Emily Blunt has criticised Hollywood for putting too much pressure on female characters to be good-looking and “likeable”.
Blunt revealed that she is regularly “irritated” by scripts in which the female characters are described purely by their physical appearance while the men are given “insightful” introductions about their personalities.
The English actress is currently starring in the big screen adaptation of Paula Hawkins’ bestselling thriller The Girl on The Train, playing the lead as self-destructive divorcee Rachel.
“She’s got to be relatable and likeable and pretty and held in some sort of feminine ideal that we strive for.