Kate Winslet calls out sexist doubled standard over reaction to her nude scenes
'Lee' actress Kate Winslet has called out a sexist doubled standard in Hollywood over the reaction to nude scenes.
Kate Winslet is "baffled" when people call her "brave" for nude scenes.
The 'Lee' actress - who plays fashion model turned photojournalist Elizabeth 'Lee' Miller in the new World War II biopic - has responded to the way people talk about her appearing without makeup and naked in the movie, and the way women are treated in Hollywood as a whole.
She told Extra: "We don’t say about the men, ‘Oh, isn’t he brave, he didn’t shave his beard? Isn’t he brave, he took his shirt off?'
"It’s actually baffling to me and it’s very interesting because it’s a whole other conversation about how we are still so obsessed with women’s bodies on-screen.
"It’s just crazy.”
The 48-year-old star insisted that stripping off for the role wasn't courageous, but that the bravery came with deciding to actually make the movie.
She argued: "The brave part was saying in 2015, ‘I’m going to make a film about Lee Miller,' and nine years later, I did it.
"That’s the brave part. Forget the no makeup and taking clothes off bit — it’s just part of my job.”
