Eiza Gonzalez Says She Lost Out On Roles Because She’s ‘Too Hot,’ Contemplated Shaving Her Head to Get More Roles

Mexican actress Eiza Gonzalez claims she has missed out on roles because she is “too pretty” and that it has harmed her career.

During an interview with InStyle, the 34-year-old actress said, “I remember being [told for] so many projects, ‘She’s too pretty for the role. She’s too hot for the role.’ Then I’d just be like, What is Margot Robbie? She’s the hottest, most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen in my life!”

She admitted that she did not know what to do and even considered shaving off her head to book something.

“I had an identity crisis for a very long time,” she shared her thought process during this time. “I was like, Do I shave my head? Do I make myself less attractive? Do I make myself more attractive? Do I not dress super-hot, or do I dress super-hot, or do I cover myself all the time?”

Gonzalez called for greater representation of Latinas on screen and criticized the industry for holding Latinas to a different standard.

After appearing in a Louis Vuitton campaign, she told Vogue, “I grew up watching all these beauty campaigns in the 90s, and I wouldn’t see a lot of Mexican women in them, especially in these large-scale brands.”

“It was always kind of sold to me that I had to be a specific style of woman to be it, and the fact that girls in Mexico who are brown and Latina like me will see a campaign like this and recognize themselves in it with the scale of the brand makes me so honored and happy,” she said. “It’s normalizing an image for people and making people feel included and see.”

In the interview, Gonzalez claimed she only dates men who go to therapy. Last year, it was reported that she was dating Jason Momoa.