Julia Fox is pulling back the curtain on the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, admitting that acting is “so unglamorous” and far more challenging than it appears, per film-news.co.uk.
During a candid conversation with her co-star Vanessa Kirby for Interview Magazine, the Uncut Gems star confessed she had no idea how much work the profession actually entailed. “I think people have this really glamorised idea of acting, and it’s really so unglamorous,” Fox said. “You’re just sitting around, you’re waiting, you’re tired, your feet hurt. It’s hours and hours and hours of prep for two minutes of action.”
The 35-year-old explained that the job is both mentally and physically taxing, making it hard to just “turn on and off.” She added that filming can take over your life, leaving little time for anything else. Kirby, her co-star in the crime thriller Night Always Comes, echoed the sentiment, recalling a particularly exhausting 5 a.m. night shoot where they were both “barely holding on by a thread.”
In the film, which was recently released on Netflix, Kirby plays Lynette, a woman trying to raise $25,000 to avoid eviction, and Fox portrays her friend, Gloria.
