

I get the same thing.

[dlphg9]

Originally Posted by Otter

Let's go!




Oh, and, zombie Black Noir?

Otter the GotDamm NEWB.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

Our friend (plays a Marvel character whose name rhymes with Laptain Smarter) went through some brutal conversations with casting folks around the age Moriarty is now. Consistently told: "You need to lose 2 dress sizes" when she was a size 2/3 with an E cup and also told if she didn't start doing gratuitous scenes, too, it was going to get harder and harder to find major Hollywood roles.

Thankfully, she has found a lane that seems to be very fulfilling and has a good level of success, but it wasn't easy.

This is the gross shit I'm talking about.

The exact sexual predation and shallow and hypocritical morality of the people preaching to us non-stop about race and morality when the whole power center of the industry is full of pandering rapists and soul destroyers.

It's disapointing to see the star of the show helping to point this immorality out bending the knee to it's preferences. It's even worse to know that from everything I've seen the actress is actually a really good person as well.