It’s just better to be the healthiest version.” “I know what it’s like to be a woman who is essentially invisible to most people because of not being seen as traditionally beautiful or whatever. Why are people so obsessed with women, in particular, about their looks?” the actress added. And that pressure and internal stress to be able to perform like that.” Wilson then noted that she’s received a lot of attention since making her transformation after previously feeling “invisible.” “I think it was dealing with not being a natural performer, and having to perform every day. That was me kind of numbing emotions using food, which wasn’t the healthiest thing,” she told BBC. “Like I did not need a tub of ice cream every night. Though Wilson said she was a confident woman and loved herself before losing the weight, she knew “deep down inside” that her “emotional eating” habits weren’t healthy. Last year, the Pitch Perfect actress lost nearly 80 lbs. “And they were like, ‘Why? Why would you wanna do that?’ Because I was earning millions of dollars being the funny fat girl and being that person,” she added. “I got a lot of pushback from my own team actually, here in Hollywood, when I said ‘Okay, I’m going to do this year of health, I feel like I’m really gonna physically transform and change my life,’ ” Wilson recounted.
During a recent interview with BBC News, the 41-year-old actress opened up about some of the negative responses she received when beginning her “year of health,” mainly due to her career as the “funny fat girl” on screen.
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Rebel Wilson says she didn’t have the full support of those around her when she began her health journey. and Mexico.”Ĭontinue onto The Hollywood Reporter to read the complete article. Having been born and raised in Mexico, I’m humbled to have the opportunity to tell this story with Netflix and the incredibly talented team of people we’re assembling, both in the U.S. “We are proud to show Mexico as a vibrant, sophisticated and culturally rich nation fighting to control its own destiny.”Īdded creator and showrunner Gutierrez: “This is the definition of a passion project for me. “I’m extremely excited to partner with Netflix, and to be working with amazing Mexican talent in front of and behind the camera,” said Hayek. Michael McDonald from Stearns Castle will serve as a producer. Monarca was created by Diego Gutierrez and written by Fernando Rovzar, Julia Denis, Ana Sofia Clerici and Sandra García Velten.
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In addition to Azuela, the series will star Juan Manuel Bernal. Produced by Salma Hayek’s company Ventanarosa, along with Lemon Studios and Stearns Castle, Monarca is described as a high-stakes, multi-generational family saga about a tequila-born Mexican business empire and the battle that ensues when a member of the family decides to fight the dirty system her family helped create. The new series, which will begin production this fall and will launch globally in 2019, will follow the world of wealthy Mexican elites riddled by corruption, scandal and violence. The streaming giant has handed out a series order to Mexican drama Monarca, starring Irene Azuela ( Quemar las Naves, El hotel de los secretos, Las oscuras primaveras). Netflix has greenlit another international series.