Shannon Purser talked about how hard it is for fat actors to get lead roles
The actress Shannon Purserin Stranger Things (2016) and riverdale (2017)vented about the difficulty of fat actors being hired for, especially, prominent roles. Purser he also vented about the fatphobia he suffers behind the scenes of his work in Hollywood.
They don’t hire fat actors for iconic fat characters because they want a big name star.
She then exposed the inconsistency of this logic cited initially. “There are almost no big fat stars because fat actors don’t have the opportunity to move up,” she pointed out.
they’re not hiring fat actors for iconic fat characters because they want a big name star. there are almost no fat big name stars because fat actors aren’t allowed upward mobility. we aren’t allowed upward mobility because the industry sees us as two-dimensional set pieces.
— Shannon (@shannonpurser) June 20, 2022
Fans and followers joined the conversation to give their opinion on the matter. “It makes me sad too, because there are so many talented fat actors,” wrote one, who urged them to stop casting fat actors in bad roles ‘just because they’re fat’.
“They [Os atores gordos] lose weight and the same people who bullied them for being fat get mad that they can’t play the funny fat friend on TV anymore,” another netizen noted.
In addition to his memorable role in Stranger Things (2016), Shannon Purser starred in the Netflix original comedy Sierra Burgess is a Loser (2018) and also brings a long participation in 7 wishes (2017).
Source: Rollingstone
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