The dumbest reasons Hollywood told actresses they weren't "right for the part"

Mar 10, 2026 4:01 PM

Pasquinelthe2nd

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The misogynist pigs should all be shot.

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I mean, this is why we had people like Harvey Weinstein and a kid fucker as a president.

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Meryl Streep does not fuck around!

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How to tell who said NO on the casting couch.

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It's like the old voting tests. If you don't pass the unwritten, unspoken test (the couch), you never pass the official one (the audition).

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#2 Who the fuck would say that about a 16 year old?! Probably was Harvey Weinstein....

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#4 That tracks. 29 is too old for DiCaprio.

5 months ago | Likes 64 Dislikes 0

He was probably the one who made that decision.

5 months ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

You know, I'm starting to get the impression that movie directors are highly sexist, racist, misogynistic, and a bunch of pedophiles.

5 months ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

Fuck anyone that's comfortable saying anything to or about women and girls. Misogyny can get fucked.

5 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

#2 she F*cking dodged a bullet there

5 months ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

When Oscar winner, Allison Janney, got to Hollywood an agent told her the only roles she'd get are as aliens or lesbians

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#11 was the 55-year-old man a billionaire by any chance?

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Describing a 16 year old as "unfuckable?" Gee I'd sure hope so. I'd be concerned if you ever thought a child COULD be fuckable in the first place. Tho considering recent events... I'm not at all shocked :(

5 months ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

I'm leaning toward they meant she was too old. 🀒 This is the Epstein class we're discussing.

5 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

In my best Game of Thrones impression: "Too old!"

5 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Sounds like something Trump would say.

5 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

#2 That's a big yikes from me dawg.

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Misty Copeland was repeatedly told she didn't have the "right body" for balletβ€”specifically that she was too muscular, too busty, and too old (starting at 13)β€”and that her skin color did not conform to the traditional white aesthetic of classical ballet

5 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I think what a lot of people don’t realize is just how toxic Hollywood is. Sexist, racist, misogynistic, etc.

5 months ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 2

The AAA game industry is the same way. Activision, Ubisoft.

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These reasons aren't just dumb; they're straight up deeply sexist and racist.

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What's worse is when Hollywood changes to be more inclusive, fuckwit American audiences claim everything is going "woke". There's no winning.

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Dumb people gonna dumb

5 months ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

That's Hollywood.

5 months ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Olivia Wilde still probably has the most beautiful eyes in the world

5 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Producers. All of them. Most people that own production companies are, at their core, grotesque monsters.

5 months ago | Likes 174 Dislikes 1

I'm sure male actors have heard similar stupid snarks about being refused roles, except less based on their looks.

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Name ONE 'stupid snark' that is on the level of fat-shaming, age-shaping, or just plain calling someone ugly. (I'm not even GOING to touch the cases of #2 and #6 - those are just beyond the pale.)

Race, of course, is a gender-neutral excuse, but the rest of this? The Weinsteins of the world value only one metric when it comes to letting a woman on screen.

There are areas where fighting for male disadvantage visibility has merit - this is NOT one of them. This is baked in, systemic misogyny.

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Their only skill is having money

5 months ago | Likes 44 Dislikes 1

Just like CEOs.

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I would assume most of them are fine. Because most are like, little indies making tiny movies for the art of it. The ones we hear about though are the big, multi-billion dollar productions.

5 months ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 2

You're talking about an industry who's whole product is to get you to watch their movie based on a 60 second clip of the movie. Ya, they're shallow and horrible with very little redemption.

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Michael Bay didn't want Kate Beckinsale in Pearl Harbor because she "wasn't blonde" and "her boobs weren't bigger than her head".

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Also heard she deemed was 'too old' at 27 despite or probably *because* she was the same age as Ben Affleck.

5 months ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Meanwhile he also said Scarlett Johansson wasn't allowed to show her boobs in "THE ISLAND" (even though she was totally okay with going nude). Man's a menace.

5 months ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 2

didnt think i could dislike Michael Bay more then i did -.-

5 months ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

You lose like ten IQ points watching a Michael Bay movie. It's similar to huffing glue, just not as entertaining.

