Queen Latifah Explains How Hollywood Magnificence Requirements Nearly Ruined Her Profession

Queen Latifah’s early profession fears about physique picture practically halted her journey in music and performing, the 54-year-old mentioned through the Cannes Lions occasion in France.

Regardless of promoting tens of millions of information and incomes accolades, together with Grammy and Oscar nominations, Queen Latifah struggled to examine herself succeeding in Hollywood due to societal magnificence requirements.

Recalling the pervasive picture of magnificence she grew up with, Latifah, identified for her roles in “Chicago” and different hit movies, shared, “I watched this concept of what magnificence was speculated to be – measurement two, blue-eyed. That was being pushed on everybody as I used to be rising up. I assumed that was a bar I used to be by no means going to satisfy.”

Queen Latifah mirrored on the pressures of becoming into Hollywood’s slim definitions of attractiveness, stating, “Can I transfer into Hollywood in a manner I wish to, and achieve what I wish to on this enterprise, being me? It was about discovering individuals who understood that was the imaginative and prescient.”

All through her profession, she encountered vital resistance, citing entrenched perceptions amongst producers and colleagues who had their very own experiences and biases concerning weight and wonder.

Queen Latifah additionally famous Oprah Winfrey’s affect on the dialog round physique picture.

“After I consider her and what she’s been by way of on that journey, I really like the concept that somebody is not going to should endure the identical journey right now, that they’ll have the ability to stroll into their physician’s workplace and simply have a dialog.”