Don't call Olivia Wilde "the pretty one." The Vinyl actress, 31, is tired of being labeled based on her looks, telling Net-A-Porter's The Edit that it's just one example of ongoing sexism in Hollywood.
"When I was younger, it felt like the main point was that [I was] one of the attractive actresses, and I felt totally minimalized by it, as everyone does," she told the digital mag. "But it's worn off, in a good way; I'm happy to have grown out of the place where that is the main point being made about me."
One particularly difficult experience was trying to get her indie flick, Meadowland, financed and struggling to be taken seriously as both the star and one of the film's producers.
Yelena Yemchuk for The EDIT
"Many people said, 'Come to us when the project is real,'" she recalled. "I answered: 'The project is real: we have a director, we have an actor, we have a script, it's real.' And they said, 'No – when you get the guy attached.' Like we were just girls with a little project."
Wilde acknowledged that the incident was a part of a bigger issue, which she views as being a product of the industry.
"When I was younger, it felt like the main point was that [I was] one of the attractive actresses, and I felt totally minimalized by it, as everyone does," she told the digital mag. "But it's worn off, in a good way; I'm happy to have grown out of the place where that is the main point being made about me."
One particularly difficult experience was trying to get her indie flick, Meadowland, financed and struggling to be taken seriously as both the star and one of the film's producers.
Yelena Yemchuk for The EDIT
"Many people said, 'Come to us when the project is real,'" she recalled. "I answered: 'The project is real: we have a director, we have an actor, we have a script, it's real.' And they said, 'No – when you get the guy attached.' Like we were just girls with a little project."
Wilde acknowledged that the incident was a part of a bigger issue, which she views as being a product of the industry.
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