5 months ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

That's misinterpreted. Scarlett said no woman would sleep in a bra and Michael Bay didn't change the outfit for the scene, because he didn't care about that minor detail. She would have likely been in a t shirt or something instead of a bra for that scene, which is like 3 seconds long just her waking up and getting out of bed

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Three seconds? That's all the time I need.

5 months ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 2

I believe all of these without hesitation because I have met men before.

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#8 in retaliation she sent her vagina too market

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Nothing can hold a candle to her, that's for sure

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Misogynistic assholes in Hollywood?

You don't sayβ€½

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You forgot racist and antisemitic

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Not that there aren't antisemites in Hollywood, but did I miss one of the examples being such, or are you just talking generally?

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Misogynistic pedophile assholes.

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𝘠𝘰𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘢𝘭π˜₯'𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘡𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘡𝘦π˜₯ 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘺𝘸𝘰𝘰π˜₯

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Seriously. Boo fucking hoo. The solely profit motivated business of film is as douchey as the rest of solely profit motivated business.

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No. People deserve to be treated with respect regardless of industry or your personal opinion of it. A business making profit is how businesses work. They can do that perfectly fine without misogyny. Get outta here with that zero-sum thinking.

5 months ago | Likes 40 Dislikes 1

Yes, we all participate in capitalism and all recognize how awful it is. This is a special level of dehumanization and disrespect, fuckzit.

5 months ago | Likes 21 Dislikes 0

This isn't even "profit motivated." Harvey Weinstein had a clause in his contracts where he simply had to compensate the studio for the potential profits they lost because of his shenanigans. They, quite literally, have been LOSING money because of their sexist crap.

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Redditor detected.

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#1 Gotham is an urban city. What role was she trying out for, that she couldn'tbe black?

5 months ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

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Oh Halle berry too! They have more black catwomen than white ones if we are talking live action!

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Funny considering the OG catwoman was Black, legendary Eartha Kitt.
Also Zoe is half Jewish. Both her parents are mixed Black and Ashkenazi Jew. Racism is so stupid she is literally one of the most attractive women ever to act.

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If I'd hazard guess, and it would be deeply ironic if true, it was for the part of Catwoman's sidekick. Which ended up going to super blonde Juno Temple.

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Didn't Halle Berry play Catwoman before The Dark Night Rises?

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This is where I'd post a gif of Hermes saying, "That just raises further questions," if i had one handy

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#11 when attacked, the female Gylenhaal will expand her shoulder pouches in order to appear more threatening.

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Poor girl looks like she's sprouting out of the top of some Mickey Mouse ears.

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And then direct a fucking crazy-ass movie. (in a good way)

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I don't know much about Zoe Kravitz, but here is the best song her father ever recorded: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQOeowjsezs&list=RDpQOeowjsezs&start_radio=1

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Its a good one. But I've always been partial to 'Are You Gonna Go My Way.'

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I'm super fond of "It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over" and his cover of "American Woman" is my favorite I think. But yeah I think your choice is his most catchy!

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'American Woman' is a close second for me. That opening guitar riff is taaaaasty.

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Hollywood production being terrible? Who could've seen that coming?

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I am curious to hear about how males are objectified in the industry. I am not saying this aren't horrible especially the sex related ones. But looks and weight I am 100% sure has caused many of male actors the job too.

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I would like to say that the studio executive who's only criterion for a 16 year old actress was her fuckability was Harvey Weinstein, but I don't believe for a second that he was/is the only one, so it doesn't actually narrow it down very much.

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#2 more people in Hollywood should consider 16 year olds unfuckable though...

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Worth noting that the age of consent is 18 in the US but is lower in many other places. There is very clearly a downward limit on sexual maturity, the fact that most websites are also based in the US means 18 is the "default" on the internet but what makes it the morally acceptable number? Is it wrong that it's lower elsewhere? Is 18 even too low?

