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S5, Ep7 How to Fail: Meera Syal
How To Fail With Elizabeth Day
The Power of Sexism in the Audition Scenario
I imagine that there's a power dynamic at play when you're a woman as well. I mean interestingly I rarely got seen for Asian girl parts in my twenties because I was no one's idea of what an Asian girl looked like. What they expected was somebody demure with waist length, black hair, great big dough eyes and a sweet disposition. What they got was gobby, big tits, curly hair and not a size 10. So you know immediately I wasn't up for those parts anyway and that was a good thing. It forced me. That is a great place to be in the industry because they are the most interesting roles. All the actresses I admire like Julie Walters and Kathy
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