This post contains discussion of body image issues. “It’s about an American woman in London who has had a bad breakup in New York and is confused, meeting a recovering punk musician and trying to figure out if they can make a life together,” she told the outlet when asked about acting in the upcoming project. “It’s not a huge leap [from my experience].
But I knew from the very beginning I would not be the star of it.” “I also think that I was not willing to have another experience like what I’d experienced around Girls at this point in my life,” she said, recalling the body-shaming she endured while starring on the hit HBO show in her 20s. “Physically, I was just not up for having my body dissected again.
It was a hard choice, not to cast Meg — because I knew I wanted Meg — but to admit that to myself,” she continued. “I used to think that winning meant you just keep doing it and you don’t care what anybody thinks,” she said, admitting that her perspective on true happiness has changed. She added: “What makes me feel powerful is making my work.
It’s the only thing I want to do.” Related From Our Partner.