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In Europe, the age of consent is between 14-16, which as a European I consider OK. The magic is not in some arbitrary boundary where you can't be looked at when 17,99 and can do porn from 18, but rather in legislation focused on the power dynamics of the relationship. 15 & 17 having the sex? Perfectly OK. A 17 schoolgirl and 23 y.o. substitute teacher? Noooope! 16 y.o. aspiring actress and 55 y.o. billionaire producer? Fuck no!

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The point is that in certain situations it is deemed almost impossible for one of the partners to give real consent even for adults.

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It's not even the whole of the US; it's just that Hollywood is in California, where age of consent is 18.

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Not fuckable yet, or not fuckable anymore?

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For the Epstein class? The latter.

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Oh boy, that is a very important distinction.

5 months ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 0

sick people. My kid found her very very attractive in Maleficent. Have to say, blondes with curly hair is my type too. But, i like them like... umm Lets say, Reese WItherspoon, Ali Larter, Hannah Waddingham. My age women. I also liked them when they were 16, as I was.

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Yeah, but you weren't a Hollywood exec.

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There is that. I have always stayed in my peer circles.

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I suspect she was literally unfuckable (by the producer) as in she said no on the casting couch. & was therefore told no at the official audition. E.G. Weinstein's casting couch bullshit.

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Too urban? What the fuck is Gotham? Farmland?

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"'Urban,' meaning 'black!'" - Dr. Quinn, Sealab 2021

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You know "Get at me dawg"

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This show sucks.

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Don't you recall the rolling hills of Gotham with pastures filled with cattle?

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Where Bruce's parents were taken behind the hay shed and...

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OMG! Bruce's parents bought the farm! That's where they retired to and why we never get to see them!

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Urban is a dog whistle

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Too edgy. Not "soft" enough as a girl. Just a BS reason.

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Again, it’s Gotham. The girls will cut you.

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BLACK. She was deemed too black, i.e. "urban". Let's not beat around the bush. The fact she went on to play Catwoman 10 years later makes this more hilariously racist.

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There is at least one scarecrow either way

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Urban = black and afro

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Gotham is like a rural area of New York City

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Rural? With all those skyscrapers like Wayne Tower?

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urban = not white

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He died of a lead overdose in my playthrough.

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See also #7

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So you'd figure that woke-ism is probably just happened on a minuscule scale yet the outrage was gigantic.

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Define "woke".

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What are you trying to express exactly

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Big portion of Hollywood would prefer white but a short period it made a conscious choice to select POC suddenly it created outrage among the racists.

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Pretty sure big portion of Hollywood would prefer whatever fuckin sells, bruh.

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I'm betting she auditioned for the role of Selina Kyle in Dark Knight Rises. I'd also like to think her getting the same part in The Batman was revenge on the dipshit suit that turned her down the first time.

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Obviously, she was aiming to be Batman...

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Feel like that statement means she didn't even get an audition.

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Especially since Catwoman had already been portrayed by a black woman. Eartha Kitt anyone?

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Halle Berry too.

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Yes, but we try to forget that movie for other reasons.

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Too urban = a word starting with N that I'd prefer not to type out.

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anagram for ginger
I want to go listen to that Tim Minchin song now

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Make sure to bring your canvas bags

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Rhymes with jigger, a thing used to measure cocktail pours.

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Naggers

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The president said *CHIGGERS*. He doesn't like black people and chiggers.

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There's a joke about how it's really just code of black and I was use some sort of witty reference to it's not a farm, but a plantation, but I'm not sure that jokes works, although it does get the slave/black person thing in. Anyway, I think I may need to workshop this a bit more. My brain is sort of fried. Where's my white board to flesh out ideas? Whiteboard? Blackboard. Whiteboard. Ok, this is getting weirdly meta. I'll see myself out.

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Besides the fact "urban" has been a dog whistle for at least seventy years I'm not sure why you think it is a joke. One of the architects of the southern strategy literally wrote how to find ways to refer to black people as slur without saying the actual slur, with "urban" being the primary example.

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I think you misunderstood my poorly worded brain scrabble. I wasn't saying the dog whistle was a joke, I was trying to make a joke about the dog whistle.

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There, there, you tried. There's always next time.

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