Shannon Pastor believes that upward mobility is not allowed for obese actors
Stranger Things star Shannon Pastor recently slammed Hollywood for not hiring "fat actors" to play "iconic fat characters" because she believes they have "upward mobility". is not permitted.
Shannon, who also played the popular character of Barb in the hit Netflix series, took to Twitter to voice her opinion on not hiring fat actors.
"They're not hiring fat actors for iconic fat characters because they want a big name star," she wrote.
Shannon continued, "There are almost no fat big-name stars because fat actors are not allowed upward mobility." We are not allowed upward mobility because the industry sees us as two-dimensional set pieces. Is."
Interestingly, his comments came minutes after a picture of Emma Thompson wearing a prosthetic fat suit in the upcoming remake of Matilda went viral on social media.
Fans also expressed a similar sentiment on the post, with one user writing, "hype!"
Another fan said, "It makes me sad too, because there are so many talented fat actors, and we're playing villains, because we want diverse and complex roles to conform to societal standards, until we stop being Let's get typecast in negative roles because we are fat."